EV charging infrastructure requires local government collaboration to get federal funding: report
The Electrification Coalition recommends a government-wide approach to take advantage of $19 billion in federal funds for EV charging....
3-GWh lithium battery factory in South Carolina to make ESS for grid-scale applications
Kontrolmatik Technologies, via its subsidiary Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, intends to build a lithium-ion battery factory in Colleton County, South Carolina. The 500,000-sq-ft facility will have an initial production capacity of 3 GWh and produce LFP...
100-MW Texas solar project using Erthos ground surface mounts
Erthos, the creator of Earth Mount Solar PV, a solar mounting solution that secures panels flat to the ground, signed an agreement with Industrial Sun for a utility-scale solar project in Texas. Although the exact size...
Solar News
GE, LineVision form partnership to offer grid enhancing technologies to boost existing transmission
"These technologies represent a new model of grid infrastructure investment which will accelerate the transition to a net zero grid," LineVision CEO Hudson Gilmer said Wednesday....
Florida PSC approves Duke’s fixed bill offering with demand response component
To participate, customers must have “a load profile that can be modeled with reasonable predictability,” the Public Service Commission said, along with meeting other requirements....
California offshore wind auction garners $402M in bids on first day
The West Coast’s first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale could support 4.6 GW of emerging floating turbine technologies....
BLM advances 1 GW of solar in Arizona, sees potential for 31 GW of clean energy on Western public lands
The Interior Department is advancing renewable projects on public lands in the West and seeking comment on an update to its 2012 impact analysis of solar development in the region....
Nuclear SMR developer X-energy to merge with Ares Management-backed SPAC, creating $2B company
X-energy says 67 GW from SMRs will need to be installed by 2040 in the U.S., Canada and U.K. to offset the retirement of coal and other fossil fuel plants and meet expected increases in demand....
Agriculture News
Grassley says E15 bill may get pushed to new Congress
A US Senator from Iowa says it may be difficult for a new bill that would allow year-round sales of E15 to pass in the lame duck session of Congress. The US Senate recently introduced the Consumer...
Doud closely watching impending Mexico GMO corn ban
The former chief agriculture negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative’s office says he’s closely watching what happens with Mexico’s proposed GMO corn ban. Gregg Doud says Mexico’s president has made his position clear on the proposed ban...
Divided Congress may challenge farm bill
The ranking member of the House Ag Committee says his top goal for the next farm bill is to complete it on time, but a new and divided Congress may present a challenge. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson,...
Thompson ready to tackle next farm bill
The ranking member of the House Ag Committee says his top goal for the next farm bill is to complete it on time, but a new and divided Congress may present a challenge. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson,...
Biden signs legislation to avert rail shutdown
President Biden has signed a bill into law that averts a nationwide rail strike. “A rail shutdown would have devastated our economy,” he said during a ceremony on Friday. “Without freight rail, many of the US industries...
