Vermont utility approved for 5-MW energy storage project
Not-for-profit public utility Morrisville Water and Light (MWL) is bolstering its grid reliability after the unanimous approval from its board of trustees for an energy storage service agreement with Encore Renewable Energy for the development of...
Regan suggests more regulatory certainty for biofuels
The EPA administrator assured members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works of more regulatory certainty for biofuels. During a hearing this morning, Michael Regan said his agency has been working to satisfy a...
BWX Technologies sees durable demand for large nuclear components and SMRs: CEO
On a Monday earnings call, the nuclear components supplier provided updates on a planned manufacturing plant expansion, longer-term demand for small modular reactors and more....
Solar News
Hercules Machinery debuts remote-controlled solar pile driver
Hercules Machinery Corporation (HMC), a construction machinery company, launched its latest product, the STR20-RC, a remote-controlled piling machine designed specifically for solar farm construction. Designed with precision engineering, the STR20-RC can drive piles to depths of...
Tigo rolls out new MLPE for high-powered solar panels
Tigo Energy announced the newest additions to the Tigo Flex MLPE product family, the Tigo TS4-X line. Designed to serve the commercial and industrial (C&I) as well as utility solar markets, Tigo TS4-X products support the...
US adds 5.6 GW of utility-scale clean energy in Q1, up 28% year-over-year: ACP
Utility-scale solar contributed 4.6 GW of that added capacity and crossed a threshold of 100 GW deployed, according to the American Clean Power Association. ...
LONGi reaches 27.3% efficiency on HJT solar cells in lab
LONGi has broken another world-record for silicon solar cell efficiency. As certified by Germany’s Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH), new silicon heterojunction back-contact (HBC) solar cells designed by LONGi have reached an efficiency of 27.30%...
Nautilus partners with TurningPoint Energy on 29.3-MW community solar portfolio
Nautilus Solar Energy, on behalf of its affiliate Nautilus US Power Holdco, and TurningPoint Energy announce their partnership on a 29.3-MW portfolio of community solar projects in Illinois. The portfolio of four community solar projects, located...
Agriculture News
House farm bill proposes SNAP cuts
Officials continue to dig into dueling farm bill frameworks. Illinois Congresswoman, and House Ag Committee member, Nikki Budzinski says the House framework proposes a drastic cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), “If we stay static in...
Chairwoman Stabenow says members are committed to getting a farm bill finished
The Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Ag Committee says farmers need the certainty of a five-year farm bill. Debbie Stabenow told reporters attending the National Association of Farm Broadcasting’s Washington Watch that negotiations have been stalled. She...
House Ag Committee chair provides a glimpse of the upcoming farm bill
The House Ag Committee has released a summary of the new farm bill that includes new investments for agriculture. The framework indicates a boost in base acres for the Ag Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs...
House Ag Committee members react to farm bill outline
The Chair of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee has released his outline of farm bill policies and priorities, and a Republican member says he expects ag producers to be pleased. Kansas Congressman Tracey Mann tells Brownfield, “There...
Vilsack says agriculture is in the game when it comes to sustainable aviation fuel
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture says updates to a model that measures the carbon footprint for sustainable aviation fuel should allow U.S. agriculture to participate in the sustainable aviation fuel market. Secretary Tom Vilsack says the updated...
