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By Anthony Watts | August 10, 2022 While greens are clamoring for more unreliable wind and solar, nuclear is about to make a big leap forward with the recent Pentagon approval of the first microreactor. Here is a technical summary from the U.S. Office of Nuclear Energy. Microreactors are factory-built, plug-and-play reactors. They can be used to power military bases, disaster recovery efforts or remote locations where traditional infrastructure doesn’t exist. These mini reactors can provide between 1-20 megawatts of thermal energy used directly as heat or converted to electric power. They fit on the back of a semi-truck and …

Not a Lot of People Know That   By Paul Homewood | March 31, 2022 Can renewable energy ever replace fossil fuels? Fossil Fuels v Renewable Energy? Let me start by stating that I am not pro or anti anything. In a free market, the best technologies, solutions and products automatically come to the fore, without the need for subsidies, regulations and mandates. If renewable energy is all that is promised, it will do the same. There is of course no doubt that the cheap, abundant and reliable energy provided by fossil fuels has transformed society and made all of …

The Epoch Times By Matthew Vadum July 7, 2020 The Supreme Court stayed a lower court ruling and allowed a slew of pipeline projects to move forward under a fast-track permitting process but left out the controversial, long-delayed expansion of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. The 1,200-mile Keystone XL Pipeline, which is now temporarily held up by the high court, would link Canadian oil sands fields to refineries on the Gulf Coast. The project would add to the existing Keystone pipeline, finished in 2013, which runs from Alberta, Canada, to Illinois, Texas, and Oklahoma. When completed, Keystone XL is …

12WBOY Posted: Jul 6, 2020 / 03:22 PM EDT / Updated: Jul 7, 2020 / 02:01 PM EDT UPDATE (7/6/20 3:22 p.m.) Two oil and gas industry groups, The West Virginia Oil & Natural Gas Association and the West Virginia Independent Oil and Gas Association issued a joint statement on the pipleline cancellation and the sale of Dominion Transmission to Berkshire Hathaway: We have some good news and bad news. First, the bad. The decision to vacate the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project is deeply disappointing. The Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia (IOGAWV) and West Virginia Oil …

The Motely Fool By Maxx Chatsko | July 6, 2020 The energy giant also agreed to divest its natural gas transmission and storage assets to Berkshire Hathaway. The proceeds will not be used to fund the company’s ambitious renewable energy portfolio. What happened Shares of Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) fell as much as 11.3% on Monday after the company announced two seismic shifts in strategy. First, Dominion and partner Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) announced the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Despite earning a decisive win in the Supreme Court in June allowing the duo to proceed with the massive project, the …

The Supreme Court on Monday dealt a blow to the Trump administration by maintaining a block on construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo July 6 (UPI) — The Supreme Court on Monday denied the Trump administration’s request to allow for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline to continue, upholding a lower court’s decision to cancel a key permit on environmental grounds.The order does allow for similar pipeline projects that were authorized under the same water crossing permit, known as Nationwide Permit 12, but were blocked by the Montana judge’s decision to continue. No …

Statesman By Dave Kolpack, The Associated Press Posted Jul 6, 2020 FARGO, N.D. — A judge on Monday ordered the Dakota Access pipeline shut down for additional environmental review more than three years after it began pumping oil — handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and delivering a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to weaken public health and environmental protections it views as obstacles to businesses. In a 24-page order, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., wrote that he was “mindful of the disruption” that shutting down the pipeline would cause, but that it …

EnergyCite | March 18, 2020 An examination of the economics and practicality of grid scale solar power Download this article as a PDF Key Concepts By 2060 88% of current on-line utility scale generation capacity will be retired due to plant age and life cycle considerations Solar Photovoltaics require 3 to 4 years of their energy output to fabricate, including the frames and associated electronics systems 29.3 billion 1 square meter solar panels are required for 100% solar power in the U.S. based on current demand 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. 29.3 billion 1square meter panels would …

Edison International Climate change and air pollution pose serious threats. Climate change effects, such as sea level rise and longer, more intense heat waves, are now occurring. In California, while significant progress has been made, too many communities continue to experience asthma and other air quality-related health issues. Our utility, Southern California Edison, has developed an integrated framework that we’re calling the Clean Power and Electrification Pathway to fight climate change and improve air quality. It builds upon existing state policies to achieve California’s environmental goals, including reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2030 …