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Troubled Illinois coal plant never received an operating permit, ran ‘illegally’ for over a decade, lawsuit says

March 22, 2023 Mariel Alumit

Illinois’ largest coal plant has been operating for over a decade without ever obtaining an operating permit required under the Clean Air Act, the Sierra Club alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court […]

Energy Crisis

Ending Illinois’ Ban On New Nuclear Power Plants Should Be A Bipartisan No-Brainer

March 8, 2023 Mariel Alumit

Authored by Mark Glennon via Wirepoints.org, Illinois relies on nuclear energy for over half of its electricity production. The plants producing that power are mostly old and scheduled to be mothballed by 2050. But Illinois […]

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New Illinois state energy project standards welcomed by some, resisted by others

February 13, 2023 Mariel Alumit

Karen Smith-Cox and her husband, Max, were looking to diversify the portfolio of their 360-acre Moultrie County farm — in his family since 1938 — in hopes of ensuring that her three stepdaughters would one […]

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CCUS

Illinois county offered payments to back Navigator carbon dioxide pipeline

February 4, 2023 Mariel Alumit

The company seeking to build a controversial carbon dioxide pipeline through five states is offering to pay as much as $19 million for cooperation from an Illinois county that last fall passed a two-year moratorium […]

EnergyNews

Illinois coalition demands clean trucks, building on clean power law

December 21, 2022 Mariel Alumit

​ The NET-Z coalition is asking the state to adopt a rule that would mandate electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles comprise an increasing percentage of heavy and medium-duty trucks sold in the state. Illinois […]

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Electric Vehicles

EV manufacturer Rivian buys 50 MW of power from Goose Creek Wind farm

December 5, 2022 Mariel Alumit

Rivian and Apex Clean Energy today announced the signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 50 MW of electricity from the renewable energy company’s proposed Goose Creek Wind farm in Piatt County, Illinois. As […]

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Renewables Not Sustainable

From steel to solar: Assessing the pending solar boom in the Rust Belt

July 7, 2022 Mariel Alumit

Introduction The pipeline for solar in the U.S. has exploded to nearly 187 GW, with renewable powerhouse Texas leading the way. Most of the remaining states in the top 10 by solar generation output — such […]

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Five states updated or adopted new clean energy standards in 2021

February 6, 2022 Mariel Alumit

Source: Graph by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on states’ renewable portfolio standards or clean energy standards passed into law in 2021 As of the end of 2021, 31 states and the District of Columbia […]

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Five states updated or adopted new clean energy standards in 2021

February 5, 2022 Mariel Alumit

Source: Graph by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on states’ renewable portfolio standards or clean energy standards passed into law in 2021 As of the end of 2021, 31 states and the District of Columbia […]

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Coal

Plunging Payouts on Top U.S. Power Grid Slam Coal, Nuclear

June 3, 2021 Tracey Woods

Coal plants, nuclear reactors and other generators will take a hit next year on the biggest U.S. power grid as payments designed to ensure the lights remain on from New Jersey to Illinois plunge 64%. […]

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