Travis McMillan

Nevada Climate Initiative (NCI) has begun work on the structure for its plan for a statewide climate action to create a more resilient, healthy and sustainable future. The state released its State Climate Strategy earlier this month, which is an integrated, economy-wide roadmap for Nevada. The strategy should help speed up the process of the…

Business partners Consolidated Edison Inc. (ConEd) and 174 Power Global decided on Astoria, Queens as the site for the largest battery storage project in New York.  174 Power, a company that specializes in renewable energy projects, will be building the battery near the East River. The batteries will discharge 100 MW of electricity, which is…

Texas A&M University’s (A&M) petroleum engineering school is partnering with Houston-based software firm Tachyus to enhance access for students to cutting-edge technology such as machine learning and predictive modeling.  “Our platform aims to be a tool that allows students, early on, to become accustomed to modeling and optimization software so that upon entering the workforce…

Fortistar President Mark Comora is sticking to his guns to ramp up additional renewable natural gas (RNG) projects, with a new Florida project to fuel natural gas vehicles (NGV). Comora’s privately owned investment firm is partnering with solid landfill waste operator New River Solid Waste Association (NRSWA) to construct a facility that would capture and…

Poised to rise back to 2019 levels and beyond, the global capex spending on renewables is estimated to grow 8.5% to $255 billion in 2021, according to IHS Markit.  Following the rampant COVID-19 lockdowns and mobility restrictions that caused construction delays and supply chain disruptions in 2020, IHS expects a steady recovery in the year…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently granted a Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) team of scientists $1.2 million to build an integrated computational and experimental framework for manufacturing ultrahigh-temperature refractory alloys.  These refractory alloys would contribute to an increased operating temperature on top of higher efficiency in natural gas turbines.  The DOE’s Advanced Research…

Minnesota Power has become the first Minnesota utility to deliver 50% renewable energy to customers, bringing the company closer to its energy mix goal of two-thirds renewable energy and natural gas, and one-third “environmentally compliant” coal, the company said Wednesday. The company reached the milestone when its Nobles 2 wind project in southwestern Minnesota came…

Dominion Energy is making good on its plans to invest in renewable natural gas (RNG), as CEO Thomas Farrell indicated in July. Dominion and Smithfield Foods, through their joint venture Align Renewable Natural Gas, initially are going to manufacture RNG at a facility in Milford, in southwestern Utah. The RNG would be produced from a…