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Battery storage systems’ hidden fire risks

By Kathryn Krawczyk

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STORAGE: Nearly a quarter of the world’s battery storage systems have defects related to fire detection and suppression, an advisory firm estimates. (Utility Dive)

OFFSHORE WIND:

  • The U.S. Energy Department partners with two states and research institutes to establish an academic center to train offshore wind workers and study how to best expand the industry. (Inside Climate News)
  • The Biden administration finalizes two areas for floating offshore wind facilities off southern Oregon’s coast. (Associated Press)
  • A Biden administration push to develop offshore wind along California’s coast collides with another administration effort to protect the region’s waters with marine sanctuaries. (Bloomberg)
  • Eversource Energy says it will sell its stake in the Northeast’s South Fork and Revolution wind projects to Global Infrastructure Partners for $1.1 billion as it posts a fourth-quarter loss. (Reuters)

OIL & GAS:

PIPELINES: The FBI began tracking Native American opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline as early as 2012 as part of a sweeping law enforcement strategy to counter civil disobedience aimed at fossil fuels. (Grist)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Consultants trace Republican opposition to electric vehicles back to the early 2010s, when the federal government first offered EV companies loans to get off the ground. (E&E News)

CLIMATE:

SOLAR: A company encourages Black farmers in the Southeast to lease some of their property for solar projects to add a new source of income. (Civil Eats)

CLEAN ENERGY:

GEOTHERMAL: The Biden administration awards $60 million to three enhanced geothermal energy pilot projects in California, Utah and Oregon. (The Hill)

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