March 11, 2026

Energy

Energy

‘Clean Energy REVolution Tour’ highlights local family farm

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Local lawmakers and farmers are working together to promote clean energy and sustainable farming. On Tuesday, the Climate Action Campaign’s Clean Energy REVolution (CER) Tour visited Dane County. At Hinchley’s Dairy Farm, local leaders including Senator Melissa Agard and Representative Melissa Ratcliff celebrated and promoted clean energy farming. Representative Melissa Ratcliff

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Tips on saving energy and cash during summer months

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – No one can control when it heats up outside during the summer months. When looking to avoid a high electric bill, it’s all about curbing that cost. Enrique Perez has been a Lansing resident for over 20 years, and he is all about cutting costs, including his electricity bill with the

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Lincoln paper mill site could become world’s largest multi-day energy storage facility

LINCOLN, Maine (WABI) – The old paper mill site in Lincoln could become home to the world’s largest multi-day energy storage facility. Gov. Janet Mills, Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced Tuesday the Department of Energy has awarded a nearly $150 million grant to support the project. The project would

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SRP sets record for energy delivered on 116-degree day in Phoenix

PHOENIX — Utility company Salt River Project (SRP) set a record for energy delivered to customers on Sunday, when the high temperature in Phoenix reached 116 degrees. SRP hit a new peak of 8,219 megawatts between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., surpassing the previous record of 8,163 megawatts on July 18, 2023, according to a

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Former mill town selected to house world’s largest duration energy storage project • Maine Morning Star

A major investment may be on the horizon for a former mill town that is set to become home to the world’s largest multi-day energy storage system thanks to a nearly $150 million federal grant.  Gov. Janet Mills and members of Maine’s congressional delegation announced a $147 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy

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U.S. Department of Energy awards Duke Energy project $57 million in cost-share funding to enhance North Carolina’s energy grid | Duke Energy

Grant will help fund 40-mile transmission line rebuild in Wake, Johnston and Wayne counties to improve reliability for an estimated 14,000 customers RALEIGH, N.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm today announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Grid Deployment Office has selected the North Carolina Innovative Transmission Rebuild project to

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Cheniere Energy reinforces “critical” role of U.S. natural gas with 20-year Galp LNG deal

(WO) – Cheniere Energy, Inc. entered into a long-term liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”) with Galp Trading S.A., a subsidiary of Galp Energia. Sabine Pass (Source: Cheniere Energy) Galp has agreed to purchase approximately 0.5 MMtpa of LNG for 20 years from Cheniere Marketing on a free-on-board basis for

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NV Energy’s LV customers may no longer have to subsidize power bills in the north

PUC staff seeks fine against utility for failing to comply with order Dana Gentry  |  Nevada Current The Public Utilities Commission is seeking to end its policy of having NV Energy’s Southern Nevada customers, who earn less than their northern counterparts, pay for the costs of preparing for natural disasters, primarily fires at Lake Tahoe. NV Energy’s

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Innovative transmission, energy storage projects in 18 states get $2.2B from DOE

Dive Brief: The Department of Energy on Tuesday awarded $2.2 billion to eight transmission projects in 18 states that could expand grid capacity by about 13 GW. The projects include about 600 miles of new transmission and 400 miles of reconductored wiring as well as grid-enhancing technologies, long-duration energy storage, solar energy and microgrids. The awards

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The Energy Storage Logjam is Breaking: Sodium-sulfur Batteries Can Help

BASF is developing a longer-duration version of its sodium-sulfur battery, which offers duration, supply chain, and safety advantages over lithium-ion. (Image courtesy of BASF.) Between Hurricane Beryl in Texas and a series of heat waves across the U.S., the impact of a warming climate has come into clear view this year. Equally clear is the need to remove

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