Tesla’s bigger battery

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WIND

• Unnamed sources say Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has quietly — and so far successfully — lobbied the Trump administration not to target Dominion Energy’s vast offshore wind farm; House Speaker Mike Johnson says he’s also pushing for the project. (New York Times, E&E News)

• Electricity costs for New England customers could go up $500 million per year if Revolution Wind is not allowed to complete construction and send power to the grid, Connecticut officials say. (CT Mirror)

SOLAR

• A new SEIA/​Wood Mackenzie report finds solar and storage made up 82% of new U.S. grid additions in the first half of the year, but predicts solar deployment will fall over the next few years. (Utility Dive)

• Misinformation that led to overly restrictive zoning rules prevented a fourth-generation South Dakota farmer from installing a solar array and generating additional income, mirroring trends across rural U.S. communities. (The Guardian)

NUCLEAR

• Holtec, the company in charge of dismantling New York’s 2 GW Indian Point nuclear plant says the facility could be restarted with enough time, money, and regulatory approvals. (E&E News)

• The Trump administration selects a long-planned South Dakota uranium mining project for a fast-tracked permitting process that executives say could provide a key ingredient for domestic nuclear energy production. (South Dakota Searchlight)

BATTERIES

• ExxonMobil will buy a production facility, research center, and other assets from Superior Graphite, another step in its efforts to produce batteries for EVs and energy storage. (New York Times)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• The Trump administration’s immigration raid on Hyundai and LG Energy Solutions’ massive $12.6 billion EV and battery factory in Georgia is creating complicated politics for Gov. Brian Kemp and raising concerns from Korean companies that have invested in additional battery and auto parts factories across the state. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

EMISSIONS

• Rhodium Group predicts Trump administration policies will significantly slow the U.S.’s rate of emissions reductions. (The Guardian)

• Advocates and former EPA officials say the agency sidestepped essential modeling and relied on ​“funny math” when determining a rollback of the endangerment finding would save the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars. (E&E News)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The Trump administration has taken sweeping action to hobble renewables and boost the oil and gas industry, but its shifting positions on trade and global oil trends have depressed prices and led to layoffs across the industry. (Wall Street Journal)

• Entergy has proposed a $2.4 billion plan to build two gas-fired power plants in Texas, which could increase monthly bills for its ratepayers by $21.50 as critics argue the utility should consider more cost-effective options. (Houston Chronicle)

HYDROGEN

• A new report finds investors have committed $110 billion to 510 clean hydrogen projects worldwide. (Axios)

POLITICS

• A group of House and Senate Democrats say the Trump administration had ​“no legal authority” to cancel $4 billion of clean manufacturing grants issued under the Biden administration. (E&E News)

NEW FROM CANARY

• Tesla just launched the Megablock, a big, easy-to-deploy grid battery — Julian Spector

• Will this startup be the first to successfully scale up ocean power? — Julian Spector

• California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online — Maria Gallucci

• This startup says it can halve the cost of a heat pump — here’s how — Alison F. Takemura

• North Carolina families see lower bills with new Duke Energy program — Elizabeth Ouzts