WIND: The inability to develop a wind project on a nearly abandoned island in upstate New York shows the difficulty the state could face in achieving its clean energy goals. (New York Times)
ALSO:
• Vineyard Wind will move three turbines to give more room for fishing vessels to navigate south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts. (Cape Cod Times)
• A quasi-public agency in Rhode Island is considering $1.9 million in tax incentives for a British firm that services wind turbines to locate its U.S. operations in the state. (Providence Business News)
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POWER PLANTS:
• New Jersey based PSEG Power is selling its interest in two Pennsylvania coal plants as its nears its exit from that power source. (NJ Spotlight)
• The rejection of a proposed power plant in Rhode Island last week was the first time the state’s siting board denied a plant a permit. (ecoRI)
FRACKING: An industry executive who led one of the companies that helped create the shale gas boom called the technology an “unmitigated disaster” for investors. (Oilprice.com)
OIL & GAS:
• The Philadelphia oil refinery rocked by explosions last week has a long history of fires and accidents over its more than a century existence. (Billypenn)
• The current owner of the facility may not have the financial resources to finance repairs needed after the explosion. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Gasoline prices from Maine to Delaware are expected to rise due to a disruption in supplies for the East Coast. (Bloomberg)
TRANSPORTATION: A rebate program for low-emissions vehicles in Massachusetts is running out of money so the state will stop accepting applications on Sept. 30. (Salem News)
PIPELINES: Massachusetts’ former energy secretary was participating in meetings for a controversial compressor station while he was negotiating a job with the project’s consultant. (DeSmog)
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SOLAR: A New Hampshire town has put two solar projects on hold that would have qualified under a vetoed expansion of the state’s net metering cap. (Seacoastonline)
COMMENTARY:
• Maine’s Public Advocate says a telephone company merger and money from a proposed power line from Canada would solve the state’s broadband access crisis. (Press Herald)
• A manufacturing executive in upstate New York says the state’s climate law will add excessive costs and threatens the future of the economy and his company. (The Daily News)