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Carbon pipeline developer swoops in where other left off

By Andy Balaskovitz

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PIPELINES: Carbon pipeline developer Summit Carbon Solutions buys land easements from the competing but now-defunct Navigator pipeline to advance the expansion of its project in Iowa. (Cedar Rapids Gazette)

SOLAR: A coalition of hunters, bird watchers and land use advocates want Wisconsin regulators to scale back a proposed 1,300 MW solar project based on concerns about potential impacts on greater prairie chicken habitats. (Outdoor Lie)

TRANSPORTATION: Minneapolis officials consider adding parking by permit or parking meters to certain neighborhoods in an effort to get more residents to bike, walk or use public transit more. (MinnPost)

OIL & GAS:

  • An Ohio panel selects bidders to lease portions of wildlife areas and other state-owned properties for hydraulic fracturing. (Ohio Capital Journal)
  • A company withdraws its application to lease 13,000 acres in an Ohio state park and wildlife area for fracking. (ABC 6)
  • Continental Resources founder Harold Hamm has helped raise tens of millions of dollars from oil and gas executives for former President Trump’s campaign, fearing taxes or regulation under a Harris presidency. (Washington Post)

EFFICIENCY: A manufacturer of high-efficiency windows launches a two-phase, $165 million expansion in Michigan that will create 450 jobs. (Michigan Public)

ELECTRIFICATION: Wisconsin’s first net-zero school, which opened in 2020, is one of the largest all-electric buildings in North America and produces as much power from solar and geothermal as it consumes — and another school is soon to follow with a similar project. (WPR)

FOSSIL FUELS: The Biden administration proposes to limit federal lands in North Dakota that can be used for coal mining and oil and gas production based on low production potential and proximity to drinking water sources. (E&E News, subscription)

CLEAN ENERGY: Michigan Democratic Congress member Debbie Dingell hosts a roundtable in Ann Arbor with environmental groups, public officials and home builders on boosting participation in federal clean energy tax credits. (WEMU)

GRID:

  • Ameren Illinois hosts open house sessions today on a grid infrastructure plan that calls for rebuilding about 10 miles of transmission lines in the northwestern part of the state. (WGIL)
  • Power grid experts and utility officials will meet in Jefferson City, Missouri, today to discuss how the state can prepare for an increase in power demand from electric vehicles and data centers as coal plants come offline. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, subscription)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: The city of Detroit launches a free, electric autonomous shuttle that takes passengers to various points across the city. (WDIV)

COMMENTARY:

  • A $600,000 grant will support the launch of a metro Chicago clean energy training facility that will support much-needed jobs in electric vehicle charging installation, a columnist writes. (Daily Southtown)
  • Clean energy is an economic boon for Minnesota, where projects contributed more than $37 million in local taxes in 2022 and continue to help lure new businesses to the state, a clean energy advocate writes. (MinnPost)

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