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DOE Puts Up $15.5 Billion to Retool Factories for EVs
DOE announced $15.5 billion from several sources that will help American manufacturers retool for EVs, preserving well-paying jobs in the process.
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DOE Announces $500M in IIJA Funds for CO2 Pipeline Buildout
DOE grants will be used to help developers make up the difference in cost between building CO2 pipelines for current demand versus projected future demand.
SouthCoast Wind
More Bad OSW News: SouthCoast Bails, Ørsted Tanks
SouthCoast Wind is on the verge of falling out of the development pipeline, having reached agreements to buy its way out of too-low power purchase agreements.
Great River Energy
DOE Announces $300M for Tx Siting, Community Development
DOE announced $300 million in grants is available to states, local governments and tribes under its Transmission Siting and Economic Development Program.
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FERC Order 2023 Gets Rehearing Requests from Around the Industry

FERC got rehearing requests on its interconnection queue reforms in Order 2023 this week from around the industry.

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TVA Resists Congressional Call to Achieve 100% Clean Energy Sooner
The Tennessee Valley Authority doesn’t appear ready to fast-track its decarbonization plans despite receiving a letter this month from 10 members of Congress urging it to chart a path to 100% clean energy by 2035.
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Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy Auction Falls Flat
The first offshore wind lease auction in the Gulf of Mexico drew minimal interest and extremely low bids.
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ACP Asks FERC for Capacity Accreditation Technical Conference
The American Clean Power Association filed a petition at FERC asking the commission to take a universal look at capacity accreditation of different generation technologies.
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Closed-Loop Hydro’s Climate Impact Found Less Than Batteries

A new analysis of five forms of grid-scale energy storage finds that closed-loop pumped storage hydropower has the smallest climate impact.

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DOE Projects Strong Growth for US Wind Industry

The Department of Energy issued three reports on wind-generated electricity, projecting strong but not uniform growth for the nation’s onshore, offshore and distributed wind power sectors.


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