INDUSTRY: A Minnesota startup company wants to help customers convert diesel engines to burn ammonia, a potential climate solution whose benefits hinge on how the chemical is produced. (Energy News Network)
C02 CAPTURE:
- As Illinois lawmakers weigh a CO2 pipeline moratorium, the Biden administration seeks to win support from state leaders for carbon capture and sequestration. (State Journal-Registers)
- As North Dakota regulators reconsider a permit for Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed pipeline, the company touts its projected $14 million annual electricity bill as an economic benefit. (North Dakota Monitor)
PIPELINES:
- As utility and local officials celebrate a DTE Energy gas pipeline extension, climate advocates say Michigan should focus on electric heating instead of expanding fossil fuel infrastructure. (IPR/Grist)
- Ohio Republicans introduce legislation to create a $20 million state loan fund to incentivize gas utilities to expand gas pipelines. (WCMH)
- Central Michigan University unveils a new research submarine that will be used to inspect Enbridge’s Line 5 in the Great Lakes. (9&10 News)
EFFICIENCY:
- A south Minneapolis African American community center prepares to replace its aging gas boilers with a geothermal heating system, lowering energy costs and emissions and building on several other recent or planned energy improvements to the building. (Sahan Journal)
- A project at the University of Dayton will capture waste heat from several gas turbines to generate electricity on campus. (Dayton Daily News)
EMISSIONS: Detroit’s port authority announces plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040 through the use of solar, electrification, biodiesel and other strategies. (Fox 2)
UTILITIES:
- Xcel Energy proposes a two-year test of automatic bill credits averaging more than $450 per year to Minnesota customers in certain low-income areas as a way to reduce energy burden. (Star Tribune)
- Ohio consumer advocates argue to state regulators that ratepayers deserve a refund after paying more than $100 million since 2020 to subsidize two unprofitable coal plants. (WOSU)
NUCLEAR: A new report questions whether increasingly extreme weather could threaten the safety or viability of aging nuclear power plants, such as the Iowa plant that was badly damaged by a 2020 wind storm. (Yale Environment 360)
GRID: DTE Energy is installing equipment on Detroit’s west side meant to help it more quickly detect and respond to power outages. (Click On Detroit)
BIOGAS: A South Dakota facility that captures methane from cow manure begins injecting its product into the local natural gas supply pipeline. (South Dakota Searchlight)
COMMENTARY: A family farm advocate writes that manure digesters are a false climate solution that will encourage factory farms to expand and produce more waste to capture federal incentives. (Common Dreams)
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