Company to build solar bulwark in the heart of TVA’s territory

ALSO:

• The Sierra Club sues Mississippi over the lack of public comment ahead of regulators’ decision to end subsidies for solar installations. (WLBT)
• Jacksonville, Florida’s municipal utility finalizes agreements for three new solar facilities. (WTLV)

OIL & GAS:

• A barge collides with a bridge pillar in a Texas port city, causing a partial collapse and spilling oil into Galveston Bay. (Associated Press)
• The presence of oil pipelines slows a Texas city’s Main Street construction project. (KTXS)

CLEAN ENERGY:

• President Joe Biden raises tariffs and import taxes on Chinese-made electric vehicles and solar panels largely to protect states like Georgia, where billions of dollars of electric vehicle and solar manufacturing facilities are being built. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Appalachian Power solicits up to 1,100 megawatts of wind, solar and battery storage to meet renewable energy mandates in Virginia. (Cardinal News)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES:

• An investment group announces it will provide ​“well above” $300,000 for a New Orleans company that’s developing silicon as a component in electric vehicle batteries. (The Advocate)
• A Tennessee fire department proposes using fire blankets to snuff electric vehicle fires to mitigate the spread of hazardous materials and protect against toxic fumes. (WTVF)

GRID:

• The U.S. Energy Department announces a West Virginia utility will receive up to $5 million to rebuild 23 miles of grid infrastructure. (West Virginia Public Broadcasting)
• A worker is killed at a Texas power plant, one week after five workers were injured in a silo collapse and one year since another worker was killed in a boiler explosion last year. (KBTX)