Energy
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Constellation Aims to Power Future AI Data Centers by Reopening Three Mile Island
Constellation Energy is planning on restarting the undamaged reactor at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, site of the most infamous nuclear-power accident nationwide, write Jennifer Hiller and Katherine Blunt for The Wall Street Journal. The idea was born after the company’s chief executive Joe Dominguez attended a small gathering for CEOs last year, where OpenAI…
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Microsoft Deal Could Bring Three Mile Island Reactor Back Online
After closing five years ago due to financial troubles, the nuclear reactor at the Three Mile Island plant in central Pennsylvania could restart under a new Microsoft deal, writes Andrew Seidman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The owner of the plant, Baltimore-based Constellation Energy, has signed a 20-year agreement with Microsoft under which the software giant…
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Planned Solar Energy Farm in Bristol Expected to Save Bucks County Over $560K Annually
Bucks County commissioners approved engineering services for a planned solar energy farm in Bristol, writes Dino Ciliberti for The Patch. Bucks County General Services Department’s director of operations, Michael Connelly, said that the county could sell power back to PECO. In turn, the neighborhood would get rebates from the energy company. Connelly cited…
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Newtown Solar Company Named One of the Most Community-Minded Employers in the Area
Exact Solar, headquartered at 82 Walker Lane in Newtown, has been named a 2023 honoree of The Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Foundation. The foundation provides a standard for corporate citizenship and showcases how employers use their time, skills, and resources to drive social impact in their communities and company. “We are honored to…
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Bucks County Power Plant Listed Among Pennsylvania’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ Polluters
According to PennEnvironment, an environmental advocacy group, Fairless Energy in Fairless Hills is one of the “dirty dozen” greenhouse gas-emitting polluters in Pennsylvania, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. PennEnvironment released a report earlier this week that identifies primarily power plants that burn fossil fuels as the worst polluters. The dozen facilities are responsible…
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Plans for Warminster’s Brand New Tesla Dealership Delayed Until March
Talks of a new electric vehicle dealership have been postponed as one Bucks County township debates future plans for the new business. Dino Ciliberti wrote about the dealership for the Warminster Patch. Officials from Warminster Township are delaying talks for the building of a Tesla dealership in the area until March. The plans for a…
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A Decade After Hurricane Sandy, Bucks County Remembers Linemen Who Restored Power to the Area
Ten years after Hurricane Sandy left nearly a million people in the Philadelphia region powerless, Bucks County still remembers the linemen who brought the lights back on. Jeff Werner wrote about the linemen for the Doylestown Patch. Unlike New Jersey, the Philadelphia region had luckily not seen the devastating flooding that many were fearing was…
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Southampton Company Working to Make Sure Residents Get the Proper Heating They Need for the Winter
With the winter fast approaching, one Bucks County company is working to make sure everyone gets the heating they need. Reporters at NBC10 Philadelphia recently covered the heating that will be commonplace soon. Petro Home Services, located at 650 Knowles Avenue in Southampton, is one of many heating companies working to ensure that Bucks County…
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Falls Township Granted Approval for a Renewable Natural Gas Facility. Here’s What You Should Know
Supervisors from a Bucks County township recently approved the final steps for a renewable natural gas facility to begin being built. In their latest meeting, the Falls Township Board of Supervisors granted preliminary and final land development approval for Waste Management to construct two 20,000-square-foot renewable natural gas plants on a portion of the company’s…
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Warminster Engineering Service Celebrates American Manufacturing, Technological Ingenuity
A Bucks County engineering company recently took the time to celebrate the American manufacturing economy, as well as local technology. TJM Electronics, located at 359 Ivyland Road in Warminster, recently made it clear that they are proud to be a part of the American engineering scene, and that they love to call Bucks County their…
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Bensalem Area Waterfront To See Massive Redevelopment to Nearby Properties
A waterfront area of Bucks County will soon see a massive makeover, including the renovations of several local properties. Damon C. Williams wrote about the recent developments for the Bucks County Courier Times. The Bensalem Township Council recently reached an agreement regarding the the R-55 Riverfront Revitalization District, which was set up in the early…
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Internet Essentials Made All the Difference for This Bucks County Resident During Pandemic
A single Bucks County father of two turned to Internet Essentials during the pandemic when internet access proved to be a necessity for every household, writes Comcast’s Freedom Region Blog. Up until that point, Bilal did not believe the internet was something his family needed. His job kept him on the road for most of…
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Pa. Ranks Among States That Could Most Benefit from Easy-Breezy Energy Source
Pennsylvania has great wind energy potential, but it is currently using only a fraction of what it could. A new Stacker report illustrated the gap. Stacker ranked states based on their untapped wind energy potentials using data from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Washington D.C. The ranking was determined by comparing…
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Pa. Ranks Among States That Could Most Benefit from Easy-Breezy Energy Source
Pennsylvania has great wind energy potential, but it is currently using only a fraction of what it could. A new Stacker report illustrated the gap. Stacker ranked states based on their untapped wind energy potentials using data from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Washington D.C. The ranking was determined by comparing…
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It Has Been 120 Years Since the First Crude Oil Shipment at Marcus Hook. A Lot Has Changed Since 1902
On March 21, 1902, the first shipment of crude oil was delivered by the S.S. Paraguay to the Marcus Hook Refinery from Texas’s Spindletop oil field. A lot has changed in the last 120 years. The Marcus Hook Terminal is no longer a refinery for breaking down petroleum (crude oil) into lubricating oils, kerosene, or…
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Hay! What a Good Idea! Quakertown Inventor Harvests Abundant Savings on Heating Oil Costs
A Quakertown mechanical engineer has reconfigured a biomass boiler — a natural-burning, hot-water producer for home heating — to run on hay fed to it automatically. Tom Venesky harvested this story in Lancaster Farming. Michael Kramer wanted to get the high cost of home heating oil off his back. His ah-ha moment came from a…
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AAA: When Projecting Summer Vacation Costs, You’re Going to Need a Bump to the Gas Budget
The Phila. region is heading toward a 2022 Memorial Day Weekend that is absent overt COVID worries in a long time. That reality brings upbeat thoughts of impromptu zips to the Shore or the Poconos, family reunions, graduation parties, and other reasons to travel. But yet another spoiler — gas prices — is set to…
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Solar Panels Pitched to Bucks County’s Panel of Commissioners
A ProtoGen, Inc., presentation to the Bucks County commissioners sought to make the case for solar energy. Jeff Ward covered the idea for WFMZ 68 News. Kevin Wright, co-founder of Quakertown-headquartered ProtoGen, Inc., presented the findings of his sustainable-energy study, which was supplied free of charge at the county’s request. Wright amortized the initial $28.6-million…
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