Black Bear Solar energy project Lightsource bp has successfully closed on a $100 million financing package for its 130 MW DC Black Bear Solar energy project in Montgomery County, Ala. The tax equity investment for the project was secured from U.S. Bank. Debt for the project was provided by Banco Santander and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking […]
Lightsource bp is moving forward on its 130-MWdc Black Bear Solar energy project in Montgomery County, Alabama. “This project demonstrates the positive impacts that result from partnerships with shared goals to reduce carbon emissions, deliver affordable electricity, create jobs and contribute to local communities,” said Kevin Smith, CEO of the Americas, Lightsource bp. “It’s also […]
Photovoltaic solar, with its range of complementing technologies and uses, is expected to be integral in another process of decarbonizing the grid: creating a carbon-free fuel source. Hydrogen cells are an energy source that, when expended, release no carbon, just heat and water vapor. They’re commonly used in food and fertilizer production, treating metals and […]
We were seated near a lush river in the Southern Cardamom Mountains, huddled over a lunch of chicken and rice, when the tip came in via text message: Someone had passed along the location of a poaching camp. Within minutes, the entire group — including Darian Thackwell, the head ranger, and four of his armed […]
WASHINGTON — The declaration from Senator Joe Manchin III that he cannot support his party’s $2.2 trillion Build Back Better bill has significantly dimmed the prospects for the climate action that scientists say the United States must take to avert the most catastrophic effects of global warming. Mr. Manchin, who first expressed his opposition in […]
California regulators on Monday proposed requiring people with rooftop solar panels to pay more of the costs of operating the electric grid, a plan that some supporters of clean energy argued could greatly reduce the incentive for new residential installations. The proposal from the California Public Utilities Commission would impose higher utility fees on people […]
“The amount of lithium we need in any of our climate goals is incredible,” said Anna Shpitsberg, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for energy transformation. “Everyone is trying to build up their supply chains and think about how to be strategic.” But Washington has little sway in Bolivia, whose leaders have long disagreed […]
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday will announce its intention to propose stricter limits on the amount of lead allowable in drinking water and to begin replacing millions of lead pipes that snake throughout the country and pose a significant public health threat. Lead is a neurotoxin that can damage the brain and […]
That spring, Arizona, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Louisiana passed laws that barred cities from banning natural gas. In Oklahoma, the gas industry drew support from groups like the AARP, the influential lobby for older Americans, as well as restaurants, hotels, homebuilders and barbecue equipment makers. “The message was: ‘You don’t want these California liberals telling you […]
Ahead of last month’s United Nations global climate summit, Google, the world’s biggest provider of ads online, made a big announcement: It would stop placing ads on sites that deny the scientific consensus on climate change. Banned from profiting from its advertising program, Google said, were sites and videos falsely referring to global warming as […]