But justices declined to block business group and red state suits against tougher curbs on mercury pollutants from coal-fired power plants and methane emissions from oil and natural gas facilities.
Closed Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan also finalized on Sept. 30 a $1.5B federal loan guarantee for its restart upgrade, the US Energy Dept. said..
Pennsylvania plant unit, which functioned until 2019 after near meltdown in 1979 of an adjacent unit, is set to boost the tech giant's data centers, while Michigan's Palisades nuclear plant will get $1.5B from feds to revamp the site, the US Energy Dept. said Sept. 30—but new concerns have been raised related to both facility restarts.
When completed, the three-train terminal would be one of the largest in the U.S., with a capacity of about 16.5 million tons per year, according to developer Energy Transfer.
Infrastructure agency chiefs need new ways to keep coastal and urban structures, critical bridge crossings and even public sector diversity programs hardened against growing climate change and human-caused risks, they told an ENR conference in Manhattan on Sept. 16.
Project co-owner says it "has been fully and consistently compliant" with requirements as 670-km gas pipeline is set to soon start commercial scale operation.
Also—China propelled global tension over growing size of its offshore wind turbines with the late August launch of a 20-MW capacity model in Hainan near Vietnam announced by domestic producer Mingyang Wind Power Group Ltd.
and the firm's plan to build a factory in Italy.
Province push to build up to 5 GW of new power in next decade includes controversial mix of natural gas, along with renewables and nuclear, in an “all-of-the above” approach to fill a projected 60% energy gap by 2050, said Energy Minister Stephen Lecce.
Gov. Kathy Hochul acknowledged likely state power shortfall with clean energy project delays and growing needs, but officials unveiled plan for smaller reactors at Sept. 5 energy summit—three years after close of controversial Indian Point facility.