Advocates Want Light Shed on Power Plans for Meta’s Louisiana Data Center
Environmental and consumer protection advocates are calling for transparency into how Meta will power a massive new data center in Northeast Louisiana.
The groups want to require Meta, the parent company of Facebook, and its data center developer, Laidley LLC, be listed as parties on Entergy’s application to the Louisiana Public Service Commission to build three natural gas power plants. They will provide electricity for the data center planned for rural Richland Parish.
A Fossil Fuel May Be Rebranded ‘Renewable Energy’ Under Proposed Tennessee Law
Tennessee may become the first state to legally define gas as “renewable energy.”
State law currently defines natural gas, a fossil fuel composed mostly of methane, as “clean energy.” But a proposed state bill would expand the definition.
Is Wind Energy Really Driving Up Electricity Rates in Texas? Here’s What Experts Say
Experts say the opposite is true. Wind energy adds electricity supply to the Texas market, and any source of supply helps to bring down the cost of electricity. Wind and solar farms are also cheap to run — they don’t have fuel costs — and so they are able to offer electricity to the market at lower rates, which drives down wholesale prices.
Ramaco Rare Earth Project Awarded $6.1 Million Matching Grant From Wyoming Energy Authority
Ramaco stands at the forefront of pioneering rare earth and critical minerals processing and carbon ore-to-products research, with a state-of-the-art research park to be constructed adjacent to the 16,000-acre Brook Mine property in northern Wyoming. Ramaco’s proposed new rare earth elements (“REE”) and critical mineral Brook mine would be the first new rare earth mine opened in the United States since 1952.
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