In the news today…
Grid:
- Utility Dive reports that New York utility regulators approved a 135 MW energy storage project in New York City and a new cost-benefit method for transmission upgrades focused on capacity expansion modeling.
- Utility Dive reports a federal appeals court strikes down part of a plan by federal energy regulators to pay New England power plants to maintain a three-day supply of on-site fuel for the next two winters.
- Bloomberg reports that heat advisories this week stretching from Kansas to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula place an early strain this summer on the electric grid.
Minerals:
- E&E News PM reports the Interior Department today announced an almost $75 million investment into improving maps of U.S. mineral resource potential.
- Yale Environment 360 reports the European Union relies heavily on Russia to supply nickel and other metals for electric vehicle batteries and other renewable technologies. War-related price increases and shortages of these metals could hinder Europe’s drive to sharply cut emissions by 2030 and beyond.
- New York Times reports ties to potentially coercive labor practices could prove a problem for an industry that is heavily dependent on China, once a new law barring Xinjiang products goes into effect.
Coal:
- CNBC reports coal investments are set to rise.