Romney shifted on energy as presidential politics beckoned
As the Republican nominee for president, Mitt Romney is far more apt to talk about oil drilling than energy-efficient cars. He has presented a plan to open up more land and coastline to oil and gas...
View ArticleCape Wind could break ground this year, Salazar says
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday he is optimistic that the nation's first offshore wind farm will break ground this year after more than a decade of delays.
View ArticleStates join forces to promote clean cars
Eight states, including California and New York, pledged Thursday to work together to dramatically multiply the number of zero-emission cars on the nation's roads by speeding the construction of...
View ArticleSiemens to supply $2.6B US offshore wind plant
Siemens AG, Europe’s biggest engineering company, agreed to supply turbines to the $2.6 billion Cape Wind project, the first offshore wind farm planned in the U.S.
View ArticleFeds announce largest-ever competitive lease sale for offshore wind
The feds will allow a dozen developers to bid on access to more than 742,000 acres off the coast of Massachusetts.
View ArticleThousands without power during snowstorm in Massachusetts
The state Emergency Management Agency says the plant's emergency diesel generators are supplying power to the safety systems and there is no emergency or danger.
View ArticleKinder Morgan IDs shippers for planned natural gas pipeline
The pipeline's capacity is from 1.2 billion to 2.2 billion cubic feet of gas per day.
View ArticleThe offshore wind industry is still struggling to ramp up in the U.S.
Developers and industry experts say the offshore wind energy sector is off to such a slow start in the U.S. because of regulatory hurdles, opposition from fossil fuel interests and the trials and...
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