Tag: Energy News
Atlantic Coast Pipeline is dead, but for some landowners in W.Va.,...
Although Dominion Energy and Duke Energy canceled the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in July 2020, landowners are still wondering what will happen to their land.
Public hearing set for Hancock Co. solar project
The Ohio Power Siting Board will hold a hearing for South Branch Solar, LLC's proposal for a solar-powered electric generation facility in Hancock County.
20 Pa. school districts eligible for bus rebates
American Rescue Plan Act funds are now available from the U.S. EPA for electric school bus rebates in 20 Pennsylvania school districts.
Hearing set in Harrison Co. for solar farm
The Ohio Power Siting Board will hold a hearing for Nottingham Solar LLC's proposal to construct a 100-megawatt solar-powered electric generation facility.
OPSB approves two solar farms
The Ohio Power Siting Board approved applications Oct. 21 to construct two solar farms in Champaign and Ross counties.
Are renewables making the US less energy independent?
Now that the U.S. has weaned itself off of its reliance on liquid fuel from across the ocean, it’s battling a dependency of another kind as the transition from fossil fuels to renewables continues.
The crossroads of the energy transition and rural communities
It’s not easy for rural residents who already buy into all the benefits renewables, electric vehicles and energy efficiency have to offer. For those who are less willing, or less able, it could be impossible, at least without help.
Lawmakers want more solar manufacturing to happen in US
U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, of Pennsylvania, announced the Solar Supply Chain Act to invest $700 million annually over the next four years to expand domestic solar component manufacturing. The next day, U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan, of Ohio, and Dan Kildee, of Michigan, introduced the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act to provide tax credits for American solar component manufacturers.
Pennsylvania’s lack of regulation on solar may be problematic for farmland
The Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation program recommends prime farmland soil remain available for agricultural production and that solar development instead take place on rooftops, impervious surfaces or on less productive soils. The problem is there is no mechanism at the state level to control siting of utility-scale solar projects.
Farm Science Review panelists: Private sector should drive carbon markets
Farm, forestry and conservation groups have been talking about carbon markets for several years. Legislators and those in the agriculture and forestry industries are still debating exactly how the roles of the federal government and the private sector fit together in carbon markets.
