Koura proposes $800M investment for EV battery material projects in St. Gabriel
Chemical manufacturer Orbia is exploring two expansion projects in Iberville Parish for its fluorinated solutions business, Koura, Louisiana Economic Development announced last week.
The projects...
LSU’s new energy institute faces global challenges, skepticism
In Louisiana, the energy transition away from high-intensity carbon fuels is focused on things such as creating lower-carbon hydrogen and capturing climate-warming carbon from...
Proman, Mitsubishi propose world-scale clean ammonia plant in Lake Charles
Switzerland-based Proman has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Corp. to explore building a world-scale ultra low-carbon ammonia facility in Lake Charles, reports Chemical Engineering...
EBR School Board approves ExxonMobil ITEP request for ‘Innovation Suite’
Last Thursday, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board approved ExxonMobil's ITEP request for a potential "Innovation Suite" at its Baton Rouge complex.
The investment...
This Baton Rouge firm will decommission a nuclear reactor in Alaska
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Baton Rouge-based environmental solutions firm Aptim a contract to decommission and dismantle the reactor facility located...
Tri-state HALO Hydrogen Hub not selected to receive IIJA funding
The Biden administration is directing $7 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law to build seven regional hydrogen power hubs in 16 states, reports Louisiana...
Billions of dollars to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells will only make...
An infusion of federal money has helped Louisiana plug nearly 500 abandoned oil and gas wells this year, reports Louisiana Illuminator.
That number doesn’t come...
Carbonvert, Castex sign deal for offshore CO2 storage near Cameron Parish
Carbonvert and Castex Energy, through its wholly owned subsidiary Castex Carbon Solutions, have executed an operating agreement with the State of Louisiana to develop...
A look at LSU’s $3 million grant to research and plug methane-leaking oil wells
An LSU professor has been awarded a $3 million grant to research and plug the state’s 450 orphan oil wells leaking methane gas.
The project,...
First Solar breaks ground on $1.1 billion solar manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish
A $1.1 billion solar panel manufacturing facility broke ground last week in Iberia Parish. The facility, First Solar’s fifth fully vertically integrated factory of...
