April 5 NEC Energy News
¶ “Leeward Energy Starts Operations At Huge South Texas Solar Project” • Dallas-based Leeward Renewable Energy completed construction and commenced operations at its 200-MW Horizon Solar Project in South Central Texas. The project will provide Verizon Communications with renewable energy under a power purchase agreement. [Dallas Innovates]
¶ “California’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant’s $1.1 Billion Federal Funding Challenged” • Friends of the Earth, an environmental advocacy group, has sued the US Energy Department seeking to block $1.1 billion in federal funding that aims to help California’s PG&E continue running its aging Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. [Reuters]
¶ “Investment Deficit Puts Planet On Path To Miss 1.5°C, Study Finds” • A lack of investment in green energy has left the world on track to overshoot the 1.5°C temperature increase that many scientists regard as a critical threshold in global efforts to contain climate change. REN21, a renewable energy think tank, published the finding. [Insurance Journal]
¶ “AutoFlight Delivers First Electric Air Taxi To Customer In Japan” • AutoFlight has achieved a significant milestone by officially delivering its first Prosperity aircraft to a customer in Japan, marking the world’s inaugural delivery of a civilian ton-class eVTOL aircraft. The five-seater Prosperity aircraft went to a commercial operator. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “More Power, More Water: Solar-Over-Canal Projects Are Coming To California” • California is pioneering innovations to generate clean electricity while conserving water. The state is teaming up with the Biden Administration on a solar-over-canal pilot project to clean solar power and transform the state’s water system. [California State Portal]
¶ “Plans Filed For New Jersey’s Garden State Energy Path Grid Upgrade” • National Grid Ventures and Con Edison Transmission have submitted plans to build transmission infrastructure that will connect offshore wind power to the New Jersey electricity grid. Garden State Energy Path will be able to carry 6 GW of electricity from four wind farms. [reNews]
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