Happy
Friday! Next-generation
nuclear reactors should be
quicker, cheaper, and easier to
build than their conventional
cousins, but proving that hasn’t
been easy. As these facilities
look to get off the ground in the
U.S., a new report shared
exclusively with Alexander C.
Kaufman has some
suggestions.
Next up,
we take a trip around the world to
see where clean energy components
come from. Dan
McCarthy charts the
countries dominating solar,
battery, wind, and EV
manufacturing.
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EMISSIONS
- A coalition of 24
states and more than a dozen
cities and counties sues the
Trump administration, claiming
it acted illegally by rescinding
the endangerment finding, which
underpins the EPA’s power to
regulate greenhouse gas
emissions. (Associated
Press)
- Democratic U.S.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode
Island announces an
investigation into methane
emissions from oil and gas
facilities in the Permian Basin
after satellite data revealed
actual emissions were four times
higher than EPA estimates. (Inside
Climate News)
COAL
- The
administration’s orders to keep
six coal plants in five states
online under emergency orders
have cost utility customers more
than $230 million, according to
a Sierra Club analysis. (Utility
Dive)
ELECTRIC
VEHICLES
- Uber announces a
$1.25 billion investment in
Rivian to buy at least 10,000
autonomous versions of the
company’s R2 EV. (CNBC)
IRAN
- U.S. Treasury
Secretary Scott Bessent says the
White House may loosen sanctions
on Iranian oil already on
tankers in the ocean to combat
rising prices. (Politico)
- White House
officials say they won’t ban oil
exports in an attempt to lower
domestic prices. (Politico)
SOLAR
-
Lego
announces it will install a
26-MW solar array on its
planned factory in Virginia. (WRIC,
Electrek)
-
Tesla
is reportedly looking to buy
$2.9 billion worth of Chinese
solar panels and cells. (Reuters)
NUCLEAR
- President Donald
Trump and Japanese Prime
Minister Sanae Takaichi announce
GE Vernova and Hitachi will
build as much as $40 billion
worth of advanced nuclear
reactors in Tennessee and
Alabama. (Bloomberg)
- A bipartisan
group of Minnesota lawmakers
pushes the state to lift its
32-year-old ban on new nuclear
reactors to help the state meet
its 2040 zero-carbon energy
portfolio deadline. (Minnesota
Reformer)
GRID
- Utilities should
prioritize distributed energy
resources like home batteries
and smart thermostats to avoid
the need to build more grid
infrastructure and keep rates
low, a new Brattle Group report
finds. (Latitude
Media)
- Google will
integrate 1 GW of demand
response into its utility
contracts in the South and
Midwest to help balance its data
centers’ power usage. (E&E
News)
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