Stalled gas pipeline in New York could be revived

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NATURAL GAS

• The developer behind two stalled natural gas pipeline projects in New York, including the controversial Constitution Pipeline, prepares to file paperwork to restart the projects. (Wall Street Journal)

• Environmental advocates cheer a fracking company’s decision to surrender its permits to pump 1.5 million gallons of water a day from a western Pennsylvania creek. (Inside Climate News)

NUCLEAR

• A Massachusetts company applies for permits to build the world’s first commercial fusion facility, a 400-MW operation to be located in Virginia. (RichmondInno)

• Maine’s House advances legislation requiring the state to seek informational bids for the development of small modular nuclear reactors, though opponents argue it doesn’t make sense for the state to pursue a technology that is not yet up and running anywhere. (News Center Maine)

• New Hampshire’s Seabrook nuclear power plant reaches a deal with the town of Seabrook to pay $45 million in property taxes over the next three years. (Seacoastonline)

OFFSHORE WIND

• A coalition including a Nantucket anti-wind group, a local tribe, charter fishing groups, and a pair of lobstermen files a legal challenge against the New England Wind development, claiming the federal government failed to properly assess the possibility of environmental and cultural damage when it approved the project. (Inquirer and Mirror)

• Delaware lawmakers consider a bill that would allow offshore wind developers to build substations as long as they meet certain criteria, a measure that would pave the way for US Wind to build a needed substation that was initially rejected because of public opposition. (WBOC)

RENEWABLES

• Advocates rally to demand grid operator PJM let more new renewable energy projects hook up to grid faster to help alleviate rising energy costs, while PJM says the blame belongs with activists who pushed for the closure of fossil fuel-fired plants, lowering the supply of electricity. (WHYY)

STORAGE

• A western Massachusetts town appeals the state attorney general’s decision to reject a town bylaw regulating the deployment of battery storage systems. (Greenfield Recorder)

BIOFUEL

• The University at Albany, part of New York’s state university system, begins the process of transitioning all of its diesel vehicles and equipment to biodiesel, an interim step as the school pursues its goal of electrifying its fleet. (Renewable Energy Magazine)

NEW FROM CANARY

• Startup OCOchem wants clean up the traditional chemical-making process by replacing large, fossil fuel-powered machines with more, smaller machines powered by electricity, Jeff St. John reports.

• A new Ohio state law aimed at expanding gas and nuclear power plants includes some technology-neutral provisions that could also benefit clean energy, Kathiann M. Kowalski reports.