New York State has issued a request for applications for projects eligible to receive a share of $644 million in federal funding that has been made available through a program to expand affordable, high-speed broadband internet access. The ConnectALL Deployment Program seeks to expand low-cost, reliable, high-speed internet to businesses and homes in areas without […]
After receiving resident approval, the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, will create a Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU). SEUs are opt-in, supplemental, community-owned energy utilities that collect and distribute 100% renewable energy from local systems to participants. Because it’s an optional utility, it will not replace the existing grid and will exclusively receive support from elective […]
The city-owned utility in Austin has a plan to cut planet-warming emissions while maintaining reliable service. Austin Energy’s Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan is a roadmap for how the city will generate its electricity in the coming decade as it works to become 100% carbon free by 2035. The plan garnered controversy for opening […]
The U.S. Department of Energy wants to make it easier to recycle wind turbines. With a new $20 million funding program, the Wind Turbine Technology Recycling Funding Opportunity, the DOE will support projects developing solutions for recycling hard-to-process materials like fiber-reinforced composites and rare earth element magnets. To accomplish this, the program focuses on three […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is pushing a key parkway project in Kentucky to the finish line, seeking to bolster economic development and public safety across the Bluegrass state. The Mountain Parkway Expansion, led by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), is a six-legged project that will widen segments of I-85 and extend the vital […]
The Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Demonstrations is making $1.3 billion available for up to 11 projects that help develop and commercialize carbon capture technologies. Commercial demonstration of advanced carbon capture technologies, integrated with reliable transportation and storage infrastructure, is necessary for the widespread deployment of carbon capture technologies, the DOE said. Projects awarded […]
Ohio is investing another $86.1 million to clean up hazardous brownfield sites across the state. The funding will be used to clean up industrial, commercial and institutional brownfield sites across the state that are abandoned, idled or underutilized due to a known or potential release of hazardous substances or petroleum. Following remediation, these properties […]