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Bill Would Put Wind Farm Authority in State Hands John Sullivan State Sen. John Sullivan has introduced a bill to transfer responsibility for siting and regulating wind turbines from counties to states. Local governments would be able to conduct public hearings on proposed wind farms, but the state Department of Agriculture...
Record RGGI Price Shows Market Works: Delaware Collin O'Mara The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative’s latest carbon allowance auction, where prices rose by one-third after the allowance supply was tightened by 45%, shows “how market-based programs cost-effectively reduce carbon pollution, while driving investments in a clean-energy economy,” according to Collin O’Mara,...
University Hosts Initiative Promoting Offshore Wind The University of Delaware has launched a “Special Initiative” on offshore wind, which it hopes will serve as catalyst to “add momentum to a promising industry that is at a critical juncture.” Supported by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the initiative plans to draw together information...
RGGI Funds Set for Several Vehicle Charging Stations The state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Controls and the University of Delaware plan to place electric vehicle charging stations at five or six locations in the state, with two chargers at each site. The program, with an $80,000 budget from proceeds...
Suzlon Could End Up With Big Sky Wind Farm Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Group could wind up owning the 240 MW Big Sky wind farm if negotiations between Midwest Generation and NRG Energy do not resolve a debt issue concerning the facility. Bankrupt Midwest Gen is selling assets, including Big Sky,...
ICC Demands ComEd Cut Consumption More Commonwealth Edison must do more for energy efficiency than it has proposed, the Illinois Commerce Commission ruled, requiring the utility to save 25,000 MWh a year more than it currently plans. Even so, ComEd would not come close to the 2% consumption cut that...
Bill Requires PSC Members to Disclose Finances A bill requiring members of the Public Service Commission to file financial disclosure statements for public view went to the governor’s office for signature after the House of Representatives approved it last week. The Senate approved it in May. More: NewsDaily KENTUCKY Plants...
Chicago Building Efficiency Project OKd The Chicago City Council approved a $13 million, 62-building retrofit project, the first and only one stemming from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago Infrastructure Trust initiative, which aims to make city buildings more energy efficient. The cost is only 11% of what was envisioned when the...
Zion Fuel-Rod Removal to Begin A critical part of the years-long Zion nuclear plant decommissioning is set to begin in January with removal of the spent-fuel rods. The work is vital to EnergySolutions, the company that obtained the Nuclear Regulatory Commission license from plant owner Exelon in order to undertake...
DuPont Activates Solar Facility DuPont started up a 548-kW solar installation on a former Superfund landfill site in Newport. The project, developed by Tangent Energy Solutions and owned by Greenwood Energy, had its solar panels supplied by DuPont Apollo, a DuPont subsidiary. More: DuPont ILLINOIS Midwest Gen Coal Ash Suit...
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