Cerasoli said the FERC rules were a good start. “The next problem, though, is that the grid is not going to be large enough to cope with the expansion of power, it needs to be upgraded,” he said.
The California State Assembly has shelved legislation that would have forced the country’s two largest pension funds to divest an estimated $15 billion from oil and gas companies, a major blow to environmental advocates who hoped the funds could be a national model for the divestment movement.
A Californian man who toppled out of his boat in the middle of the night was able to swim to a nearby oil platform thanks to the help of a kind-hearted seal.
Amplify Energy Corp. has been charged with criminal negligence in the worst oil spill in California in almost three decades.
Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer Woodside (ASX:WPL) is collaborating with US-based Heliogen, a provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar energy, to build a 5 MW commercial-scale demonstration facility in California.
Sparrows Group has bagged a five-year contract worth more than £1 million for work in the US.
As the threat of blackouts continues to plague California, officials are pointing to battery storage as a key to preventing future power shortfalls. But the Golden State is going to need a lot more batteries to weather the next climate-driven crisis—let alone to achieve its goal of a carbon-free grid.
The exiled Highlander behind US-based software and energy firm Ziyen Energy has secured a new role advising a group campaigning for independence for California.
Tesla asserted late Saturday that restarting its operations in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic didn’t make the company an outlier, nor was it going against the grain.
A California company is seeking to build a $1 billion refinery that will make gasoline and diesel near the Permian Basin town of Kermit.
Empyrean Energy has boosted its stakes in a number of Californian licences as part of a farm-in agreement with Sacgasco.
President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate accord will prove only a temporary setback to reducing greenhouse gas emissions because “disaster still looms” unless the world moves urgently on the issue, California governor Jerry Brown has said.
Natural gas in balmy Texas is feeling the chill of California’s snowy peaks 1,200 miles away.
Norwegian renewables firm Nel has won a framework contract for the exclusive supply, construction and maintenance of hydrogen fueling stations in California.
Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas) has urged its customers to reduce their use of natural gas until further notice.
California is considering a system to protect projects that cut global-warming emissions from a market downturn that may worsen under a Trump administration.
This incredible footage shot by National Geographic takes a look around an oil platform ecosystem off the coast of California.
Denvir-headquartered Sentinel Peak Resources has agreed to buy Californian assets from a US rival for up to $742million.
A former oil-tank farm with views of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California will be cleaned up and converted into a resort under a $500 million plan by the real estate firm that purchased the property.
Conventional oil and gas explorer Sacgasco has farmed out a working interest in its US onshore assets to another Australian company.
Pacific Gas and Electric has been found guilty of several federal charges stemming from a natural gas pipeline explosion in California which killed eight people and injured 58 others six years ago.
An underground pipeline has spewed out thousands of gallons of crude oil near the Southern Californian coast.
Two US federal agencies have found that fracking off the Californian coast has no signifcant impact, lifting a moratorium that was put in place earlier this year.
Homeowners forced out of their properties after a methane leak in Los Angeles have filed claims against state regulators for $3.5million each in damages.
Southern California Gas Co aims to partially restore operations at its crippled Aliso Canyon storage field by late summer following a huge gas leak last year.