My take: Earth Day and today
Good evening,
Today is Earth Day, and for some, it has become a curious artifact of the "hippy-dippy" era of the 1960s and '70s.
Earth Day did...
Updated: Hearing scheduled this week on bill aimed at advancing offshore wind
A hearing is slated for Wednesday on a bill that would allow Delaware to acquire electricity from offshore wind farms.
The hearing by the Senate...
Energize Delaware’s commercial property clean energy program gets boost
Energize Delaware, administrator for the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (D-PACE,) has increased the total eligible construction costs from 20 to 30 percent...
Bloom Energy California plant gets $75 million in tax credits
Bloom Energy Inc. was recently awarded up to $75 million in tax credits by the Department of Energy, Department of Treasury, and the Internal...
AstraZeneca flips the switch on solar complex at Newark site
On Friday, AstraZeneca held a ceremony entitled Newark Flips the Switch” at its manufacturing site south of Newark.
AstraZeneca leadership and elected officials...
Siemens Energy contracted for study of First State’s green hydrogen production site
First State Hydrogen, Inc., Wilmington, has contracted with Siemens Energy, Inc. to provide an energy system design study to support its development of a...
Kent County community solar project gets boost with Walmart investment
Kent County is one of several locations around the nation that will see community solar projects that will share land with agricultural operations...
2 Kent, Sussex community solar sites near groundbreaking stage sold
Luminance will acquire two solar sites from ECA Solar, a renewable energy developer and producer.
The plants, with a combined capacity of more than ...
Chemours, Gore awarded grants in efforts to advance clean hydrogen technology
The Chemours Company reported that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, selected two of its applications for grants totaling...
Bloom Energy, petroleum giant Shell to study feasibility of hydrogen technology
Bloom Energy Inc. and Shell Plc. will study decarbonization solutions, using Bloom’s proprietary hydrogen electrolyzer technology.
Bloom and Shell will collaborate to develop solid...
EPA issues $42 million in grants for Delaware clean water projects
The . Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $42 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for Delaware drinking water and clean water...
Public info session coming this month on plan to bring wind farm power lines...
A public information session for a proposed Delaware landfall site for wind power transmission lines has been scheduled.
The public engagement event will occur from...
From Spotlight Delaware – Solar on stilts: UD to study how farmland, arrays can...
This story was produced by Spotlight Delaware, a community-powered, collaborative, nonprofit newsroom covering the First State. Learn more at spotlightdelaware.org
By Maddy Lauria Farmers and solar...
Standard Chlorine Superfund site get $42 million in federal fund
The Standard Chlorine of Delaware Inc. Superfund site near Delaware City will receive Superfund funding.
Funding will come from $1 billion for clean-up projects at...
Green hydrogen company gets $1.7 million from state for expansion in Dover
FFI Ionix Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortescue, an Australian green technology and metals company, picked Dover for expanded operations and gained up...
From Spotlight Delaware: Bloom plans to move some jobs to Mexico
By Karl Baker, Senior Reporter, Spotlight Delaware
Bloom Energy, the fuel cell producer that a decade ago promised to revitalize the state’s manufacturing sector, announced...
Delaware Electric rate restructuring draws fire from members with solar systems
Delaware Electric Cooperative announced a rate restructuring plan that has led to pushback from customers with solar systems.
A release stated that some businesses...
Evergreen adds state’s first electric refuse hauler to fleet
A northern Delaware refuse hauler announced has added a Mack battery-electric truck (EVs) to its fleet. The unit is believed to...
DuPont shares tumble after release of preliminary earnings report
DuPont shares tumbled after the company announced preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31.
The final results will be...
My take: Solar net metering study a no-brainer
You may think you see too much commentary in this space involving Legislative Hall. Still, there are are many matters of business interest...
