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Louisiana approves the state’s first carbon storage well

By Mason Adams

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CARBON CAPTURE

  • Louisiana regulators approve Sempra Infrastructure’s proposed Hackberry carbon storage well, allowing the company to pump up to 2 million tons of carbon dioxide underground annually. (Advocate)

DATA CENTERS

  • Texas policymakers work to attract data centers for the economic benefits while establishing regulatory ​“guardrails” to address their gargantuan electricity demand. (Fort Worth Report)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

  • A judge rejects Georgia’s bid to force Morgan County landowners who sued to block Rivian’s proposed EV factory to pay the state’s legal fees. (Associated Press)

UTILITIES

  • Georgia advocates launch an education and information campaign aimed at mobilizing voters ahead of November’s election for two seats on the state’s Public Service Commission. (Grist)

SOLAR

  • State regulators approve Georgia Power’s proposal to certify five utility-scale solar power purchase agreements totaling 1,068 MW capacity to serve the utility’s clean energy subscription customers. (Grice Connect)

  • Data show Texas installed 3,800 MW of new solar capacity — leading the nation — during the first half of 2025, ahead of California, Indiana, and Arizona. (San Antonio Express News, news release)

  • Mars agrees to purchase 851 MW of power from three Enel North America solar facilities under development in Texas that will integrate sheep grazing among the arrays. (news release)

  • SMA and Create Energy plan to jointly manufacture string inverters for utility-scale solar installations at Create’s Portland, Tennessee facility. (Solar Quarter)

  • Entergy Arkansas brings its 200 MW Flat Fork solar project online. (Arkansas Business)

FOSSIL FUELS

  • West Virginia regulators issue violations against the defunct Rocky Run coal mine for failing to stop waterway contamination and ceasing operations without state approval. (Appalachian Voices)

  • West Virginia residents criticize state regulators for approving the proposed Marianna Slope coal mine expansion in an area where existing and shuttered facilities already contaminate wells and streams. (KDKA)

COMMENTARY

  • An energy industry advocate calls on Virginia officials to meet growing power demand with a wind, solar, and storage portfolio, saying new natural gas plants take too long to build and expose ratepayers to price volatility. (Cardinal News)

  • A North Carolina columnist says state policies and expiring federal clean energy tax credits will limit solar and wind development, hampering the ability to meet growing electricity demand. (News & Observer)

  • A journalist explores benefits and drawbacks of Meta’s $10 billion Hyperion data center under development in northeast Louisiana. (Virginia Star)

  • An energy company executive urges Florida residents to install rooftop solar before federal tax credits expire, saying it is the best defense against hurricanes. (Florida Politics)

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