April 2, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Bruised U.S. supermajor Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) (Houston, Texas) said Tuesday that it expected to generate more than $1.2 billion in value from the sale of a majority interest in gas assets in eastern Texas.
April 2, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) (Charlotte, North Carolina) received approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) (Rockville, Maryland) to operate its roughly 2,500-megawatt (MW) Oconee nuclear power plant in South Carolina for another 20 years.
SUGAR LAND--April 2, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Donald Trump has been president for slightly more than 10 weeks, a period marked by an extraordinarily high level of presidential executive actions, numerous legal challenges to those actions, tariffs (both threatened and enacted), stock market gyrations and unprecedented job uncertainty for federal workers. \r\n\r\nThe energy sector has been a particular focus for the 47th president, and there\'s no indication that presidential and congressional actions affecting the energy sector will slow down any time soon.
April 2, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Renewable energy firm Avangrid Incorporated (NYSE:AGR) (Orange, Connecticut) announced that it has begun commercial operations of its largest solar farm to date near Mart, Texas. The plant joins several operational Avangrid plants throughout the U.S. as well as those under construction or in the planning stages.
April 2, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A \"Canada First\' energy corridor would help the energy-rich nation address the U.S. government from a position of strength, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said.\r\nU.S. President Donald Trump\'s tighter tariffs with top U.S. trading partners went into effect on Tuesday. A 25{e1d26e9d65f7ac9a714842dc63cca080a35bc512bf20fa6861acc6ccf43d04c2} tariff, a tax on imports, was imposed on Canadian goods and a 10{e1d26e9d65f7ac9a714842dc63cca080a35bc512bf20fa6861acc6ccf43d04c2} tax was slapped on Canadian energy last month, though Trump eventually backed off. He\'s dubbed Wednesday as \"Liberation Day,\" when sweeping tariffs would go into effect.\r\nOther companies featured: Pembina Pipeline Corporation (NYSE:PBA)
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GALWAY, IRELAND--April 2, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch, European News \r\nEditor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Germany\'s largest green hydrogen electrolyzer has been commissioned by chemicals major BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Siemens Energy (Munich, Germany. \r\n\r\nWithin this article: Details commissioning of Germany\'s largest green hydrogen plant, scale, capacity, partners, related projects in the pipeline, Germany\'s new hydrogen network and targets
April 2, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Department of Energy has granted regulatory clearance to Holtec International (Jupiter, Florida) to transfer small modular reactor (SMR) technology to select private firms in India. This approval enables Holtec to engage in nuclear design and manufacturing activities within India, paving the way for enhanced bilateral cooperation in nuclear energy.
April 1, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--After delays in the court, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Friday gave preliminary approval for NextDecade Corporation\'s (NASDAQ:NEXT) (Houston, Texas) Rio Grande LNG project in southern Texas.\r\nThe D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals last year overturned approval of the entire Rio Grande facility due to a lack of a suitable environmental impact statement. Plant owner NextDecade in October filed a petition for a rehearing.\r\nOther companies featured: Cheniere Energy Incorporated (NYSE:LNG)
April 1, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Market jitters stemming from concerns about U.S. trade policies are spilling over to consumer demand for fuels, though data are highly volatile amid pending tariffs.\r\nMajor stock market indices were in the red on Monday amid fears that trade policies embraced by U.S. President Donald Trump could upend the global economy. Markets were bracing for what Trump has dubbed \"Liberation Day,\" when his administration is expected Wednesday to enact sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners.