Industry pushes Congress for $1.2B to fix U.S. transformer shortage
Transformer manufacturers and project users want congressional leaders to make sure that $1.2 billion included in Senate-passed 2024 spending legislation to reverse a major...
Chiasson: Port Fourchon to become home to Louisiana’s first wind turbine
Port Fourchon serves as the land base for multiple offshore oil and gas companies, but it also hopes to become a hub for offshore...
Syrah Resources edges closer to AAM production in Vidalia
Syrah Resources hopes to begin active anode material production at its Vidalia facility by the end of January, reports The Market Herald. The company...
Ucore acquires brownfield site in Alexandria for new rare earth facility
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. recently announced the January acquisition of an 80,800-square-foot brownfield facility on 10-plus acres in Alexandria for the development of its...
Element 25 approved for $57 million in tax incentives for Ascension Parish facility
Element 25 Ltd. has achieved all of the state's Industrial Tax Exempt Program (ITEP) requirements to support a lithium-ion battery grade high purity manganese...
Company building Iberia Parish solar panel factory sells $700M in tax credits
A major American solar manufacturer is selling $700 million worth of tax credits the company earned under the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA,...
Two U.S. offshore wind farms now sending electricity to the grid
For the first time in the U.S., turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms. The...
New GPS life vest law protects offshore workers traveling to Gulf rigs
A new state law mandating that workers flying to Gulf of Mexico oil rigs wear life jackets with personal locator beacons went into effect...
Wind, solar and battery industries grew this year despite economic challenges
Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at breakneck speed in 2023, a trend that if amplified will help Earth turn...
Louisiana offshore wind supply chain database highlights industry’s readiness
Global offshore wind company RWE and regional business booster Greater New Orleans Inc. have released the findings of a one-year collaboration to accelerate the...
