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Associated Press - Tue August 27, 2019

Plan to Build First Small U.S. Nuclear Reactors in Idaho Advances

BOISE, Idaho (AP) A plan to build the nation's first small modular nuclear reactors to produce commercial power is a step closer. A Utah-based energy cooperative said that it has sales contracts for enough carbon-free power to begin a license application process with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build the reactors in eastern Idaho....

Associated Press - Wed September 12, 2018

Energy Dept.: Wind Power Projects Continue in U.S.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy reported that the continued construction of wind-power generating stations is bringing down both the cost of building the installations and the price for wind-generated electricity....

University of Utah - Tue July 31, 2018

Department of Energy Awards $140M Grant to Utah's EGI to Develop Energy Lab

Following a three-year, five-way competitive process, the U.S. Department of Energy has selected the Energy and Geosciences Institute (EGI) at the University of Utah to develop a geothermal laboratory near Milford, Utah....

Tue January 09, 2018

New Hampshire Group Finishes Northern Pass Project Hearings

CONCORD (AP) New Hampshire regulators completed their hearings on the Northern Pass project and planned to start their deliberations in December. In April, hearings before the state Site Evaluation Committee began on the $1.6 billion plan to bring hydropower from Canada to southern New England markets....

Thu December 07, 2017

DOE Approves Presidential Permit for Northern Pass

Eversource Energy and Northern Pass Transmission LLC (NPT), a subsidiary of Eversource Energy, announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) and approved the Presidential Permit for the Northern Pass hydroelectric transmission project that will allow NPT to construct transmission facilities at the U.S./Canada border in Pittsburg, N.H....

Mon November 13, 2017

UD Develops Cheaper, Faster Method to Build Turbines

Working closely with industry partners, University of Delaware researchers have developed a new method for constructing offshore wind farms and proven that it is cheaper, faster and could make possible offshore wind deployment at a scale and pace able to keep up with the region's scheduled retirements of nuclear and coal-fired power plants....

Tue October 03, 2017

FEMA, Federal Partners Unite to Support Commonwealth Stabilization Efforts in Puerto Rico

As Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long visits Puerto Rico for the third time since Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the islands, focus remains on making roads accessible, and providing emergency power for the purposes of life sustaining activities....