Developers pitch 100 MW solar farm for northern New York

SOLAR: Developers plan to bring a 100 MW solar farm to northern New York, making assurances that lithium-ion battery technology won’t be incorporated in the facility, which would be near one that caught fire this summer. (WWNY)

ALSO: A new solar research and development facility opens in Rochester, New York, to create coatings that make solar panels more efficient. (WXXI)

WIND: New Jersey decides to separate the interconnection aspect of its third offshore wind power solicitation into its own request for proposals to increase competition among non-wind developers for bids. (RTO Insider, subscription)

GAS:

• A new Physicians for Social Responsibility report finds Pennsylvania’s oil and gas producers used 160 million pounds of chemicals they aren’t legally required to publicize in the past decade. (Inside Climate News)
• A Pennsylvania town council will soon decide whether to provide leasing rights for oil and gas production below two municipal parks. (Trib Live)
• On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Chesapeake Utilities aims to begin constructing an $80 million liquefied natural gas storage facility to increase area capacity by March 2025. (Delaware Business Times)

UTILITIES: In Maine, supporters of the public power formation ballot measure are relying on door knocking and one-on-one conversations to drive their message home. (Maine Morning Star)

POLICY:

• Calling for sweeping action to achieve the state’s net-zero goal, Massachusetts’ climate chief issues dozens of new recommendations to help identify enough money for decarbonization projects. (State House News Service, Boston Herald)
• Some Dartmouth College students implore the administration to stop accepting donations from oil and gas companies for research projects. (NHPR)
• The Federal Reserve Bank of New York identifies in a new report the challenges to electrifying small, multi-family apartment buildings in the state, including an inefficient construction market and financing issues. (report)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES:

• A national environmental organization finds that if Pennsylvania adopted the Advanced Clean Trucks standard, it would see $1.8 billion in public health benefits by midcentury and create roughly 3,500 jobs. (news release)
• A New York assistant school superintendent discusses the pros and cons of electrifying the district’s school bus fleet. (WKBW)

BUILDINGS: Federal officials provide around $500,000 in funding to advocacy group Clean Energy NH to support rural energy efficiency projects. (news release)

CLIMATE: A Baltimore church secures funds for solar panels and a battery storage system as it works to become a climate emergency hub. (Yale Climate Connections)

FLOODS: Pennsylvania environmental officials increase incentives for homeowners to convert their lawns to meadows to mitigate flooding. (WHYY)

Correction: A Maine board advanced regulations to phase out gas-powered car sales in the state. An item in yesterday’s digest misstated the board’s decision.