Happy
Friday! We cap the
week with a big milestone for
renewables. Throughout March,
solar, wind, hydropower, and
bioenergy in the U.S. generated
more power than gas for the first
time over the course of a month. Dan
McCarthy charts the closing gap.
And in
another dose of good news for
clean power, the Trump
administration has quietly
declined to appeal rulings that
shut down its attempts to halt
offshore wind construction. Jake
Bittle has that story.
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COAL
-
The
Trump administration announces
it will roll back a 2024 rule
requiring companies to monitor
coal ash storage sites at
inactive power plants, which
environmental advocates say
will threaten water supplies
for millions of people. (New
York Times, Guardian)
-
Three
coal plants ordered by the
Trump administration to stay
open past their scheduled
retirements at the end of 2025
didn’t end up generating power
in January. (E&E
News)
MIDDLE
EAST ENERGY SHOCK
- War in Iran has
cost the U.S. roughly $17
billion in increased gasoline
and diesel prices so far,
racking up an extra $129 in
charges to the average
household. (Heatmap)
- President Donald
Trump says Iran isn’t living up
to the two countries’ ceasefire
agreement and letting fossil
fuel tankers travel through the
Strait of Hormuz. (NPR)
DATA
CENTERS
- Maine lawmakers
pass a bill that would block
development of data centers
larger than 20 MW until November
2027, a measure that would be
the first statewide ban of its
kind if it becomes law. (Maine
Morning Star)
ELECTRIC
VEHICLES
-
Volkswagen
announces it will cease
production of electric
vehicles at its Tennessee
factory and instead focus on
gasoline-fueled models that
sell at a higher volume. (Chattanooga
Times Free Press,
New
York Times)
-
Experts
say vehicle-to-grid technology
can defer the need for
expensive power grid upgrades,
but is limited by a lack of
standardized data-sharing
protocols. (Utility
Dive)
OFFSHORE
WIND
- Rhode Island Sen.
Sheldon Whitehouse (D) sends a
letter to TotalEnergies
outlining legal concerns over
the company's deal to give up
its offshore wind leases off New
York and North Carolina in
exchange for nearly $1 billion
from the federal government. (E&E
News)
PIPELINES
- A proposed
647-mile pipeline from the
Canadian border through Montana
and Wyoming resembles plans for
the failed Keystone XL pipeline
project, and would likely
connect with Midwest pipelines
to the Gulf Coast, critics say.
(Inside
Climate News)
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