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Vineyard Offshore and Energy New England partner for clean energy

U.S. offshore wind developer Vineyard Offshore (VO) and community light plant cooperative Energy New England (ENE) announced a partnership on Wednesday to explore clean energy options for Massachusetts if the state grants them contracts. VO proposed the 1,200 megawatt (MW) Vineyard Wind 2 task in March in response to solicitations from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, according to the release. If Massachusetts grants the job, the power from the 1,200 MW installation will be contracted under three investor-owned utilities - Eversource, National Grid and Until, which do not serve communities with community light plants. Under a letter of intent signed...

Renewable Energy Equipment

EXPLAINER-Why are meme stocks rallying once again?

GameStop and AMC Entertainment have once again captured retail financiers' attention, similar to the. meme stock frenzy that grasped Wall Street 3 years earlier,. following social media posts from the leading figure behind that. rally Roaring Cat. Here is what you require to understand about the current rise in meme. stocks: ROARING KITTY AND HIS SKETCH. Keith Gill, commonly understood amongst traders as Roaring Cat,. shared a series of cryptic posts on social media platform X on. Sunday following a three-year gap. One of them included a sketch. of a man leaning forward in a chair, a popular meme amongst...

Mineral Resources

New York Times business news - May 15

The following are the top stories on the New york city Times business pages. has actually not verified these stories and does not guarantee their precision. - Ilya Sutskever, the OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist who in November signed up with three other board members to dislodge Sam Altman, the company's prominent chief executive, in the past stating he regretted the move, is leaving the San Francisco A.I. company. - The Department of Justice said on Tuesday that Boeing was in infraction of a 2021 settlement connected to issues with the business's 737 Max model that caused two lethal airplane...

Environment

United States uses conditional $1.66 billion loan to hydrogen manufacturer Plug Power

The U.S. Department of Energy stated on Tuesday it has actually used a conditional loan warranty of up to $1.66 billion to Plug Power to assist it develop to six plants to produce tidy hydrogen. The hydrogen fuel from the plants would power fuel cell-electric vehicles used in material handling, transportation, and heavy industry, the department's workplace of loan programs said. Clean or green hydrogen is anticipated to result in an 84%. decrease in greenhouse gas emissions compared with standard. hydrogen production, which derives hydrogen from natural gas,. launching big quantities of the primary greenhouse gas carbon. dioxide, unless captured...

Renewable Energy Equipment

Maryland sets course for overseas wind energy expansion with new legislation

Maryland Guv Wes Moore signed a. bill aimed at reviewing and potentially modifying existing. offshore wind job strategies, setting the stage for the state's. objective of attaining 8,500 megawatts of offshore wind energy. capacity by 2031. The expense signed on May 9 will empower the Maryland Public. Service Commission (PSC) to open procedures to assess. offshore wind projects, consisting of overseas wind renewable resource. credit (OREC) prices. The costs, which assists in the increase of the maximum. amount of ORECs sold under certain conditions, will work. from June 1 when the PSC will open a modified round 2 offshore. wind...

Renewable Energy Equipment

Sea drone warfare has actually gotten here. The U.S. is floundering.

The U.S. Navy's efforts to construct a. fleet of unmanned vessels are faltering because the Pentagon. stays wedded to big shipbuilding tasks, according to some. authorities and company executives, exposing a weakness as sea. drones reshape naval warfare. The lethal efficiency of sea drones has been shown. in the Black Sea where Ukraine has actually released remote-controlled. speed boats packed with explosives to sink Russian frigates and. minesweepers because late 2022. Yemeni-backed Houthi rebels have actually used comparable vessels. against business shipping in the Red Sea in current months,. albeit without success. These tactics have actually captured the attention of...

Fossil Fuels

Sea drone warfare has gotten here. The U.S. is floundering.

The U.S. Navy's efforts to develop a. fleet of unmanned vessels are failing because the Pentagon. remains wedded to big shipbuilding tasks, according to some. officials and company executives, exposing a weakness as sea. drones reshape naval warfare. The lethal efficiency of sea drones has actually been shown. in the Black Sea where Ukraine has actually released remote-controlled. speed boats packed with dynamites to sink Russian frigates and. minesweepers because late 2022. Yemeni-backed Houthi rebels have actually used similar vessels. against commercial shipping in the Red Sea in recent months,. albeit without success. These strategies have actually captured the attention...

