** A historic milestone was reached in the United States in March. For the first time ever, cleaner, low-carbon energy sources generated more electricity than fossil fuels. According to data from Ember, a nonprofit focused on energy, the share of fossil fuels in the country’s energy production fell to 49.2%.
** A 1.3 gigawatt (GW) solar farm in northern Indiana is all set to become one of USA’s largest solar power projects following an agreement between Philadelphia-based renewable energy operator Doral Renewables and Virginia-headquartered engineering firm Bechtel.
** Wisconsin lawmakers are working to garner public support for legislation that would significantly reduce the state’s carbon footprint. The Climate Accountability Act, a bill that targets Wisconsin’s harmful carbon pollution, would require the legislature to create a plan that reduces emissions statewide by 52% by 2030 and to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
** Hyundai’s massive Georgia electric vehicle and battery plant seems likely to become a major hub for EV and robotics manufacturing as the company announces a $21 billion investment to ramp up its activities in the U.S.
** A new report finds community opposition has blocked or delayed $64 billion in U.S. data center development, including $900 million in blocks and $45.8 billion in delays in Virginia alone.
** An energy expert warns Texas legislation requiring solar and wind projects to have battery or fossil fuel-fired backup power systems could slow the transition to renewables and threaten the statewide power grid’s stability.
** Three Trump administration cabinet members plan to attend Republican Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s annual conference as part of an effort to “unleash” the state’s energy potential.
World
** Russia detained a Greek-owned oil tanker on Sunday after it left an Estonian Baltic Sea port, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said, adding it had alerted NATO allies to the incident.
** What if the key to storing solar power isn’t on rooftops or in batteries—but hidden deep beneath the waves? That’s exactly what researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute are exploring, with plans underway to submerge massive concrete spheres in the ocean, offering a sea-based alternative to land-hungry energy storage solutions.
** According to Energynews, the France’s Ministry for the Economy and the Ministry for Industry jointly announced plans to spend €400 million ($450 million) on “new industrial projects targeting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.”
** China on Sunday announced anti-dumping duties as high as 74.9% on imports of POM copolymers, a type of engineering plastic, from the United States, the European Union, Japan and Taiwan.