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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks on invoking her government’s sovereignty act over federal clean energy regulations, along with Rebecca Schulz, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas and Nathan Neudorf, Minister of Affordability and Utilities, in Edmonton on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The Alberta government is helping fund what it says is Canada's first test site for geothermal energy drilling techniques.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
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Alberta to partially fund facility to test geothermal drilling techniques

The Alberta government is helping fund what it says is Canada's first test site for geothermal energy drilling techniques.

Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City. N.J., on Nov. 3, 2023. On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, New Jersey utility regulators opened a fourth round of solicitations for new offshore wind farm proposals to join the three that already have preliminary approval. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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New Jersey seeks fourth round of offshore wind power proposals as foes push back

New Jersey is seeking a new round of proposals to build wind energy farms off its coastline, forging ahead with its clean energy...

Power lines are seen during a heatwave with expected temperatures of 102 F (39 C) in Dallas, Texas, U.S. June 12, 2022. The White House on Tuesday reformed the U.S. environmental review process for major projects which officials said would speed up approval of everything from transmission of power from wind and solar farms to semiconductor manufacturing. REUTERS/Shelby
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US reforms environmental law to speed up clean energy, infrastructure approval

The White House has reformed the US environmental review process, which would speed up infrastructure approval for clean energy projects

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Native American tribes want US appeals court to weigh in on $10B SunZia energy transmission project

Native American tribes and environmentalists want a U.S. appeals court to weigh in on their request to halt construction along part of the...

The sun sets behind spinning land-based wind turbines in Atlantic City, N.J., on Dec. 13, 2023. On April 24, 2024, eight Jersey Shore towns wrote to New Jersey utility regulators saying that a proposed wind farm off Long Beach Island will be costlier than expected. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Gusts of activity underway by friends, foes of offshore wind energy projects in NJ, NY

Shore towns spanning much of New Jersey's 127-mile coastline wrote to the state's Board of Public Utilities, saying the proposed Atlantic Shores wind...

The logo of Engie is seen during the company's annual general shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/ File photo
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Engie to invest up to 4 billion euros in Belgium to boost renewables

PARIS – French energy company Engie plans to invest up to €4 billion ($4.3 billion) in Belgium by 2030, the company announced on...

The logo of Equinor is set up at the entrance of a building at Western Europe's largest liquefied natural gas plant Hammerfest LNG in Hammerfest, Norway, March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/ File photo
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Equinor upbeat about investor interest in US offshore wind farm

Revised contract from state authorities changes economics for New York wind farm, says Equinor CFO.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland speaks during a briefing about the bipartisan infrastructure law at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
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US sets plan for 12 offshore wind auctions over five years

Wind farm auctions scheduled by US Interior Department, with four due to take place this year.

Asia Pacific president of Danish wind farm developer Orsted, Per Mejnert Kristensen, speaks during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard
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Orsted says Taiwan wind project to power TSMC on track for 2025 finish

Wind farm developer Orsted's Taiwan plan will supply 920MW to valuable chipmaker TSMC.

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Oxford Institute for Energy Studies: Volatility in electricity markets

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies has published a paper on the difficulty of hedging against price volatility in electricity markets — and...

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