Energy Markets

Consolidated Edison beats first-quarter incomes quotes

Electric and gas energy firm Consolidated Edison beat Wall Street estimates for firstquarter profit on Thursday, helped by higher electrical energy rates and lower operating costs. On an adjusted basis, the New York-based business stated it earned $2.15 per share in the January-March quarter, compared with analysts' price quote of $1.88 per share, according to LSEG data. The business also reaffirmed its full-year earnings projection of $5.20 to $5.40 per share. Consolidated Edison offers electrical and gas services to about 5.1 million clients through its subsidiaries, primarily in some districts of New york city City - Manhattan, the Bronx, parts...

Fossil Fuels

First Solar posts greater quarterly earnings on strong need

First Solar reported higher firstquarter earnings on Wednesday compared to the very same duration last year, helped by durable demand for solar energy. The business reported a net earnings of $236.6 million, or $ 2.20 per share, for the 3 months ended March 31, compared to $42.5 million, or 40 cents per share, in the exact same period last year. Analysts anticipated an average of $1.99 per share, according to LSEG data. The U.S. solar market has actually seen significant momentum since in 2015, assisted by regulative actions such as the Biden administration's 2022 Inflation Decrease Act, which provides tax...

Energy Markets

As solar capability grows, some of America's most efficient farmland is at risk

Dave Duttlinger's very first thought when he saw a thick band of yellowishbrown dust smearing the sky above his Indiana farm was: I alerted them this would take place. About 445 acres of his fields near Wheatfield, Indiana, are covered in solar panels and associated machinery-- land that in April 2019 Duttlinger rented to Dunns Bridge Solar LLC, for one of the biggest solar advancements in the Midwest. On that blustery spring afternoon in 2022, Duttlinger stated, his phone sounded with questions from disappointed neighbors: Why is dust from your farm inside my truck? Inside my house? Who ought to...

Renewable Energy

As solar capacity grows, some of America's the majority of productive farmland is at threat

Dave Duttlinger's very first thought when he saw a thick band of yellowishbrown dust smearing the sky above his Indiana farm was: I cautioned them this would occur. About 445 acres of his fields near Wheatfield, Indiana, are covered in photovoltaic panels and associated equipment-- land that in April 2019 Duttlinger leased to Dunns Bridge Solar LLC, for one of the biggest solar advancements in the Midwest. On that blustery spring afternoon in 2022, Duttlinger stated, his phone sounded with concerns from disappointed next-door neighbors: Why is dust from your farm inside my truck? Inside my home? Who must I...

Natural Gas

GE Vernova reports wider-than-expected Q1 loss in first post-spinoff outcomes

General Electric's energy spinoff business, GE Vernova, reported a widerthanexpected firstquarter loss on Thursday, as weak point in its wind sector offset demand for naturalgas associated equipment and services. GE Vernova, which ended up being an independent company this month following a three-way split of General Electric, supplies services and devices to the energy sector, operating through 3 primary businesses - power, wind, and electrification. The business's wind section saw a 40% decline in orders on lower need for onshore devices as North American consumers continue with the allowing procedures for jobs, the business stated. It had actually just recently...

Europe

Energy Markets

Italy curbs installation of solar panels on agricultural land

Italy's rightwing coalition on Monday passed rules curbing the setup of solar panels on farming land, ministers stated, in a relocation that activated criticism as it could weaken Rome's decarbonisation objectives. The new guidelines, part of a broader bundle of steps to safeguard farming and fisheries, included a ban on the setup of photovoltaic systems with modules put on the ground in locations classified as farming. We put an end to the wild installation of ground-mounted photovoltaic (panels), Farming Minister Francesco Lollobrigida informed a news conference after the cabinet conference that approved the measures. Agricultural lobbies-- essential advocates of Prime...

