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Shell plans to invest $10-$15 billion across 2023-2025 to support the development of low-carbon energy solutions including e-mobility, low-carbon fuels, renewable power generation, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage.

Shell building 100MW electrolyzer to generate 97,000 pounds hydrogen daily

A report released by the American Clean Power Association (ACP) showed that, in the last two years, the U.S. clean energy industry announced $500 billion in new investments, spurring the American economy and creating tens of thousands of new jobs. ACP’s 2024 Clean Energy Investing in America report found that...

Clean Energy Industry to Power Growth with $500B in Investments, 100K Manufacturing Jobs

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Illinois State

Pivot Energy has signed a five-year framework agreement with Microsoft to develop up to 500 megawatts alternating current (MWac) of community-scale solar energy projects across the US between 2025 and 2029. The partnership is Pivot’s largest renewable energy credit (REC) agreement and marks a major step in community impact collaborations....

Pivot Energy and Microsoft to develop 500MWac solar projects in US

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!. For all the sound and fury unleashed upon rural solar developers, the clean kilowatts just keep coming. The agrivoltaic movement is one factor helping to undercut the opposition, and now here comes the rip-roaring community solar trend adding more fuel to the fire.

Community Solar Is Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

Georgia State

Cartersville, GA

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a US$1.45 billion loan to Korean-owned solar manufacturer Hanwha Qcells to support its vertically integrated manufacturing facility in Cartersville, Georgia. The Loan Programs Office (LPO) of the DOE announced the conditional loan guarantee yesterday, to be delivered through its Title 17 Clean...

DOE backs Qcells with US$1.45 billion loan for Georgia manufacturing hub

Warren, MI

Stellantis will indefinitely lay off up to 2,450 U.S. plant workers in Warren, Michigan, later this year as it discontinues production of an older version of its Ram 1500 pickup. The company has not announced a vehicle to replace the truck. The layoffs are expected to start as soon as...

Stellantis laying off 2,450 plant workers due to discontinuation of Ram 'Classic' pickup truck

Maine State

Weirton, WV

The West Virginia Daily News


Charleston, WV (WVDN) – Senators Joe Manchin III (I-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, announced over $100 million in federal funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to develop a state-of-the-art multi-day energy storage project in […]
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Manchin, Capito Announce Over $100 Million to Develop Energy Storage Facility Using West Virginia-Made Batteries

Job satisfaction varies widely across sectors, the manufacturing industry stands out. Surveys from The Manufacturing Institute indicate that over 80% of manufacturing workers express satisfaction with their jobs, a notable contrast to broader workforce trends where many sectors report declining satisfaction in specific subcomponents​. This overall contentment is further emphasized by Deloitte’s findings, which highlight the benefits of positive workplace practices such as employee involvement in decision-making, robust training programs, and stringent health and safety measures​.

Why Manufacturing Workers Are Among the Happiest

The Independent

The United States is speeding up efforts to license and build a new generation of nuclear reactors to supply carbon-free electricity.Faster development is one thing Congress and the administration agree on. President Joe Biden signed legislation in July to modernize the licensing of new reactor technologies so they can be built faster. Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate environment and House energy committees praised the enactment. The U.S. is pursuing small modular reactors and advanced reactors. Some designs use something other than water for cooling, such as liquid metal, helium or liquid salt. Developers say the advanced coolants allow...

You had a lot of questions about next-generation nuclear reactors. We posed them to the experts

"Such programs can accelerate the shutdown of emerging economies' dirtiest power generation assets." There's great news for our wallets and the planet. Over 800 coal power plants in developing countries could make a profitable switch to solar energy, offering a win-win solution for investors and the environment. A new report...

New research uncovers potential of unconventional investment in hundreds of coal plants: 'There is a solid business case'

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Switchgear, transformers and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) are key components of electrical infrastructure, each fulfilling a distinct role to ensure reliable and safe power distribution across various sectors, from commercial and industrial to residential and health care. Switchgear controls and protects electrical flow, transformers manage voltage levels and UPS systems...

How to create a resilient, robust electrical distribution system

New York City, NY

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Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

The Wells Fargo name is gone from the Downtown skyline. The name atop the former Wells Fargo Center was removed Sunday . A helicopter flew away each of the 20 letters and deposited them at a lot across from the Maxwell House Coffee plant on East Bay Street.

Wells Fargo name removed from Downtown tower

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Clean energy refers to energy sources that are environmentally friendly and produce minimal to zero emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases. Clean energy encompasses a range of renewable and low-impact energy sources, including solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass energy. The primary goal of clean energy is to reduce the environmental impact of energy production and consumption, addressing climate change and improving air quality. Clean energy solutions are essential for creating a sustainable energy future, reducing dependence on fossil fuels, and promoting energy security. As the world faces growing concerns about climate change and environmental degradation, the transition to clean energy is becoming increasingly crucial.

Clean energy- A Comprehensive Guide

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, expressing his support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation that the DEA ease restrictions on marijuana.

Gov. Andy Beshear pens letter to DEA in support of easing federal restrictions on marijuana

Tracey Tee, 48, and her business partner spent nearly a decade building a successful brand and traveling across the country performing parent-focused comedy sets. "And then Covid [and] the lockdowns happened," she says. "Within two weeks, we had to cancel nearly 100 shows for 2020, and lost everything. Almost a 10-year business just slipped through our fingers like sand. And the grief of that, especially what felt like an epic failure that just wasn't our fault, was intense and then compounded with the lockdown."

48-year-old founded 'Moms on Mushrooms' to share the practice of microdosing for mental health

Kathy Jones, Charles Schwab chief fixed income strategist, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss her expectations for fixed income from here, what to expect from the Fed in September, and why there should be a 50 basis point rate cut.

Fed should cut by 50 basis points in September, says Charles Schwab's Kathy Jones

The growing use of continuous manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry merits a review of the application of dry cleaning and sanitization methods, especially for non-sterile oral solid drug product manufacturing of dry powders. Unlike batch manufacturing, where drug substances or finished products are made with separate unit manufacturing steps with...

The Role of Dry (Water-free) Process Equipment Cleaning in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Tesla Chairperson Robyn Denholm on Thursday concerning CEO Elon Musk and possible breaches of his fiduciary duty to the company. Warren wants to know whether the board has ever bothered to investigate Musk's use of Tesla resources to benefit his other companies, including SpaceX and xAI.

Tesla's board faces questions from Elizabeth Warren about Musk's corporate 'entanglements'

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Tech companies want nuclear power. Some utilities are throwing up roadblocks

Power companies such as Constellation Energy and Vistra are in talks with customers interested in directly connecting data centers to nuclear plants. Constellation and Vistra shares...

Tech companies want nuclear power. Some utilities are throwing up roadblocks

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