Today’s headlines: Virginia offshore wind farm resumes work, and more

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WIND

• Dominion Energy resumes construction on its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project after it won a court case challenging the Trump administration’s work stoppage. (Virginia Mercury)

• While courts allowed three stymied offshore wind farms to restart work last week, analysts say the Trump administration has still wreaked long-term damage to the industry by making it far more risky for investors. (Bloomberg)

• Wood Mackenzie estimates global wind capacity additions will total 160 GW this year, a 6% decline from 2025. (Utility Dive)

GRID

• FERC approves Southwest Power Pool’s plans to fast-track interconnection for large loads — like data centers — that bring their own power generation or partner with current or planned generation projects. (E&E News)

• Southeastern Wisconsin landowners, dairy farmers, and local governments are fighting American Transmission Co.’s plans for a high-voltage transmission line needed to power a Stargate data center. (E&E News)

SOLAR

• An Energy Information Administration analysis finds utility-scale solar is the fastest-growing power generation source in the U.S., and will continue to expand through 2027 as coal and gas decline. (EIA)

FOSSIL FUELS

• Colorado conservationists say the U.S. EPA’s rejection of the state’s Regional Haze Plan will exacerbate pollution from coal plants and harm human health and the climate. (Inside Climate News)

• Talen Energy will buy three gas plants totaling 2.56 GW in the grid region run by PJM Interconnection. (Utility Dive)

VENEZUELA

• U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says he plans to travel to Venezuela soon to secure oil and critical minerals deals. (Axios)