Electric Utilities

Hong Kong's CK Group to purchase N.Ireland natgas supplier for $945 mln

A consortium of Hong Kong's CK Infrastructure, CK Property, and Power Assets will acquire a Northern Ireland gas distribution network operator, Phoenix Energy, for an enterprise value of about HK$ 7.4 billion ($ 945.3 million). The consortium will acquire Lionrai Investments No. 1, which owns Phoenix Energy, from NatWest Group Pension Fund and Utilities of Australia International, the group stated in a. statement on Wednesday. The business worth comprises of equity value of 312.6. million pounds ($ 389.6 million) and a net financial obligation of 444.4 million. pounds, the group stated. Billionaire Li Ka-shing's facilities flagship CK. Infrastructure and property...

Natural Gas

Russia says it inflicts 'huge' retaliatory strike on energy websites in Ukraine

The Russian defence ministry said on Thursday it hit fuel and energy complex facilities in Ukraine with a enormous retaliatory strike utilizing highprecision, longrange weapons from air and sea along with drones over night. The strikes remained in reaction to Ukrainian efforts to harm Russia's oil and gas market and energy facilities, the ministry said. As an outcome, the work of Ukrainian military industry enterprises was interrupted, the transfer of reserves to combat areas was warded off, and the supply of fuel to the squads and military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was obstructed, it stated. According to...

Western Europe

East Asia

Renewable Energy Equipment

Mainland China and Hong Kong stocks edge greater as sentiment enhances

Mainland China and Hong Kong stocks edged higher on Thursday, as market sentiment enhanced after strategists from global investment homes updated their views on Chinese shares. ** HSBC stated on Thursday that its funds have actually developed considerable direct exposure to mainland China equities. Global emerging market (GEM) funds have actually rolled back on their underweight on mainland China and turned neutral, while Asia's funds direct exposure on the marketplace is now at a seven-month high, strategists at HSBC said in a note. ** Previously this week, UBS analysts anticipate foreign investors would slowly return to China's market by means...

Fossil Fuels

EU probes on Chinese subsidies and imports

The European Union is apparently set to introduce an examination into China's procurement of medical devices in a most current effort to secure homegrown manufacturers. The EU has also introduced numerous examinations into whether Chinese clean tech manufacturers are disposing subsidised products on its market and whether Chinese-owned companies unfairly benefit from subsidies while operating inside the EU. The European Commission, which is carrying out the examinations, says its goal is to prevent unjust competitors and market distortion. Here's what you require to understand about the investigations: MEDICAL GADGETS The EU might introduce a probe into China's procurement of medical...

Fossil Fuels

China's biggest trade fair is all about 'low price'

From Monday, foreign buyers will flood the halls of China’s largest trade expo to find bargains on Chinese products that U.S. government and European governments claim are flooding the global market. The 135th Canton Fair coincides with China's strategic policy shift. It is accelerating the distribution of resources towards its manufacturing complex, and away from the crisis-hit real estate sector in an attempt to move up the value chain. Washington and Brussels are concerned, particularly about what China calls its "new three" industries, which include electric vehicles, solar energy and batteries. The world's second largest economy is rapidly becoming a...

Renewable Energy Equipment

US Trade Chief Tai: Taking a'serious' look at tools to deal China

U.S. Trade Rep Katherine Tai will inform lawmakers on Tuesday the Biden Administration is "taking a seriously look" at U.S. defense tools for dealing with threats from China's economic and trade policies. This includes a review of Trump era tariffs against Chinese imports. In excerpts of his testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, released in advance of a Tuesday hearing, Tai stated that China's policy was causing "dependencies and vulnerability in multiple sectors" and harming American businesses and workers, as well as creating real risks for supply chains. Tai stated, "This is the reason we...

Renewable Energy

US plans to restore tariffs on dominant solar innovation, sources say

The Biden administration is expected to give a demand by South Korea's Hanwha Qcells to reverse a twoyearold trade exemption that has permitted imports of a dominant photovoltaic panel innovation from China and other countries to avoid tariffs, 2 sources acquainted with the White Home strategies said on Wednesday. The news sent out shares of solar manufacturers including U.S.-based First Solar higher in afternoon trade. The Qcells demand, which has not formerly been reported, comes as the business is looking for to secure a promised $2.5. billion growth of its U.S. solar manufacturing presence. versus competitors from less expensive Asian-made...

