CLEAN ENERGY: Some Connecticut lawmakers say the state’s siting council is giving too much deference to developers of energy projects, including solar arrays and transmission lines. (CT Post)

ALSO: New York Republicans introduce a package of bills that would delay the state’s climate targets by ten years, but also provide incentives for solar power. (Finger Lakes 1)

OFFSHORE WIND: 

  • GE Vernova reports another blade failure on one of its Haliade-X turbines in England — the same design as a Vineyard Wind turbine that failed in July — but the company is still prohibited from installing more blades at the project. (CommonWealth Beacon) 
  • Anti-wind protesters claim without evidence that the broken Vineyard turbine blade added to “the plight of the right whale,” an endangered species most at risk from vessel strikes and climate change. (Nantucket Current, Energy News Network archive)
  • A Delaware beach community votes to join Ocean City, Maryland, in its threat to sue a federal agency over its environmental review of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project, which has not yet been completed. (Coast TV) 

WIND:

  • A Maine agency will study the viability of small-scale wind turbines, which could help supplement low production from solar panels in winter. (Portland Press Herald)
  • Construction has begun on a 114 MW wind farm in western Pennsylvania. (Renewables Now)

UTILITIES: Connecticut Republicans want to use a state surplus to provide relief from high utility bills, but it would require a change to spending rules that the party has previously resisted. (Connecticut Mirror)

SOLAR: 

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: A Maine company specializes in converting commercial work boats to run on electric power, anticipating the switch will be a “no-brainer” for fishermen as battery costs drop. (MaineBiz)

NATURAL GAS: Connecticut regulators fine a gas utility $100,000 for safety violations in decommissioning abandoned service lines. (Hartford Courant)

NUCLEAR: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is interested in whether nuclear power, with the help of federal funding, could help the state meet its climate targets. (Bloomberg Law, subscription)

BUILDINGS: A pair of Maine hospitals are working to reduce their climate impact, including ending use of an anesthetic gas that emits a large amount of carbon dioxide. (Sun Journal)

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Ken is the director of the Energy News Network at Fresh Energy, and has led the project from its inception as Midwest Energy News in 2009. Prior to joining Fresh Energy, he was the managing editor for online news at Minnesota Public Radio. He started his journalism career in 2002 as a copy editor for the Duluth News Tribune before spending five years at the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, where he held a variety of editing, production, and leadership roles, and played a key role in the newspaper's transition to digital-first publishing. A Nebraska native, Ken has a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a master's degree from the University of Oregon.