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 […]
As we celebrate the Christmas holiday with family and friends, we at Government Market News want to thank our readers for trusting us to provide timely, accurate and insightful coverage and analysis of the U.S. government marketplace. We will publish news and opportunities on an abbreviated schedule through the holiday and resume our normal schedule […]
Hawai’i – Kevin Auger has been appointed executive director for the city of Honolulu’s Office of Housing. Auger is a real estate veteran, bringing almost four decades of housing development experience to the position. He most recently served as deputy director of the Office since July 2023. He replaced Denise Iseri-Matsubara on Nov. 18, 2024. The post Honolulu, […]