** Sunoco and Canada-based Parkland Corp. announced an agreement May 5 in which Sunoco will acquire all outstanding shares of Parkland for about US$9.1 billion (CA$12.56). The deal, which includes assumed debt, positions Sunoco for expanded operations across a larger service area.
** Seventy-two of Indiana’s 92 counties have a moratorium or ban on utility-scale renewable energy projects, creating a patchwork of policies that advocates say holds the state back from development.
** The U.S. Coast Guard announces it has controlled a leaking “geyser of oil” from an 82-year-old well in Louisiana that’s been inactive for nearly a decade, but which was never plugged.
** Dominion Energy’s CEO says Trump’s tariffs will add at least $120 million and potentially up to $500 million to the cost of its now $10.8 billion offshore wind farm near Virginia.
** Texas lawmakers consider a bill to reform how utilities can acquire emergency generators, as well as other legislation sparked by extreme weather-driven outages across Houston.
** Hawaii lawmakers pass legislation increasing the state’s tourist lodging tax to raise funds for climate change-fueled disaster mitigation and restoration projects.
** Northwestern Colorado residents and officials call on Xcel Energy to pay $89 million in just transition funding to help communities weather planned coal plant retirements.
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** The European Union will present a roadmap plan on May 6 on how to wean itself off Russian energy, European Commission spokesperson Stefan de Keersmaecker said on Monday. The details of the plan will be presented on Tuesday in Strasbourg by Dan Jorgensen, EU Commissioner for Energy and Housing.
** As Europe accelerates its shift to solar energy to meet ambitious climate and energy security goals, a formidable new challenge is emerging from the skies: Saharan dust. According to research presented at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2025 (EGU25), mineral dust carried by winds from North Africa is not only reducing photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation across the continent but also making solar power output harder to predict.
** A record 117 gigawatts of wind power capacity was installed worldwide last year, slightly more than in 2023, but far less than needed to achieve goals to decarbonise energy, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council said.
** Bukit Asam, the Indonesian state-owned coal miner, is examining a plan that would invest $3.1 billion in a plant for converting coal into synthetic gas. Its chief executive announced this on Monday.