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The US Department of the Interior has launched emergency permitting rules to accelerate geothermal energy development, citing national security and energy dominance goals. Ormat Technologies' three Nevada projects will be the first to benefit from the streamlined process, with environmental reviews cut from years to weeks.

Using emergency procedures, the permitting timeline is expected to be significantly reduced, from years to weeks in some cases.

Fresh permit will allow the project to move forward towards FID this fall, first production expected in early 2029.

Permits for the East Side Cluster carbon storage project have been awarded, and participants have begun announcing final investment decisions.

A surge in permit applications for long-term carbon storage sites reflects where industrially produced carbon dioxide can be harvested, and where the necessary pipelines are.

State regulators raise doubts about natural gas flaring permits but rarely reject them.

The Dutch Government will no longer issue drilling permits for new onshore oil and gas wells.