Morgan Evans joined NGI as an interning associate reporter in June 2019 before joining the Thought Leaders team in a full-time position in May 2022. She holds a liberal arts degree from Gettysburg College.
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Woodside Lights Up Heliogen’s Southern California AI Solar Project
Commercial-scale artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled solar technology is coming to Mojave, CA, following an agreement between Heliogen Inc., a renewable energy and AI solutions company, and Woodside Energy Inc. The project’s announcement follows Woodside’s limited notice to proceed granted to Heliogen for its 5 MW manufacturing facility in Long Beach, CA. The facility is expected to…
April 7, 2022
Chicago Set to Toss Fossil Fuel Companies from Investment Portfolio
The Chicago City Council has voted to pull investments in fossil fuel companies, with $70 million in bonds already removed from the portfolio in the last 18 months through maturities or sales. “When I first took office, I chose to divest from fossil fuels to protect the health of our residents, our city and our…
April 5, 2022
Chicago Set to Remove Fossil Fuel Companies from Investment Portfolio
The Chicago City Council has voted to pull investments in fossil fuel companies, with $70 million in bonds already removed from the portfolio in the last 18 months through maturities or sales. “When I first took office, I chose to divest from fossil fuels to protect the health of our residents, our city and our…
March 30, 2022
New York City Overflowing with ConEd Energy Transition Projects
New York City-focused Consolidated Edison Inc., the Big Apple’s largest utility, recently unveiled several energy and transmission projects to help the city decarbonize and meet its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. Among ConEd’s projects is a plan to decarbonize the largest steam system in the United States by transitioning its feed from natural gas…
March 29, 2022
Baker Hughes Expanding Industrial Cloud-based Solutions with Microsoft, C3.ai
Oilfield services (OFS) giant Baker Hughes Co. is partnering with Microsoft Corp., as well as C3.ai Inc. and Accenture plc, to deploy industrial asset management (IAM) solutions for the energy industry. Sectors likely to be impacted are oil and gas, renewable energy and thermal power generation, among other industries. Houston-based Baker Hughes is one of…
March 25, 2022
Led by Residential Sector, Global Solar Power Market Booming
Global rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) installations are expected to jump to almost 95 GW by 2025 from 59 GW in 2021, according to a recent analysis. In the last five years, Rystad Energy analysts reported rooftop installations have surged 64%, and currently represent 30% of total global solar capacity. Much of the global growth results…
March 22, 2022
California Pushing Forward with Humboldt Bay Wind Energy Development
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a $10.5 million grant to transform the Port of Humboldt Bay into an offshore wind terminal that could support the development of 1.6 GW of wind energy. The Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal, once complete, will manage heavy cargo vessels, offshore wind floating platform development,…
March 21, 2022
BP, Equinor Upgrading New York Terminal to Offshore Wind Hub
Supermajors BP plc and Equinor ASA plan to invest $200-250 million to redevelop the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) in New York City as the site of a major regional offshore wind hub. BP and Equinor would upgrade the 73-acre facility’s infrastructure to develop a wind turbine generator staging and assembly area. The companies also…
March 15, 2022
Cowboy Saddles Up for PRB Crude Offload Terminal
Cowboy Midstream LLC is set to bring online a crude oil truck offload facility in the Powder River Basin (PRB) next month. The Casper, WY-based midstream provider began construction on the Ross Road Terminal in October. The terminal is being built along Cowboy’s Powell Lateral II Pipeline, to which the terminal would be connected. The…
March 11, 2022
Apache Ramping Up Permian Emissions Monitoring
Houston-based Apache Corp. is expanding its partnership with LongPath Technologies Inc. to build its continuous methane emissions monitoring in the Permian Basin. The APA Corp. subsidiary first partnered with LongPath last fall to use its monitoring systems at dozens of Apache drilling sites. Now, the Houston-based independent plans to employ LongPath’s monitoring systems for about…
March 11, 2022