Articles by Sandra Cowherd

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 - India received its first-ever shipment of American petroleum earlier this month, among signs  that the Asian nation’s energy needs are increasing at a faster rate than all other regions of the world.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 - The Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) plans to send microgrids and small-scale wind turbines to Puerto Rico.

DENVER, Oct. 18, 2017 - A team from Switzerland took first place overall at the Energy Department’s Solar Decathlon 2017 in Denver.

JOHNSTON, IOWA, Oct. 18, 2017 - The EPA recently requested public comments on a proposal to lower the 2018 and 2019 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) biodiesel levels.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2017 - Oncor Electric Delivery Co., the largest transmission and distribution electric utility in Texas, has withdrawn a proposal to institute a solar rate that would have imposed a minimum bill on residential customers who generate solar power.

DENVER, Oct. 18, 2017 - The Colorado Petroleum Council and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association filed a lawsuit against new regulations adopted by the City of Thornton.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 - More than 1,000 fuel stations around the country are offering fuel with 15 percent ethanol. That’s more than twice as many as a year ago.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 - Sandia National Laboratories has disclosed new research aimed at developing cooler burning engines.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - Representatives from all segments of the solar industry, including American manufacturers, testified in a remedy hearing last week before the U.S. International Trade Commission following an ITC ruling that a flood of solar panel imports from abroad had hurt the U.S. industry.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports state taxes on gasoline this year average 27.9 cents per gallon, an increase of 4.5 percent over 2016.