** According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, developers and power plant owners added 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale electric generating capacity in the United States during the first half of 2024. This new capacity is 3.6 GW (21%) more than the capacity added during the first six months of 2023.
** A pipeline worker who went missing after an explosion near South Pass, Louisiana, was found dead, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The incident occurred on Saturday evening, prompting a search operation.
** A hazardous waste landfill in Wayne County, Michigan is preparing to take 6,000 cubic yards of soil and concrete and 4,000 gallons of groundwater contaminated with elevated radiation from a site in New York where the Manhattan Project developed the atomic bomb during and just after World War II.
** Ohio’s attorney general imposed no penalties on an oil and gas group that ran a lobbying campaign with pro-fracking letters using residents’ names, addresses and phone numbers without their consent.
** A global wind turbine manufacturer says it will restart production and hire upwards of 100 workers at a plant in eastern Iowa.
** A Maine paper products factory says a new fixed charge on its monthly bill related to a state solar program will force it to close.
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** Lebanon’s last major operational power plant was forced to shut down completely due to the lack of fuel, resulting in a total power outage across all Lebanese territories, the country’s electricity company said on Saturday.
** The National High Speed Rail Company Limited (NHSRCL) of India has begun construction on an underwater portion of its ambitious new high-speed rail (HSR) line, as Newsweek shared.
** A German-engineered electric jet should be carrying passengers by 2026, according to a Bloomberg report about Lilium’s revolutionary vertical takeoff craft. It’s a milestone for a company that’s been working on cleaner air travel for about a decade.