10,000 induction stoves coming to New York public housing

ELECTRIFICATION: A California startup will receive a $32 million contract to design and install 10,000 induction stoves using standard 120-volt outlets in New York City public housing units. (Heatmap News)

OFFSHORE WIND:

• The federal government will auction off eight commercial wind lease sites in the Gulf of Maine this week, an important step for Maine’s goal of developing a floating offshore wind industry. (Portland Press Herald, subscription)
• Vineyard Wind will resume installing turbine foundations off the Massachusetts coast after suspending operations following a blade failure in June that scattered debris through surrounding waters. (Nantucket Current)
• Town councilors in Barnstable on Cape Cod vote to oppose plans for offshore wind transmission lines to come ashore on a beach there. (Cape Cod Times)

FOSSIL FUELS: Environmental advocates push for the closure of two fossil fuel-fired ​“peaker” power plants in Brooklyn that only run a few times a year. (Gothamist)

CLIMATE:

• A New York budget watchdog group says the state’s plan for a new cap-and-invest program to limit carbon emissions would cost $12 billion annually, but environmental groups support the plan. (Times Union)
• In Maryland, Chevron and other oil companies argue the court should dismiss lawsuits against them for misleading the public about the dangers of climate change. (Baltimore Sun, subscription)

BIOMASS: Vermont’s first food-waste-to-renewable-energy plant opens, with plans to use anaerobic digestion to process waste from the state’s food industry. (news release)

HEAT PUMPS: Long Island has already exceeded state goals for heat pump installations by 2025, and is a leader in electric vehicle adoption as well, say officials. (Newsday, subscription)

TRANSPORTATION:

• Philadelphia receives a fleet of 38 propane school buses, which the manufacturer says will produce 96% less emissions than a diesel bus and save the school district money. (NGT News)
• Two disused Brooklyn piers could allow more deliveries to be made using barges and bikes rather than trucks, economic development officials say. (Streetsblog NYC)

SOLAR: A new solar installation in Vermont, one of the state’s largest, uses tracking technology to follow the sun and maximize power generation. (Renewable Energy Magazine)

COMMENTARY: Massachusetts is putting too much emphasis on offshore wind development and should give greater consideration to nuclear power, says an advocate for a pro-nuclear organization. (CommonWealth Beacon)