Guiding the state’s push to reach nation-leading goals in clean energy deployment, the chief of the NY State Energy Research and Development Authority acknowledges the “heavy lift” ahead amid construction headwinds but says the challenge to mitigate climate change is "compelling."
The Community Change Grants program established through the Inflation Reduction Act will support projects that launch
clean energy or improve climate resilience.
Long-duration grid-scale installations led US growth, with one soon to be added in Alaska—set to be the country's largest planned single installation, said its developer Westinghouse.
Massachusetts energy storage company Form Energy will start foundation work in June on the previously announced $760-million manufacturing factory on a former steel mill site.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund advances with potential grants for thousands of projects, including half set for low-income and disadvantaged areas, but House GOP has already signaled intent to repeal it.
At the European Union summit, negotiations got underway on details to launch continent toward self-sufficient clean energy manufacturing and materials sourcing to meet proposed net-zero emissions goals.
Billions in proposed wind-generated hydrogen projects in Atlantic provinces get attention as Canada sees key role in energy transition for Germany, Europe and elsewhere.