HYDROGEN: President Biden announces an up-to-$925 million grant to develop a Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, which will include Pennsylvania, as well as up-to-$750 million worth of funding for a Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
OFFSHORE WIND:
- Rhode Island requests 1.2 GW of offshore wind project proposals, the largest renewable power solicitation in the state to date. (Offshore Wind Biz)
- Residents’ concerns about developing Massachusetts’ Brayton Point could threaten local officials’ vision of an offshore wind-driven economic boon. (CommonWealth Magazine)
SOLAR:
- Officials in Middletown, New Jersey, consider leasing part of a former landfill to a developer to build a 20 MW solar farm. (Asbury Park Press)
- Some residents of a northern New York town worry that approving a 2 MW solar farm would expose them to fire risk, as happened with a solar farm’s battery in a nearby town over the summer. (WWNY)
CLIMATE:
- Some experts hypothesize that milder winters are lowering the odds of Maryland’s rockfish population to successfully reproduce. (Baltimore Sun)
- Scientists work to predict what trees will do best in a changing Maine climate, practicing “assisted forest migration” to test their theories. (Portland Press Herald)
- A University of Maryland professor patents two new apple varieties designed to better withstand heat and blight. (Washingtonian)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Massachusetts’ first electric aircraft charging station has been installed at the Marshfield Municipal Airport by Vermont-based BETA Technologies, where it was used during a Friday inauguration celebration. (WCVB)
GAS: In Pennsylvania, Columbia Gas unexpectedly shuts off gas service to thousands of customers for several days with little notice or explanation. (Trib Live)
GRID: Gas and electric utilities should have enough resources to meet New York’s energy demand this winter, according to state regulators. (Mid Hudson News)
UTILITIES: Supporters of an upcoming Maine ballot measure to form a statewide public power authority explain how it could work. (Maine Morning Star)
FLOODS: Wetter conditions mean Vermont loggers and forestry workers can’t work as many days because of impacted equipment and inaccessible work sites. (VT Digger)
GEOTHERMAL: A geothermal energy developer tests if a geothermal network would be possible for a New York City housing community. (news release)
COMMENTARY: Massachusetts’ plan to electrify its school bus fleet runs into procurement policy problems that force the state to waste money, writes the state’s inspector general. (CommonWealth Magazine)
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