Keystone Pipeline — Updates On Its Largest Leak Ever (Video)
Investigators in Kansas are trying to determine what caused the worst leak in the 12-year history of the Keystone Pipeline.
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Keystone Pipeline Dumps 14,000 Barrels Of Crude Oil Into Kansas Stream
The Keystone pipeline has been shut down after a leak was discovered in northeast Kansas last week. 14,000 barrels of oil were released.
Redwood Materials To Supply Cathode Materials To New Panasonic Battery Factory
Panasonic has agreed to purchase cathode materials and copper foil from Redwood Materials for its battery factories in Nevada and Kansas.
Panasonic To Build $4 Billion Tesla Battery Factory In Kansas
Panasonic is likely to invest up to $4 billion into a new factory for Tesla batteries in Kansas. It’s all about the batteries. While there are other supply chain challenges lately, the number one barrier to faster electric vehicle sales growth year after year is lack of batteries. That goes … [continued]
Ford E-Transit To USPS: What’s Your EV Problem?
The Ford E-Transit van EV is taking off like a rocket, which makes it all the harder to explain why the US Postal Service is dragging its electrification heels.
U.S. Saw Its 4th-Hottest Year On Record In 2021, Fueled By Record-Warm December
Nation struck with 20 separate billion-dollar disasters in 2021
DOE Releases New Reports Highlighting Record Growth & Declining Costs of Wind Power
2020 sees record for land-based wind generation, 24% increase in pipeline of offshore wind energy — laying the foundation for rapid growth in years to come.
Kansas GOP Split Over Anti-Wind Bill
A Kansas bill to sharply curtail the land available for wind turbines is splitting Republicans in the country’s fifth-largest wind energy-producing state. “I don’t speak in hyperbole when I say this bill ends the renewable energy industry in Kansas,” Kimberly Svaty, a lobbyist for a renewable energy advocacy group that … [continued]
The United States Installed More Wind Turbine Capacity in 2020 than in Any Other Year
In both 2019 and 2020, project developers in the United States installed more wind power capacity than any other generating technology. According to data recently published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, annual wind turbine capacity additions in the United States set … [continued]
ENGIE Installed Nearly 2 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy in US in 2020
ENGIE has more power capacity installed globally than any other country. In recent years, it has made a strong shift to renewable energy. In North America, almost 100% of its installed power capacity comes from renewable energy or other low-carbon power (i.e., nuclear).
