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Carbon pipeline developer expands route in Iowa

By Andy Balaskovitz

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PIPELINES: Summit Carbon Solutions expands its scope in Iowa, seeking to add 340 miles of pipeline and connect more ethanol plants after another company abandoned plans for a similar project. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)

ALSO: South Dakota lawmakers announce plans to include a ​“landowner bill of rights” in a carbon pipeline bill package that would guarantee landowner payments and caps easement lengths. (Dakota Scout)

RENEWABLES: A Wisconsin Republican proposes long-shot legislation that would require local governments to approve wind and solar projects before going to state regulators. (Center Square)

GRID:

NUCLEAR: Federal nuclear regulators release a long-awaited proposal aimed at speeding up the licensing process for small, advanced reactors. (E&E News)

SOLAR:

  • Two solar and battery storage projects planned on tribal land in Wisconsin may qualify for up to $24 million in federal funding to offset development costs. (WisconsinInno)
  • Local officials are exploring the potential of rooftop solar projects on an events center campus in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. (Axios)
  • Molson Coors is one of the offtakers of electricity from Wisconsin’s largest solar project to power operations at a brewing facility. (PV Magazine) 
  • A developer begins operating an 80 MW solar project at a site outside Cincinnati that was one of the first to qualify as an energy community under the Inflation Reduction Act. (Solar Industry Magazine)

OIL & GAS: North Dakota officials are inspecting the sites of two oil and produced water spills from late last week. (KXNET)

BIOFUELS: Chevron cites ​“poor market conditions” while announcing plans to indefinitely close two biodiesel plants in Nebraska and Wisconsin. (Carroll Times Herald)

COMMENTARY:

  • A Michigan union leader says building a tunnel for Line 5 in the Great Lakes would be safe and that environmental groups are resorting to scare tactics to block the project. (Detroit Free Press)
  • A western North Dakota data center is causing headaches for neighbors and state regulators by driving up power rates and causing grid congestion, a columnist writes. (Dickinson Press)

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