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Chesapeake Bay and Environmental Progress at the Conowingo Dam May 3, 2021 Exelon Makes Initial Payments of More than $5.7 Million to Maryland under $200 Million Agreement Incorporated into Dam Relicensing Photo by Stephen Badger/Maryland Department of Natural Resources Maryland has received the first payments, totaling more than $5.7 million, under an agreement that requires the owner of the Conowingo Dam to invest in environmental projects and operational enhancements to improve water quality in the Lower Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay. Conowingo Dam owner Exelon Generation Compan...

But in some ways there is less to Biden’s radicalism than meets the eye, says the Financial Times’ Edward Luce.

The power station on the banks of the Hudson has no place in the state’s plans switch to renewables but critics say in the short term it means lost jobs and increased emissions

The truth isn't so politically simple. In truth,  both wind turbines and gas plants froze because of the abnormal weather. And when Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway said it had plans for additional generation capacity in Texas, it wasn't talking about wind turbines. It was talking about more gas-fired power plants— ten more gigawatts of them. While the Texas Freeze hogged headlines in the United States, across the Atlantic, the only European country producing any electricity from solar farms was teeny tiny Slovenia. And that's not because Europe doesn't have any solar capacity—on ...

These days, so-called green energy is ostensibly becoming more popular. An increasing number of homes across the country sport solar panels on their rooftops and the landscape is dotted with giant windmills. The panels power a home with the sunshine of a glorious spring day, and the turbines turn gusts of wind into cheap, environmentally friendly energy. But is it effective? The question has always been whether or not green energy could meet the demands of our country while keeping costs low. The claim is that solar and wind will become viable if we can just get enough people on board. Conseq...