STORAGE: Dominion moves to test iron-air and zinc hybrid batteries in a pilot project at a Virginia power station. (Richmond Times-Dispatch, news release)
WIND:
• The Osage Nation asks a judge to remove wind development from a mineral estate as it fights an Italian energy company that’s building wind farms on the Great Plains. (KOSU)
• Dominion Energy offers a coastal Virginia city $19 million for easements to transmit power from its planned offshore wind farm, along with $1.14 million to replace trees that will be cut to make way for transmission lines. (Virginian-Pilot)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES:
• New electric vehicle battery plants in the largely non-unionized Southeast are playing a contributing role in the United Auto Workers strike. (CNN)
• As the strike continues, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp relishes his success in attracting electric vehicle and battery investment over states with more union-friendly policies. (Politico)
• Hyundai signs an agreement with Georgia Tech to research hydrogen-fueled engines for large trucks and electric vehicle batteries as the automaker rushes to begin electric vehicle and battery production at its Georgia factory. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Associated Press)
SOLAR:
• A South Carolina county considers new rules for solar farms that are at least one acre, as residents call for more protection of rural areas. (Times and Democrat)
• An energy company secures financing to build a 134 MW solar farm in Texas. (Houston Chronicle, news release)
• Virginia regulators strike down Dominion Energy’s interconnection rules for certain solar projects because they were implemented without obtaining state approval. (Utility Dive)
CARBON CAPTURE: A Texas agency moves to award leases for companies competing for federal money to build carbon capture plants along the Gulf Coast and store carbon deep beneath the seafloor. (Texas Tribune)
EFFICIENCY: A metro Florida county considers breaking ties with a tax…
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