LONDON, England, Dec. 18 -- The European Union's European Bank for Reconstruction and Development issued the following news: To boost Bulgaria's renewable energy sector, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has committed new funds to the 156 megawatt (MW) Saint Nikola wind farm located in the Kavarna region of northeast Bulgaria. The Bank had supported the construction of Saint Nikola, Bulgaria's largest wind farm, in 2008, with a Euros119 million loan. The project was c  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 18 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City issued the following article on Dec. 17, 2021, by Vice President Chad Wilkerson and Courtney Shupert, assistant economist at the Oklahoma City Branch: * * * Oklahoma is known as an energy state. Its natural resources--including oil and gas reservoirs and winds "sweeping down the plains"--make it a unique energy producer.[1] This edition of the Oklahoma Economist investigates recent trends and the longer-term evolution of  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 18 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: Uttar Pradesh has fallen behind other power-intensive Indian states in terms of delivering on renewable capacity targets. A new joint report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and energy think tank Ember says urgent action is needed to get back on track, not only for the state to meet its own targets but also to avoid slowing overal  more

PARIS, France, Dec. 18 (TNSRep) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release: The amount of electricity generated worldwide from coal is surging towards a new annual record in 2021, undermining efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and potentially putting global coal demand on course for an all-time high next year, the International Energy Agency said in its latest annual market report. After falling in 2019 and 2020, global power generation from coal is expected t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2021: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced up to $644,000 in funding for the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources to assess the economic impacts of fossil energy production in Wyoming and evaluate opportunities and research needs to deploy clean hydrogen technologies. The study also will include d  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) led a letter with West Virginia Reps. David McKinley (R-WV) and Alex Mooney (R-WV) calling on Congressional Leaders to exclude damaging anti-coal provisions in the final version of Democrats' social spending package, the Build Back Better Act. "In West Virginia, the mining and coal-fired power generation industries supported 33,000 jobs in 2019. Combined, these two in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and a group of their colleagues in introducing the Coal Council Certainty Act to reinstate the National Coal Council (NCC), which is a federal advisory committee that provided advice, recommendations, and insights to the Department of Energy (DOE) on issues related to the coal industry. "West  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) in introducing the Coal Council Certainty Act, legislation to reinstate the National Coal Council (NCC). The NCC is a federal advisory committee that provided advice, recommendations and insights to the Department of Energy (DOE) on issues related to the coal industry. It was origi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, this week introduced the Coal Council Certainty Act to reinstate the National Coal Council (NCC), a federal advisory committee that provided advice, recommendations and insights to the Department of Energy (DOE) on issues related to the coal industry. The NCC was originally established in 1984 and was comprised o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $23,367,889 in rural housing loans and community development grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). "West Virginia's rural housing, drinking water, and waste water infrastructure needs are unique to the rest of the country, whi  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 18 -- The Australian Council of Trade Unions issued the following agency statement: * * * The Morrison Government's decision to sneak out the appointment of two new employer advocates to the Fair Work Commission, on a Saturday afternoon, the week before Christmas, demonstrates the contempt that Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Government have for working people. Scott Morrison had a choice with these appointments. He could have chosen to appoint advocates to th  more

PENSACOLA, Florida, Dec. 17 -- Gulf Power, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, issued the following news: Most of us will face the task of discarding or recycling the many boxes, bags and wrapping paper after the holidays this year. Imagine dealing with disposing of nearly 10,000 refrigerator-sized boxes and the same number of wooden pallets. That's how much packaging was left after the 200,000- to 250,000-photovoltaic solar panels were unwrapped to be installed on each one of Gulf Power's and Flo  more