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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat in the second-largest U.S. natural gas-producing state, approved an act boosting tax credits for natural gas use by billions over decades.  Act 108, enacted from House Bill (HB) 1059 and dubbed the Pennsylvania Economic Development for a Growing Economy (PA EDGE), amends the Keystone State’s tax code to bring…

Europe replaced Asia as the top destination for LNG exports from the United States in the first quarter of 2022 while pipeline gas exports to Mexico continued to grow, according to the latest trade scorecard compiled by the U.S. Department of Energy’s gas regulation division. France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Turkey and the Netherlands combined…

The Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project would not have an impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if constructed, according to the latest analysis from the Department of Energy (DOE). DOE in late June published its draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Alaska LNG project (DOE/EIS-0512-S1). Researchers found that with mitigations already…

A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposal could increase energy-efficiency requirements for the average natural gas furnace in American homes, and it has spurred questions about consumer choice and affordability. “By updating energy standards for many carbon-emitting appliances, such as home furnaces, the Biden Administration is working to save consumers money,” DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $8 million to three projects that aim to strengthen hydroelectric power’s ability to support the changing grid. Pumped-storage hydropower (PSH) is capable of storing large amounts of low-cost renewable energy. One of the main challenges facing the hydropower industry is the gaps in information on how to…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said on behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), it plans to award $25 million to fund eight research and development (R&D) projects on wave-generated electricity.  The R&D projects are expected to improve wave energy converters (WEC) and other wave energy technologies. The goal is to deploy the…

As Covid-19 depressed petroleum demand, the value of the energy trade between the United States and Canada fell sharply from 2019 to 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Citing U.S. Census Bureau data, EIA said the value of domestic energy imports from Canada fell 31% in 2020 compared with the previous year.…

A report released last week by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) suggests that by 2035 solar energy has the potential to power 40% of the nation’s electricity, or the equivalent of all the nation’s homes. Getting to a 40% supply share, however, would involve a dramatic increase in the deployment of solar. In 2020,…

A long-planned megaproject to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourced from Alaska’s North Slope will face additional environmental scrutiny in order to comply with two executive orders from President Biden on climate change, the Department of Energy (DOE) said. DOE said last Friday (July 2) it intends to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS)…