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Good
morning! Today’s top
story takes us to an empty plot in
rural Louisiana that could end up
transforming the global steel
industry. It’s where Hyundai is
planning to build a $6 billion
iron and steel plant, with plans
to eventually power the facility
with green hydrogen. But in the
nearby city of Donaldsonville,
residents, leaders, and
environmental advocates tell
Maria Gallucci they’re
worried the plant may just become
another polluting landmark within
Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.”
And in
cleantech startup news, Base Power
is building a network of home
batteries in Illinois, with some
residents scoring backup systems
for as little as $95 upfront. Julian
Spector has the details.
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COAL
- TransAlta
is seeking tens of millions of
dollars in reimbursement from
utilities, grid operators, and a
grid management firm for keeping
its Centralia, Washington, coal
plant ready to operate under a
Trump administration order, even
though the facility hasn’t run
since December. (Washington
State Standard)
- Retiring
power plants ordered by the
Trump administration to keep
running are producing just a
fraction of the power they had
in previous years, even as the
White House claims their
generation is necessary to
prevent grid emergencies. (Utility
Dive)
DATA
CENTERS
- The
House Energy and Commerce
Committee’s top Democrat Rep.
Frank Pallone unexpectedly calls
for a nationwide moratorium on
data center development as
Congress crafts legislation to
protect ratepayers from data
center-induced power bill price
spikes. (E&E
News)
ELECTRIC
VEHICLES
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British
energy giant Octopus and
battery maker CATL launch a
battery-swapping network for
electric trucks in the UK and
Europe, furthering a
technology that’s made little
progress in the U.S. (Electrek)
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Jeff
Bezos-backed EV startup Slate
Auto says it’s brought in more
than 180,000 reservations for
its low-cost barebones
electric pickup, and customers
will have a chance to secure
their vehicle with a $300
deposit today. (Axios)
FOSSIL
FUELS
- The
U.S. and Qatar urge the EU to
rework planned rules meant to
curb methane emissions from oil
and gas imports, claiming they
can’t meet the regulations and
would have to reduce European
shipments. (Reuters)
- President
Donald Trump directs the Justice
Department to probe fossil fuel
companies for alleged gasoline
price gouging amid the country’s
war with Iran. (NBC
News)
NUCLEAR
- Three
major Arizona utilities announce
a collaborative siting study as
they look to build nuclear power
in the state, including at
former coal plants. (news
release)
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More
than 2,000 feet below the
surface, long duration energy
storage is being built to
deliver reliability where the
grid needs it most.
Unearth
A-CAES here
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