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Ohio companies bet on hydrogen vehicles

By Andy Balaskovitz

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HYDROGEN: Three Ohio companies are investing in hydrogen-powered passenger vehicles as an alternative to gas and electric cars, despite the lack of widespread charging infrastructure. (Energy News Network)

NUCLEAR: The owner of a northeastern Ohio nuclear plant disclosed to federal regulators that 78 gallons of water contaminated with radioactive chemicals leaked onto the ground earlier this year. (Cleveland.com)

GRID: A proposed 780-mile corridor across Kansas that would have supported future transmission projects is among seven similar projects dropped by the U.S. Department of Energy. (Kansas City Star)

COAL: Advocates in Waukegan, Illinois, hail a U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold an EPA rule requiring companies to dispose of coal ash stored at shuttered coal plants as other suits work through the courts. (Chicago Tribune)

SOLAR:

  • Xcel Energy hosts a public information session on a planned 5,000-acre solar project in western Wisconsin that has spurred some opposition. (WCCO)
  • Nonprofits team up to create a solar group-buying program in west-central Minnesota as a way to generate interest in rooftop installations. (MinnPost)
  • Nearly $51 million in forgivable loans from the USDA will support four solar projects in Nebraska. (Rural Radio Network)

CLIMATE: Michigan cherry growers face escalating costs and financial instability as erratic weather patterns caused by climate change disrupt the industry. (Grist)

CARBON CAPTURE: An expansion of the Kansas Geological Survey’s library will increase storage space to analyze critical materials for carbon sequestration, hydrogen and oil and gas reservoirs. (Kansas Reflector)

STORAGE: A western Michigan company raises $4 million in capital to scale up its low-cost battery storage technology that uses organic materials instead of nickel, copper and other mined materials. (Crain’s Grand Rapids, subscription)

OIL & GAS: Michigan utility Consumers Energy files a $248 million rate increase request with state regulators that calls for updating up to 10,000 vintage gas service lines that connect directly to users. (news release)

COMMENTARY:

  • Pennsylvania’s strategies to mitigate methane emissions from oil and gas production that create jobs and limit emissions could serve as a playbook for Ohio, an environmental advocate writes. (Energy News Network)
  • Ohio lawmakers continue to support a ​“fracking free-for-all” that leases state parks and wildlife areas for drilling despite widespread public opposition, a columnist writes. (Ohio Capital Journal)

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