Energy | https://ens-newswire.com We Cover the Earth for You! Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:57:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.7 https://ens-newswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/favicon.jpg Energy | https://ens-newswire.com 32 32 Conservationists Sue to Stop ConocoPhillips Alaska Oil Venture https://ens-newswire.com/conservationists-sue-to-stop-conocophillips-alaska-oil-venture/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:56:26 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98481 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 16, 2023 (ENS) – Warning that the U.S. government’s environmental review fails to account for the full climate impact of oil development in Alaska, five of America’s [...]

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]]> Police Detain Greta Thunberg at German Coal Mine Protest https://ens-newswire.com/police-detain-greta-thunberg-at-german-coal-mine-protest/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:27:08 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98236 LUZERATH, Germany, January 17, 2023 (ENS) – Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by police Tuesday while protesting a coal mine expansion that has emptied a now-abandoned hamlet in [...]

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]]> Global Net Zero Carbon Energy by 2050 Possible, Profitable https://ens-newswire.com/global-net-zero-carbon-energy-by-2050-possible-profitable/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 20:52:08 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97742 OXFORD, UK, September 13, 2022 (ENS) – Transitioning to a decarbonized energy system by around 2050 is expected to save the world at least US$12 trillion (£10.4 trillion), compared to [...]

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]]> After Shelling, Putin Allows IAEA Into Ukraine Nuclear Plant https://ens-newswire.com/after-shelling-putin-allows-iaea-into-ukraine-nuclear-plant/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:31:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97648 VIENNA, Austria, August 22, 2022 (ENS) – The office of French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “reconsidered” his original demand that International Atomic Energy [...]

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]]> Solar Power Extended to 116,000 More California Homes https://ens-newswire.com/solar-power-extended-to-116000-more-california-homes/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:21:27 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97593 PALM SPRINGS, California, August 15, 2022 (ENS) – The Palen Solar Project, a 457-megawatt photovoltaic facility in Riverside County, California, has reached full power operation, the Department of the Interior [...]

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]]> Solar, Wind, and Hydro Power in New York City’s Future https://ens-newswire.com/solar-wind-and-hydro-power-in-new-york-citys-future/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 02:23:42 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97101 ALBANY, New York, April 19, 2022 (ENS) – To deliver clean, renewable solar, wind and hydroelectric power from upstate New York and Canada south to fossil-fuel powered New York City, [...]

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]]> U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility https://ens-newswire.com/u-s-to-defuel-and-close-leaking-pearl-harbor-fuel-facility/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 01:21:20 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96875 HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 8, 2022 (ENS) – The underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in the hills above the Pearl Harbor Naval Station on Oahu will be de-fueled and [...]

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]]> World’s First: Ships Will Charge Up at Offshore Wind Farms https://ens-newswire.com/worlds-first-ships-will-charge-up-at-offshore-wind-farms/ Sun, 20 Feb 2022 16:31:34 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96626 LYNGBY, Denmark, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – To support decarbonization of the maritime industry by eliminating idle emissions, Maersk Supply Service is launching its offshore vessel-charging venture, Stillstrom. The new [...]

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]]> U.S. Turns to Nuclear Power as States Phase Out Fossil Fuels https://ens-newswire.com/u-s-turns-to-nuclear-power-as-states-phase-out-fossil-fuels/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:28:43 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96180 WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2022 (ENS) – Two-thirds of U.S. states are considering how to safely install nuclear power to replace the coal, oil, and gas that are being phased [...]

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]]> French Companies Develop Offshore Green Hydrogen Production https://ens-newswire.com/french-companies-develop-offshore-green-hydrogen-production/ Fri, 03 Dec 2021 00:56:11 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95433 PARIS, France, December 2, 2021 (ENS) – The world’s first floating wind turbine with an integrated hydrogen production system onboard has advanced one step closer to realization.

Known as the [...]

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]]> Biden Administration Plans Rapid Offshore Windpower Buildup https://ens-newswire.com/biden-administration-plans-rapid-offshore-windpower-buildup/ Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:11:32 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94985 BOSTON, Massachusetts, October 14, 2021 (ENS) – At least 16 wind energy projects are in the works for offshore locations around the United States, at various stages of development and [...]

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]]> UN Climate Week Yields Energy Uplift for a Billion People https://ens-newswire.com/un-climate-week-yields-energy-uplift-for-a-billion-people/ Sun, 26 Sep 2021 23:20:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94805 NEW YORK, New York, September 26, 2021 (ENS) – Commitments of US$400 billion in new finance and investment to increase renewables and access to electricity and clean cooking techniques were [...]

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]]> Strong Winds to Spin Power Turbines for Vietnam, Laos https://ens-newswire.com/strong-winds-to-spin-power-turbines-for-vietnam-laos/ Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:24:33 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94017

TOKYO, Japan, June 22, 2021 (ENS) – Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation has just boosted development of what will be Southeast Asia’s largest onshore wind farm in southern Laos, by announcing a [...]

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]]> Thousands Block Oil Pipeline at Mississippi River Headwaters https://ens-newswire.com/thousands-block-oil-pipeline-at-mississippi-river-headwaters/ Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:40:36 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=93785

BEMIDJI, Minnesota, June 7, 2021 (ENS) – In Minnesota’s largest ever anti-pipeline mobilization, water protectors Monday morning halted construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands crude oil pipeline. Over 1,000 [...]

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]]> Denmark to Invest Millions in Wind, Wave, Hydro, Solar Power https://ens-newswire.com/denmark-to-invest-millions-in-wind-wave-hydro-solar-power/ Wed, 05 May 2021 03:06:16 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=93620

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 4, 2021 (ENS) – A Danish aid plan to support electricity production from renewable sources has won the approval of the European Commission. Denmark will invest €400 [...]

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]]> U.S. Power Sector Halfway to Zero CO2 Emissions https://ens-newswire.com/u-s-power-sector-halfway-to-zero-co2-emissions/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:15:17 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=93466

BERKELEY, California, April 20, 2021 (ENS) – Climate change concerns are driving a growing number of states, utilities, and corporations to set the goal of zeroing out heat-trapping carbon emissions [...]

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]]> Russian Tanker First to Sail Arctic Sea Route in Winter https://ens-newswire.com/russian-tanker-first-to-sail-arctic-sea-route-in-winter/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:28:27 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=93070  

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, February 22, 2021 (ENS) – The Arctic’s icy Northern Sea Route is melting, allowing the Russian icebreaking LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie to complete her experimental [...]

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]]> Texas Oil Co Fined Millions for Fouling Wyoming Waters https://ens-newswire.com/texas-oil-co-fined-millions-for-fouling-wyoming-waters/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 23:21:00 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=93054 CHEYENNE, Wyoming, February 15, 2021 (ENS) – A settlement has been reached between the U.S. government and the oil and gas company Fleur de Lis Energy, which has agreed to [...]

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]]> Trump Auctions Off Arctic Refuge Land to Oil Companies https://ens-newswire.com/trump-auctions-off-arctic-refuge-land-to-oil-companies/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 23:56:00 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=92946  

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, January 14, 2020 (ENS) – The Trump administration has begun to auction off roughly one-third of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling. It is no [...]

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]]> Largest Coal-fired Power Plant in U.S. West Demolished https://ens-newswire.com/largest-coal-fired-power-plant-in-u-s-west-demolished/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 18:43:42 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=92896  

PAGE, Arizona, December 19, 2020 (ENS) – For 45 years the Navajo Generating Station was the largest coal-fired power plant in the western United States – a 2.25-gigawatt facility [...]

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