COAL: A three-day protest by Kentucky coal miners who blocked a railroad track over unpaid wages ends after the company pays all wages. (Lexington Herald-Leader)
ALSO: A federal judge in West Virginia refuses to toss the conviction of former coal company CEO Don Blankenship for conspiring to violate mine safety laws. (Associated Press)
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STORAGE: Florida Power & Light plans to install a mega-battery in a Miami neighborhood big enough to power 7,000 homes for four hours. (Miami Herald)
SOLAR:
• Solar company Silicon Ranch partners with a Georgia livestock farm to encourage regenerative agriculture practices on solar farms. (Solar Power World)
• The first solar panel installation project at West Virginia University, on the law school, should be completed in the spring or summer. (The DA)
• A Texas solar company says it’s building a 100 MW solar farm near Waco. (San Antonio Business Journal, subscription)
OIL & GAS: Florida will buy 20,000 acres of privately owned wetlands to prevent oil drilling in the Everglades. (Reuters)
PIPELINES:
• Pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners says it is inspecting and testing a pipeline that ruptured and released 5,000 barrels of crude oil in an Arkansas neighborhood in 2013. (Sentinel-Record)
• A pipeline safety meeting is held in Longview, Texas, to give pipeline operators and first responders the tools to assess emergencies. (KLTV)
UTILITIES:
• Utility company Sempra has big plans for Texas, including building liquefied natural gas export terminals, adding renewables, and boosting electric vehicle adoption. (Houston Chronicle)
• South Carolina’s attorney general blasts Dominion Energy for trying to recoup up to $1 billion in legal costs from utility Santee Cooper. (The State)
COMMENTARY: A South Florida resident describes how federal tax credits and other incentives got him to install solar panels. (ZDNet)