** Amazon seeks a regulatory exemption for its plan to add 250 diesel-powered emergency generators at a large planned Minnesota data center, drawing criticism from environmental groups and state officials.
** North Dakota lawmakers vote down six bills that sought to place restrictions on and eliminate tax exemptions for carbon pipeline developments.
** U-Line Corporation, a manufacturer of refrigeration products for food, beverages, and wine, has announced plans to close one of its production facilities in Milwaukee.
** Firefighters in Lansing, Michigan battled a Monday fire at Consumers Energy Plant. Consumers Energy spokesperson Tracey Wimmer told WNEM that the fire was caused by an electrical transformer outside of the facility, but the fire spread to nearby buildings.
** West Virginia lawmakers consider a bill to eliminate a state law that grants a lower tax rate for wind farms, but much of the debate boils down to whether the state should rely on coal or work with companies that want cleaner energy.
** Environmental and consumer advocacy groups ask Louisiana regulators to deny Entergy’s push to build three gas-fired power plants to power a data center for Facebook’s parent company.
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** A U.S.-headquartered manufacturer of green hydrogen fuel cells wants to build what the company’s president called “multi-gigawatt” electrolyzer projects in India. Sanjay Shrestha, president of New York-based Plug Power, in an interview with ETEnergy World said, “We will be excited to be doing multi-gigawatt electrolyzer projects in India before the end of 2030 depending on demand and cost drivers driven by the Indian government.”
** A Chinese company has stopped exporting a piece of equipment used to process the electric vehicle battery metal lithium, in the clearest sign yet manufacturers are already implementing export controls proposed by Beijing.
** Airbus, Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce are expanding parts sourcing from India, driving growth in the country’s emerging aerospace sector and pushing local firms to elevate their games, industry insiders say.
** Complaints about BYD over its move to offer free smart driving features across most of its line-up have flooded a prominent Chinese auto quality platform, many from customers who said they had overpaid for their cars.
** In 2024, Hyundai Motor Group of South Korea moved all the way up to second in American EV sales according to data from Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book, as InsideEVs detailed. Hyundai’s brands of Kia, Genesis, and Hyundai sold 124,065 fully-electric cars to third place General Motors portfolio’s 114,426.