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How oil giants Shell and BP are getting into agrivoltaics by combining solar energy with agricultural production

Through partnerships with solar energy developers, oil giants BP and Shell are investing in an emerging industry called agrivoltaics, which combines solar energy generation with agricultural activities such as sheep grazing, beekeeping and crop production. This multi-use land management strategy could help alleviate the tension between farmers and solar developers, Read more…

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Environmental Advisory Committee passes resolution supporting city’s municipal emissions reduction plan

After three years of research and discussion, the Environmental Advisory Committee passed Resolution 2024-01 during a meeting on April 4 to support the city of Laramie municipal emissions reduction plan. “I’ve expressed this quite a bit, but I am pretty pleased with this plan,” said Rhiannon Jakopak, Environmental Advisory Committee Read more…

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Wyoming REAP Webinar

On Feb. 15, the Alliance for Renewable Energy teamed up with the Wyoming solar installation company, Creative Energies, to host a webinar on the newly expanded Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that provides grants to rural small businesses and agricultural producers for renewable Read more…

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Senate bill directs FERC to bolster interregional transmission planning, require GHG reporting

Dive Brief: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would have to bolster interregional transmission planning and require greenhouse gas emissions reporting by utilities under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and three other Democratic senators. The bill, which also addresses transmission cost allocation, grid interconnection and competitive generation procurement, comes Read more…

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