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US wind generation fell in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s

Baua Electric

The El Niño climate pattern, which weakens tradewinds, definitely had a hand in that. Wind generation in the East North Central states – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin – declined by 6% compared with 2022. Wind generation from August through December, however, was 2.4% higher than during the same period in 2022.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. In prior work with DOE, MTR has advanced membrane CO 2 capture technology for coal power plants through small engineering scale testing and studies.

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