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News Articles: Energy

An oil pumpjack is seen near a field of wind turbines in October 2023 in Nolan, Texas. The U.S. oil industry is headed towards a record-breaking year; renewable energy has also set several records this year. Prominent Republicans, including several in President-elect Donald Trump's circle, are talking about an "all-of-the-above" approach to energy that supports fossil fuel and clean energy.

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  • Business

Under Trump, an 'all of the above' energy policy is poised for a comeback

Trump promised to "drill, baby, drill." What does that actually mean for the U.S. oil and gas industry – and other types of energy, too?

December 09, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
A banner hangs during a ceremony announcing a proposed $300 million expansion of Google's data center operations Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in Lithia Springs, Ga. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, vetoed a bill that would have suspended tax breaks for new and expanding data centers.

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  • Energy

Georgia Power says data center growth will cause electricity demands to triple in next decade

Critics warn of more fossil fuel use and surging customer costs.

December 02, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
The Department of Energy building is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2019. Trump picked Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as his energy secretary.

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  • Energy

Trump announces oil executive Chris Wright as his pick for energy secretary

Trump announced Chris Wright, the CEO of oil and natural gas fracking services company Liberty Energy, as his pick for energy secretary.

November 16, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well in Watford City, N.D. in 2021. Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a new rule announced by the Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday.

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  • Climate

A methane pollution fee on oil and gas faces a cloudy future under Trump

The Biden administration issued a new fee on climate-warming methane pollution, but the EPA regulation faces an uncertain future under President-elect Trump

November 12, 2024
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  • Jeff Brady
The Mossy Branch Energy Facility is located in Talbot County, Georgia.. The 65 MW plant can power up to 55,000 homes. Photo courtesy of Georgia Power

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  • News

Georgia Power, local leaders celebrate state’s first battery plant opening. Take a look

Georgia Power's new 65 megawatt battery energy storage system named Mossy Branch Energy Facility in Talbot County went live recently.

November 11, 2024
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  • Kala Hunter
A woman prepares to catch a tossed frisbee during a massive blackout after a major power plant failed in Havana on Friday.

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  • World

Cuba's power grid collapses again. Why does this keep happening?

Cuba's power grid has ground to a halt for a second time in as many days, leaving 10 million on the island without power and the Caribbean island in a growing sense of crisis.

October 19, 2024
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  • Emily Green
Tim Latimer, CEO of Fervo Energy, at one of the company's enhanced geothermal drill rigs in Beaver County, Utah

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  • National

Petroleum drilling technology is now making carbon-free power

A new technique for harvesting geothermal energy being pioneered in Utah has passed a significant milestone: Southern California Edison has contracted for enough of the energy to power 400,000 homes.

October 15, 2024
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  • David Condos
The Three Mile Island nuclear plant is seen in March 2011 in Middletown, Pa.

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  • National

Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers

Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania power plant that was the scene of the worst commercial nuclear accident in American history, will reopen and sell power to Microsoft.

September 20, 2024
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  • C Mandler
A shale gas well drilling site is pictured in 2020 in St. Mary's, Pa., a key battleground state where the fracking industry has brought in jobs.

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  • Energy

Harris says she won't ban fracking. What to know about the controversial topic

Both presidential candidates are against fracking bans, which is once again being wielded as a political issue to play to working-class voters. Here's a quick refresher on the topic.

August 30, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Vladan Jakovljevic checks his beehives outside the village of Gornje Nedeljice, in the fertile Jadar Valley, in western Serbia, on Aug. 6.

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  • Europe

A lithium mine in Serbia could rev up Europe's e-vehicles, but opposition is fierce

A proposed lithium mine in Serbia is spurring protests over its potential impact on the environment. The mineral is in high demand because it’s crucial for the batteries that run electric vehicles.

August 23, 2024
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  • Rob Schmitz
A crew installs a solar array on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., in 2023.

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  • Climate

Rooftop solar has a fraud problem. The industry is working to build back trust

The rooftop solar business is a big source of consumer complaints. Across the country, prosecutors are investigating sales practices and financing arrangements. Now the solar industry is working to repair its reputation.

August 14, 2024
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  • Jeff Brady
JLG lifts are operated outside a Hanwha QCells Solar plant Oct. 16, 2023, in Cartersville, Ga.

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  • News

US government will loan $1.45 billion to help a South Korean firm build a solar plant in Georgia

The U.S. Department of Energy is loaning $1.45 billion to support a South Korean company's bid to build up key parts of the solar supply chain inside the United States. The loan announced Thursday will be key to funding a $2.2 billion complex that Qcells, a unit of South Korea's Hanwha Group, is building northwest of Atlanta.

August 08, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Unit 3’s reactor and cooling tower stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Company officials announced Wednesday, May 24, 2023, that Unit 3, one of two new reactors at the site, has reached commercial operation after years of delays and billions in cost overruns.

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  • News

Plant Vogtle Unit 3 shut down by ‘valve issue’

One of the two newest nuclear reactors at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle has been shut down due to a “valve issue,” the Atlanta-based utility announced Tuesday.

July 17, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Solar farm

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  • Energy

Georgia ranks high for solar power in the South

Georgia utilities earned high marks this year in an annual report on the state of solar power in the South.

July 17, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
 Mike Roberts (left) and Will Hammond Jr. (right) belt about the virtues of heat pumps.

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  • Climate

Don't think heat pumps are sexy? This slow jam could change your mind

Heat pumps are an important tool to stave off global warming. Two Berkeley musicians wrote a sultry anthem about them.

July 15, 2024
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  • Laura Klivans / KQED
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