“Heartbreaking” career prospects for offshore wind workers

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OFFSHORE WIND

• “It’s heartbreaking:” Thousands of workers who planned a future in offshore wind grapple with disappearing job prospects and growing worries in the face of the Trump administration’s attempts to destroy the industry. (Inside Climate News)

• Revolution Wind, off the Rhode Island Coast, is on track for completion before the end of the year, with 60 or its planned 65 turbines in place. (Hartford Courant)

COAL

• Maryland regulators approve transmission line upgrades needed before the state’s last remaining coal-fired power plant can retire. (Baltimore Banner)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The operator of six of the Trump-touted Freedom Fuel gas stations, which have been selling gasoline at below-average prices, was subject to nearly 200 penalties in New Jersey, including environmental and safety violations, before launching the brand earlier this summer. (Politico)

TRANSIT

• New York will investigate the possibility of using a thermal network to cool overheated subway platforms and heat nearby buildings. (ABC 7)

GRID

• Natural gas power plants make up more than half the 200 GW of capacity accepted into PJM’s new interconnection process, with battery storage and solar projects composing the next biggest portions. (Inside Climate News)

• New Jersey’s proposed virtual power plant program faces several questions, including how to measure impact, ensure the changes are reflected in electricity prices, and recruit and engage participants. (RTO Insider)

BUILDINGS

• An all-electric, net-zero vocational high school in Connecticut uses its high-performance systems and one of its geothermal boreholes to offer students hands-on training opportunities. (American School and University)

DATA CENTERS

• Hundreds of residents in far eastern Maine attend a hearing on a measure to halt plans for an underwater data center in the Bay of Fundy. (Maine Monitor)

• A plan to build a sprawling data center on a former steel mill site in Pennsylvania is met with boos and curses from locals who say the facility would ​“destroy” the area. (WHYY)

• More than a dozen Maryland counties have enacted or are considering data center bans or moratoriums, while just two are actively accepting proposals. (Maryland Matters)

BIOMASS

• Researchers at the University of Maine are studying how to make harvesting and transporting woody biomass for energy generation more efficient and environmentally friendly. (news release)

NEW FROM CANARY

• Trump launched big new solar tariffs. Here’s what it means. — Julian Spector

• World’s oldest cheddar-maker slashes energy bills with novel heat pumps — Alison F. Takemura

• In North Carolina, rooftop solar is alive and well despite headwinds — Elizabeth Ouzts

• Can Ford’s affordable new electric truck hit the sweet spot? — Kathryn Krawczyk