Massive Minnesota energy storage

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STORAGE

• Form Energy reaches a deal with Xcel Energy to build a 30-GWh iron-air battery plant in Minnesota that could store clean energy for days to supply a Google data center. (Canary Media)

PIPELINES

• State of Michigan and Enbridge officials argue before the U.S. Supreme Court over whether a case challenging the Line 5 pipeline belongs in state or federal court, which could ultimately determine how much power states have to regulate the fossil fuel industry. (Bridge)

• Wisconsin environmental groups file a lawsuit challenging an administrative law judge’s decision to uphold a state agency’s approval of Enbridge’s plan to reroute Line 5 in northern Wisconsin. (Wisconsin Examiner)

DATA CENTERS

• Michigan is among states considering ending or scaling back previously approved tax breaks for data centers as public concerns grow over effects to electricity rates and the environment. (Michigan Advance)

• Data center developers Novva and Thunderhead Energy Solutions, the latter of which is pursuing a project in Illinois, sought exemptions from the Trump administration from federal air pollution rules as it looked to build fossil fuel plants to power facilities. (Grist)

AIR POLLUTION

• A federal judge orders DTE Energy and three subsidiaries to pay $100 million for Clean Air Act violations at a Detroit coke production facility that burns coal to make raw materials for steelmaking. (Planet Detroit)

COAL

• The owners of two large Indiana coal plants that the Trump administration has ordered to stay online will seek to spread the costs of ongoing operations across MISO’s footprint. (Indianapolis Star)

FOSSIL FUELS

• Ohio state and local officials say they have no knowledge about the Trump administration’s plan for a massive $33 billion gas plant as part of a new trade deal with Japan, but local leaders suspect it will be at a former uranium enrichment site. (Center Square)

SOLAR

• Developer Encore Renewable Energy breaks ground on six community solar projects in Illinois totaling 30 MW of capacity. (Renewables Now)

• Michigan’s second-largest city picks Ohio developer Enerlogics Networks to build a 2 MW solar project on the site of a former landfill. (MLive)

GRID

• PJM Interconnection proposes reforming its retail behind-the-meter generation rules to help facilitate the buildout of generation colocated with data centers. (Utility Dive)

OIL & GAS

• The U.S. EPA orders an oil company to clean up a spill of 33,600 gallons of production water and crude oil that leaked into a Kansas river earlier this month. (KSNW)