Headline News:
- Trump administration officials are making plans to order grid operators to buy electricity from struggling coal and nuclear plants in an effort to extend their life. The DOE would exercise federal emergency authority for the unprecedented intervention into US energy markets, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg News. [Bloomberg]
Polluting power plant (Photo: Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg)
- American telecom giant AT&T has announced this week a new goal to achieve “zero waste” at 100 of its facilities by the end of 2020, as part of its larger environmental commitments and policies. AT&T’s other environmental and energy achievements of this year have included a power purchase agreement for 520 MW of wind power. [CleanTechnica]
- The race to lead America’s self-driving car market moved up a gear. Japan’s SoftBank is putting $2.25 billion (€1.92 billion, £1.7 billion) into GM’s autonomous unit Cruise, one of the biggest single investments in self-driving technology. And Waymo, which is owned by Google, is buying up to 62,000 Fiat Chrysler minivans for its autonomous fleet. [BBC]
- Nevada’s NV Energy has selected 8minuteenergy, based in California, to develop the 300-MW Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Farm in Clark County, Nevada. The project will be built on the Moapa River Indian Reservation about 30 miles north of Las Vegas, and will be the largest solar installation to date built on tribal land. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
- Canada is set to become a member of IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency. Kim Rudd, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, made the announcement during last week’s Clean Energy Ministerial in Copenhagen. Canada is the second largest producer of hydropower in the world. [Windpower Engineering]
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June 1 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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