By Kennedy Maize In a massive, coordinated campaign, late last month (June 29) 196 local community groups and the attorneys general of eight states — Illinois, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Vermont — filed objections to the Environmental Protection Agency’s April proposal to roll back regulations on coal ash disposal from the … More AGs and community groups trash EPA’s coal ash retreat

By Kennedy Maize The U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 redefined the fundamentals of how the federal government works going back some 144 years and the creation of the now-defunct Interstate Commerce Commission, which regulated railroads. The court ruled 6-3 with the usual partisan divide that hitherto “independent” federal agencies are not independent. The president … More FERC, NRC and the slaughter of Humphrey’s Executor

By Kennedy Maize Fuel cells, a proven way to make electricity without combustion, fission, or gravity, are making serious inroads into the red-hot market for producing power for artificial intelligence data centers. Last Tuesday (June 30), fuel cell vendor Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) announced what they described as a “$25 billion” deal with Canadian financial holding … More Fuel cells advance in the AI electric generation market

By Kennedy Maize SunZia lives. The 3.5-GW wind farm and associated 550-mile, 525-kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line began delivering power June 18 from its site in Torrance County in central New Mexico to the Palo Verde substation in central Arizona and further transmission to California. The $11 billion project consists of 674 GE … More Largest U.S. renewable energy project is online