The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Oct. 8 approved the submission of a grant application to a federal program that would bring 26 new electric vehicle charging stations to the county.
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Dominion Pushes for Renewables, More Natural Gas in Latest Long-Term Plan
Virginia Mercury
Dominion’s revamped, non-binding Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) looks 15 years into the future to detail how power will be provided and calls for an “all-of-the-above” approach that includes more reliance on natural gas. The utility’s previous plan projection said about 95% of electricity generation would be pulled from renewable sources. Tuesday’s updated plan calls for about 80% of generation to be spurred by renewables.
Latest Dominion Energy Development Forecasts Raise Ire of Virginia Environmentalists
Inside Climate News
Dominion Energy, Virginia’s monopoly utility, did little to escape scrutiny from the state’s environmental community earlier this week when it released its integrated resource plan, a document that underscored the company’s commitment to natural gas infrastructure.
Proposed Northern Maryland Route Unveiled for Controversial Piedmont Power Line
Maryland Matters
The company tasked with building a controversial high-powered electric transmission line in northern Maryland released details of its preferred alignment Friday, one of the first formal steps in a fraught process that has mobilized vocal opposition from landowners, farmers, environmentalists, and political leaders in three counties.
Dominion Energy Pairs Solar With Honey Bees to Preserve Agricultural Land
Virginia Mercury
Dominion Energy’s 1.6 MW Black Bear Solar project in Buckingham County is now partnered with Mountain House Apiaries, using Italian honey bees to maintain the land around the solar arrays while benefiting the local agricultural community.
National and International News
Hurricane Helene Underscores Need for More Solar-Battery Microgrids
Canary Media
Distributed solar and batteries are helping North Carolina communities that were cut off from grid power by flooding. Should utilities build them into resilience plans?
One Year in U.S. Clean Hydrogen Hubs Face Questions — and Have Few Answers
Energy News Network
There’s little detail available on the $7 billion federal program to jumpstart U.S. clean hydrogen, leaving environmental advocates concerned the projects may be off track.
The Nation’s First Commercial Carbon Sequestration Plant is in Illinois. It Leaks.
Grist
ADM’s facility in central Illinois was the first permitted commercial carbon sequestration operation in the country, and it’s on the forefront of a booming, multibillion-dollar carbon capture and storage, or CCS, industry that promises to permanently sequester planet-warming carbon dioxide deep underground.
Heat Pumps Were Supposed to Help Save the Planet. But They’ve Run into a Bump.
Washington Post
Adoption of heat pumps, one of the primary ways to cut emissions from buildings, has slowed in the United States and stalled in Europe, endangering the switch to clean energy.
Want to Make EVs Cheaper? Figure Out What Their Used Batteries are Worth.
Canary Media
Fleet operators need better financing to make the switch to electric trucks and buses. Proving the value of second-life batteries can help make that happen.