RENEWABLES: Texas accounted for more than a quarter of all corporate renewable energy deals signed worldwide last year, according to a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. (Greentech Media)
ALSO:
• Critics say Birmingham, Alabama, is far behind on its pledges to increase renewables, energy efficiency, and sustainability in the city. (WBHM)
• Duke Energy and other investor-owned electric companies in North Carolina must get 12.5% of their retail power sales from renewables by the end of the year, but many have a ways to go. (CBS17)
• Legislation to require all of Florida’s power to come from renewable sources by 2050 may be difficult to pass, even as utilities install more solar, according to one analyst. (S&P Global)
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WIND: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announces an agreement for energy company Orsted to lease part of a marine terminal for staging offshore wind materials and equipment for Dominion Energy’s project. (Virginia Business)
SOLAR:
• Amazon and Arlington County, Virginia, agree to buy all the power from a new Dominion Energy solar farm, which is a major step for the county’s renewable energy goals. (Washington Post)
• Florida Power & Light installs floating solar panels on a lagoon near an expressway in Miami-Dade County. (NBC 6 South Florida)
• Some Spotsylvania County, Virginia, residents complain about the construction of a major solar project, alleging developers have violated permits. (Free Lance-Star)
NUCLEAR: A group of Idaho officials visit Plant Vogtle in Georgia to learn about nuclear projects. (Post Register)
OIL & GAS:
• A West Virginia House committee advances a bill that would give tax credits to companies that store or transport liquid natural gas. (Beckley Register-Herald)
• An Oklahoma jury awards $2 million to the families of two men killed in an oil rig fire in 2018. (E&E News, subscription)
COAL:
• Utilities have retired 30 gigawatts of coal capacity over the past two years, replacing it with natural gas and renewables, according to a report by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. (Daily Energy Insider)
• The Coast Guard and Kentucky officials are investigating after a towing vessel carrying 15 barges of coal hit a bridge on the Ohio River, but say no coal spilled into the river. (WLWT)
COMMENTARY: The movement to reduce plastic consumption could have consequences for Texas’ natural gas industry, a columnist writes. (Houston Chronicle)