MILFORD — A new global private management firm is looking to enter Delaware’s renewable energy race, as it looks to build one of the biggest solar arrays seen yet in Sussex County. Brookfield Renewable Partners, ...
After more than a year of large retailers skirting a prohibition on plastic bags by utilizing a loophole for thicker material, plastic is headed for the history books at most checkout lines in Delaware come ...
NEWARK – Versogen, a startup spun out of the work of a University of Delaware professor that seeks to build scalable “green” hydrogen production, recently landed its first round of investor funding, raising $14.5 million. ...
GLASGOW – For all of the environmental and energy-efficiency benefits that electric fuel cell vehicles have brought to market in recent years, they are still not a perfect fit for all consumers. They can take ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it is proposing removing two Delaware sites from its list of the nation’s most contaminated hazardous waste sites, known as Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The sites, ...
The state’s incentive investment board, the Council on Development Finance, signed off on five $50,000 Delaware Technical Innovation Program (DTIP) grants Monday that back work being done by four startup Delaware firms. DTIP grants are ...
BETHANY BEACH — When you pull into a gas station to fill up, the odds are you don’t look at the manufacturer’s label on the pump, and you shouldn’t have to as long as gasoline ...
FENWICK ISLAND — Offshore wind farms were already a fairly polarizing issue before this year, but it may get even hotter now that Maryland has approved new larger projects. Ørsted received Maryland state approval in ...
FENWICK ISLAND — Ørsted has received state approval for its second wind farm in the Delaware-Maryland waters. Last week, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) signed off on Skipjack Wind 2, a proposal that would ...
Baltimore-based US Wind Inc. announced Dec. 2 that it has pledged $100,000 to Delaware’s Center for the Inland Bays, a national estuary program, which will serve as a capstone contribution to the capital campaign behind ...
TOWNSEND – Amazon already has a substantial presence in the First State, operating three fulfillment centers and a last-mile distribution center with more of each on the way, but it’s preparing to embark on a ...
SEAFORD — Leading anaerobic digester developer Bioenergy Devo (BDC) Bioenergy Devco (BDC)announced today it has secured $100 million in financing from funds managed by climate infrastructure investment manager Irradiant Partners, LP. This capital will support ...
WILMINGTON – DuPont announced Tuesday morning that it has reached an agreement to acquire Rogers Corp., an engineered materials and components company, for $5.2 billion as part of a larger strategy to realign the advanced ...
WILMINGTON — Agilent Technologies, a developer of equipment and software for laboratories with a large Delaware workforce, announced Wednesday that it is committing to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions no later than 2050. Agilent is ...
WILMINGTON – City officials are seeking a disaster declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, one week after the Brandywine River flooded at unprecedented levels as Hurricane Ida traveled up the Atlantic Coast. State officials ...
WILMINGTON – DuPont shareholders overrode the wishes of company executives this spring by supporting a resolution that calls for the company to publicly report data on plastic pollution. The measure, introduced by the nonprofit advocacy ...
BETHANY BEACH — While still seeking solutions to bring its Skipjack wind farm’s transmission line ashore, Ørsted is looking to place a second wind farm in the water nearby. Ørsted announced Wednesday it had submitted ...
DOVER – The Delaware General Assembly approved a bill late in the 2021 session to close loopholes in the single-use plastic bag ban that went into effect this year. A 2019 law, that went into ...
Delaware lawmakers are pushing to further restrict single-use plastics with two bills that would bar businesses from offering certain plastic items and make the state’s existing carryout plastic bag ban applicable to all stores, regardless ...
By State Senator Stephanie Hansen Guest Columnist Picking one important issue to highlight on Earth Day is almost impossible because all environmental issues are so inter-related. As Chair of the Senate Environment and Energy Committee, ...