Today’s headlines: Empire Wind triumphs, Wright reveals a coal plant agenda, and more

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OFFSHORE WIND

• A federal judge rules that construction can resume on the Empire Wind project, the second time this week a court has decided in favor of an offshore wind development and against the Trump administration’s stop-work order. (Associated Press)

• Vineyard Wind, where 61 of 62 planned turbines have already been installed, files its own lawsuit challenging the federal order. (MassLive)

• A federal judge will consider today whether to let Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project resume construction after the Trump administration’s halt. (Reuters)

COAL

• U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the Trump administration intends to keep many more coal plants open past their scheduled closing dates, which could saddle utility customers with excessive costs. (New York Times)

• Washington state’s attorney general and environmental advocates file legal challenges seeking to block the Trump administration’s order to continue operating the Centralia coal plant beyond its planned end-of-2025 retirement date. (Seattle Times)

GRID

• President Trump and a bipartisan group of governors will direct grid operator PJM to hold a special auction for tech companies to fund new power plants needed to supply data centers. (E&E News)

STORAGE

• Amazon wins a bankruptcy auction to take over Pine Gate Renewables’ shovel-ready Sunstone project in Oregon, which is slated to hold 1.2 GW of solar and another 1.2 GW of storage capacity. (Latitude Media)

• Duke Energy brings a 50 MW battery online near a former coal plant in North Carolina as it aims to add 6.5 GW of battery storage across the Carolinas by 2035. (WFAE)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Canada will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese EVs in exchange for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, a break with U.S. policy. (Associated Press)

• Ford is reportedly in talks with BYD to buy batteries from the Chinese EV maker for Ford’s hybrid models. (Wall Street Journal)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The Trump administration files a lawsuit seeking to overturn California’s law banning new oil and gas wells near homes, schools, hospitals, and parks, claiming it violates federal law and hampers energy development. (Los Angeles Times, E&E News)

NUCLEAR

• Bill Gates-backed fusion startup Type One Energy raises $87 million ahead of a $250 million Series B round. (TechCrunch)