New Mexico power cooperative looks to produce green hydrogen

HYDROGEN: A New Mexico electric cooperative looks to establish a green hydrogen production facility at a defunct mine and Superfund site in the northern part of the state. (High Country News)

SOLAR: Developers break ground on a 140 MW solar-plus-storage installation on the Jicarilla Apache Nation in northern New Mexico. (Albuquerque Journal)

ALSO:

• Developers begin construction on a 130 MW solar-plus-storage installation in southern New Mexico. (Solar Power World) 
• Analysts say a plan to establish a $1.9 billion solar panel manufacturing facility near Albuquerque could be endangered by tariffs and geopolitical wrangling. (New Mexico In Depth)

CLEAN ENERGY:

• Analysts predict a second Trump administration would imperil dozens of pending solar, wind and geothermal projects on federal land in the West. (E&E News)
• A nonprofit launches a $1.7 million campaign in Arizona aimed at expanding Latinos’ access to federal clean energy incentives. (Arizona Republic)

OIL & GAS: 

• California lawmakers consider delaying by more than four years implementing rules requiring oil companies to monitor oil and gas well leaks near homes and schools. (CalMatters)
• A Montana poll finds broad support among registered voters for new Biden administration oil and gas rules increasing royalty rates and reclamation bonds. (Daily Montanan)
• U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, an Alaska Republican, calls on the federal Bureau of Land Management to hand over correspondence related to a proposed Trans-Alaska Pipeline land transfer. (E&E News, subscription)

GRID: Data show natural gas remains California’s largest single energy source even though renewable, carbon-free sources provided 100% of the state’s electricity during 100 days so far this year. (CalMatters)

UTILITIES: A Washington state clean energy grant program has awarded $200 utility bill credits to about 50,000 low-income families since launching in July. (Spokesman-Review)

CLIMATE:

• A California startup secures $85 million in financing to scale up its low-carbon cement manufacturing process. (Canary Media)
• Colorado researchers work to develop ways to monitor, quantify and reduce methane emissions from beef and dairy cattle. (Colorado Sun)

TRANSPORTATION: California regulators abandon a proposal to require jet fuel suppliers to pay for greenhouse gas emissions, saying it will look to incentivize sustainable fuel production instead. (E&E News, subscription)

COAL: Federal researchers find a Canada coal mine is sending pollution some 350 miles downstream and across the border to the Columbia River in the Northwest. (Montana Free Press)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: San Francisco Bay Area cities consider establishing electric bicycle regulations following an increase in related accidents. (Mercury News)