Gas-powered data center coming to Pennsylvania

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DATA CENTERS

• The owners of what was Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant announce plans to build a $10 billion data center on the site, powered by a new seven-turbine natural gas-fired plant. (Associated Press)

OFFSHORE WIND

• President Trump’s planned tariffs are likely to increase the cost of offshore wind turbine components, adding another obstacle for would-be wind farms. (New York Times)

• SouthCoast Wind’s CEO responds to Nantucket’s lawsuit appealing the project’s federal approval, saying he is confident the review process was rigorous, despite the town’s claims. (CAI)

• An anti-offshore wind fishermen’s group bankrolled by a right-wing advocacy group asks Maine towns for additional funding. (Maine Public)

• A U.S. District Court allows some claims to move forward in a lawsuit challenging federal approvals of the Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island, which is expected to be completed next year. (E&E News)

• A 375-ton concrete wind turbine base will be towed into the Maine town of Searsport as the University of Maine prepares to assemble and deploy a prototype floating offshore wind turbine in late May. (Bangor Daily News)

TRANSPORTATION

• Opponents of a planned expansion of private jet facilities at a Massachusetts airport ask Gov. Maura Healey to stop the development, which could create 150,000 tons of emissions a year, according to an environmental assessment. (Boston.com)

• Residents of Bath, Maine, ask the city to limit the number of cruise ships that dock there each year, saying emissions from the cruise ships and buses that shuttle passengers around on land work against the city’s goal of fighting climate change. (The Times Record)

BATTERIES

• A New York City Council member proposes an ordinance that would require battery storage system developers to notify community boards and local politicians before construction begins. (SILive)

CLEAN ENERGY

• The New York Power Authority plans to buy a former power plant site in Queens with the goal of developing unspecified clean energy infrastructure on the property, as the body pursues its mandate to ramp down use of fossil fuel peaker plants. (RTO Insider)

NEW FROM CANARY MEDIA

• The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill that will juice development and deployment of clean building materials, and a follow-up bill is in the works, Alexander C. Kaufman reports.

• In the absence of federal action on curbing landfill methane emissions, several states are stepping up with their own plans, Isobel Whitcomb reports.