Louisiana
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Hydrogen
Plug Power Group Commissions Hydrogen Liquefaction Plant in Louisiana
Hidrogenii, a joint venture between Plug Power and Olin Corp., said it has commissioned a 15 metric-ton-per-day (TPD) hydrogen liquefaction plant in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. Plug Power on April 17 said the facility is among the largest electrolytic hydrogen liquefaction plants in North America.
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Gas
Entergy Louisiana Eyes 2.2 GW of New Gas-Fired Generation to Support Data Center Demand
A filing with the Louisiana Public Service Commission shows that Entergy plans to build more than 2 GW of natural gas-fired power generation in the state, including a 1,500-MW facility in northeast Louisiana that would provide power for a large Meta data center operation in an area off Interstate 20 in Holly Ridge (Figure 1). […]
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Renewables
RWE Signs PPAs With Meta for Power from Solar Farms
U.S. renewable energy major RWE announced the signing of two long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) that will supply electricity to social media company Meta. The deal is for clean energy from two solar farms with combined generation capacity of 374 MW. The solar facilities are RWE’s 274-MW County Run Solar project in Illinois, and the […]
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Solar
AES Announces Addition of 3.5 GW of Renewables
Virginia-based AES Corp. said the company added 3.5 GW of new renewable energy generation capacity to its global portfolio in 2023, an amount nearly double that built in the previous year. The projects, including solar power, wind power, and energy storage, were built in several locations worldwide, including the U.S., and will serve a variety […]
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Wind
Offshore Wind and Green Hydrogen Offer Great Opportunities for Gulf Coast States
The U.S. Gulf Coast offers some of the greatest potential for renewable energy development in the country. According to a National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study, Florida, Texas, and Louisiana rank second, third, and fourth, respectively, in net technical energy resource potential for offshore wind. The large energy resource in these three southern states is […]
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Offshore Wind
Biden Administration Announces First Offshore Wind Lease Sales for Gulf of Mexico
The Biden administration on Feb. 22 announced the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind power development in the Gulf of Mexico. The Dept. of the Interior, through its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), said it would open more than 300,000 acres in the Gulf, an area that long has been a major part of […]
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Press Releases
Landmark Emissions-Reduction Project in Louisiana Announced; CF Industries, ExxonMobil, EnLink Midstream to Collaborate
CF Industries to capture up to 2 million metric tons of CO2 from operations ExxonMobil to develop 125K-acre CO2 storage location in Vermilion Parish ExxonMobil agreement with EnLink Midstream to transport CO2 through pipeline network IRVING, Texas – CF Industries, a leading global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products, has entered into the largest-of-its-kind commercial […]
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Gas
GE H-Class Turbine Will Power New Louisiana Gas-Fired Plant
General Electric’s (GE’s) H-Class power generation equipment technology will be used at a new natural gas-fired power plant in Louisiana. GE on Sept. 1 said it received an order from Kindle Energy for a 7HA.03 gas turbine to serve the 725-MW Magnolia Power Project that will be built in Plaquemine. The new facility is expected […]
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Press Releases
Capstone Green Energy Lands a Follow-On C1000S Rental System for a Remote Data Center Handling Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Mining in Louisiana
VAN NUYS, Calif. (Feb. 22, 2022) — Capstone Green Energy Corporation (www.CapstoneGreenEnergy.com) (NASDAQ: CGRN), (“Capstone,” the “Company,” “we” or “us”), a global leader in carbon reduction and on-site resilient green energy as a service (EaaS) solutions, announced today that its southern U.S. Distributor, Lone Star Power Solutions (www.lonestarpowersolutions.com), has contracted with a remote data center […]
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News
Power Restoration Continues After Ida; Storm’s Death Toll Tops 60
Power restoration efforts continue along the Gulf Coast and in the U.S. Northeast, as utilities work to bring electricity back to areas in Louisiana hit hard by Hurricane Ida, and around New York City and New England due to heavy rainfall from remnants of the storm. The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) in a Sept. […]
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