Today’s headlines: Vineyard Wind completes construction, Revolution Wind transmits power, and more

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OFFSHORE WIND

• Construction is complete on Vineyard Wind, one of the five offshore wind projects the Trump administration tried to halt in December, though it will be a few more weeks before all 62 turbines off Massachusetts’ coast are fully up and running. (WBUR)

• Near Rhode Island, Revolution Wind, another project targeted by President Donald Trump, has started sending power to the grid and will scale up in the coming weeks until it is fully operational. (Associated Press)

FOSSIL FUELS

• “Oh, boy…”: Trump’s social media bragging about how his war in Iran is boosting oil companies’ profits generates eye-rolling and groans of consternation from industry insiders. (Politico)

• The Trump administration approves a $5 billion ultra-deep oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, despite opposition from environmentalists and Democrats. (New York Times)

• U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright invokes the Defense Production Act to restart Sable’s offshore oil pipeline off southern California’s coast, drawing blowback from state officials and advocates. (Associated Press)

NUCLEAR

• Realta Fusion and X-energy sign separate deals with Japanese companies, with Realta’s focused on designing and creating fusion materials and X-energy’s aimed at expanding suppliers for its reactors. (Axios)

DATA CENTERS

• Democratic U.S. senators ask Meta, OpenAI, and other companies to disclose information on 12 planned gas plant projects that will power data centers. (Latitude Media)

• Virginia lawmakers are split on how to address data centers in the top state in the U.S. for the industry, punting on a budget while they debate whether to end billions of dollars in tax exemptions for data centers. (Inside Climate News, Richmond Times-Dispatch)

BATTERIES

• The DOE announces $500 million to scale critical mineral and materials processing to supply the battery industry, as well as battery recycling efforts. (news release)

CLIMATE

• The Trump administration argues that its repeal of the endangerment finding ​“changes nothing” about its legal argument against Vermont’s law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for damages caused by climate change. (E&E News)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Honda scraps plans to build three EV models in Ohio, citing concerns over waning demand, tariffs, and economic uncertainty. (Columbus Dispatch)