Energy Markets

EU examines Chinese bidders over Romania solar tender

The European Union has opened two examinations into whether two Chinese bidders benefited exceedingly from subsidies in their offers in a public tender for a solar energy park in Romania, the European Commision stated on Wednesday. The first examined consortium is made up of Romania's. ENEVO Group and a subsidiary of LONGi Green Energy Technology Co . The second involves subsidiaries of Chinese. state-owned Shanghai Electric Group Co. . According to an EU official, the total contract deserved. about 375 million euros ($ 404 million). The Commission stated it was warranted in opening thorough. investigations given that there were sufficient...

Power Markets

Yellen faces tough road on China's excess capacity issue

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives in China's southern factory hub of Guangzhou on Thursday with a tough message to Chinese authorities: you're producing too much of everything, specifically tidy energy items, and the world can't absorb it. China is letting loose a flood of electric lorries (EVs),. batteries, photovoltaic panels, semiconductors and other made. products onto worldwide markets, the result of years of enormous. government subsidies and weak need at home. International costs for. many goods are tanking, pushing producers in other nations. We see a growing danger of cash losing companies that are. going to have to sell...

Renewable Energy

INSIGHT-Losing hope of rescue, some European solar firms head to United States

European governments due to relocate to support their solar power makers today will be too late to stop solar panel maker Meyer Hamburger leaving a German factory to send out production to the United States. The plant in Freiberg in eastern Germany closed in mid-March with the loss of 500 jobs, as the Swiss-listed company joined a. growing list of European renewable resource production. factories closing down or moving. In the previous year, at least 10. have stated they remain in financial problems. On a recent check out to the site, giant white robotic arms hung. dormant over empty wooden...

Mineral Resources

QUOTES-Biden walkings United States tariffs on Chinese imports

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday revealed steep tariff increases on a selection of Chinese imports, including electric lorry (EV) batteries, computer chips and medical products. Following are responses to the relocation. ESWAR PRASAD, CORNELL UNIVERSITY TRADE POLICY TEACHER AND FORMER IMF CHINA DEPARTMENT HEAD In spite of the modest volume of imports directly affected, these tariffs clearly draw the fight lines for sell items that the two countries are pinning their production sectors' futures on. It is nearly specific that Beijing will hit back against these tariffs with its own procedures, although the question is whether these will be...

Fossil Fuels

What are Biden's new tariffs on China products?

President Joe Biden is treking tariffs on $18 billion in Chinese items including electrical lorries, batteries, semiconductors, steel, aluminum, crucial minerals, solar batteries, shiptoshore cranes, and medical products, while keeping Trumpera tariffs on over $300. billion in goods. The United States Trade Representative's Office informed . it anticipates the reliable date will remain in roughly 90. days. The following products will be targeted: * Particular steel and aluminum items: Tariffs more than triple. on some these items, approximated earlier at least $1 billion in. products, from the existing series of no to 7.5% to 25% in 2024. The White Home...

Mineral Resources

How hard will brand-new Biden tariffs hit China?

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to reveal brand-new China tariffs as quickly as Tuesday, targeting sectors consisting of electric cars, medical supplies and solar devices, according to people familiar with the matter. The anticipated move by the Biden administration comes ahead of the November presidential election. Biden, a Democrat looking for re-election, has actually taken a tough-on-China method that would maintain existing tariffs on many Chinese products set by previous President Donald Trump, his anticipated Republican challenger. The influence on Chinese markets, however, is expected to be restricted. DOES CHINA EXPORT EVS TO THE UNITED STATES? Extremely couple of....

Mineral Resources

New Biden tariffs on China's EVs, solar, medical materials due Tuesday - sources

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to announce new China tariffs as soon as next week targeting tactical sectors, consisting of a major hike in levies on electric cars (EVs), according to 3 people knowledgeable about the matter. The full announcement, expected Tuesday, will preserve existing tariffs on numerous Chinese products set by previous President Donald Trump, according to one of the people. But it will likewise add new tariffs to semiconductors and solar equipment, according to one of individuals, along with treking EV tariffs. Chinese-made medical products like syringes and individual protective devices also face extra tariffs, sources informed...