Geothermal energy can provide 75 percent of all of the heating and cooling consumed in Europe by 2040 (Photo: Listen to article In an upcoming session on Thursday (15 February), the European Parliament will see the EU commissioner for climate action, Wopke Hoekstra, defending the bloc’s climate targets. These […] Click here to view original […]

A Houston-based geothermal energy company’s work, including breaking ground on a major project in Utah, has not gone unnoticed by the federal government. The Department of Energy selected Fervo Energy as one of three potential recipients of $60 million in grant funding for geothermal energy pilot projects this week. […] Click here to view original

BLM’s new mission: Protect landscape in West’s ‘sea of solar’ E&E News – February 1 The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reviewing 20 major renewable energy projects — mostly solar — across the West that would cover as much as 193,000 acres of federal land, and generate 13,845 […] Click here to view original

Flags of Aramco and Saudi Arabia waving in a financial district (Shutterstock) ALBAWABA – At the end of January, Aramco released a statement saying that Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman instructed the world’s largest oil exporter to halt its previously announced plans to expand its production from 12 […] Click here to view original

Geothermal energy would be incentivized using state money by a New Mexico House bill that passed the full chamber this week, and moved on to the Senate for further consideration in the final week of the 2024 Legislative Session. House Bill 91 would send $25 million from the State’s […] Click here to view original

The East Field Array of solar panels beside Xcel Energy’s Comanche Generating Station. Pueblo, Colorado, Jan. 30, 2024. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News) Colorado lawmakers are drafting legislation to ensure local governments can’t derail the state’s ambitious plans to transition to carbon-free energy sources like wind and solar. While Democratic […] Click here to view original