SOLAR:
• Georgia Power and local solar companies are set to pounce on the rooftop solar market. (EnergyWire)
• South Carolina Electric & Gas agrees to add 84 megawatts of solar by 2021 and offer incentives for customer-owned projects. (Charlotte Business Journal)
• Disney World will be powered increasingly by solar energy after Duke Energy Florida receives approval for a 5 megawatt facility. (Orlando Business Journal)
• Solar bulk-purchasing in West Virginia continues to grow, with a new community co-op starting in Charleston. (CleanTechnica)
STORAGE: Southern Co. and Tesla agree to test commercial-scale battery storage. (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
NUCLEAR: The NRC has cleared a path to a full-power operating license for TVA’s Watts Bar 2 reactor. (Knoxville News Sentinel)
COAL:
• Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, asserts the Obama administration is neglecting “clean coal” research. (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
• New natural gas power plants can replace the wattage, but not the jobs, running labor-intensive coal plants. (Wheeling News-Register, West Virginia)
COAL ASH: TVA is seeking public input about plans to expand a coal ash landfill in Clinton, Tennessee. (Knoxville News Sentinel)
OIL & GAS:
• A Louisiana House panel voted to create a task force to study abandoned oil and gas wells. (Houma Today, Louisiana)
• Drilling tests begin in a North Carolina county to assess fracking potential. (Fayetteville Observer)
SUSTAINABILITY:
• Here are six ways Wilmington, North Carolina is reducing waste and energy use. (Wilmington Star News)
• Want to conserve energy with a custom-designed home? Try this monolithic dome home in Mentone, Alabama (The Birmingham News)