** Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and EPA administrator Lee Zeldin are part of a group that traveled to the North Slope on Monday, promising to undo the Biden administration’s restrictions on crude oil development.
** An Alaska startup proposes a bitcoin mining data center on the North Slope that would be powered by a new 50 MW gas plant.
** The Port of Corpus Christi, Texas just completed a $625 million project to deepen the channel to 54 feet and widen it from 400 feet to 530 feet.
** Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law House Bill 2890, which establishes the Gulf States Liquefied Natural Gas Industry Compact. It authorizes Governor Abbott to develop and then enter into an interstate compact with other Gulf Coast states to promote the LNG industry.
** The used electric vehicle market is thriving in 2025, offering unprecedented deals for interested drivers. According to CarMax, which was cited by Electrek, prices for used EVs dropped by over 40% from January 2022 to February 2025.
** The Trump administration ordered another power plant to remain operational by invoking emergency powers for a second time, a day before the facility in Pennsylvania was scheduled to close.Constellation Energy Corp.’s Eddystone Generating Station was set to shut down its last remaining units on Saturday.
** The U.S. Interior Department implements “emergency” procedures aimed at fast-tracking geothermal permitting on federal land and applies them to three or Ormat Energy’s proposed projects in Nevada.
** The Tennessee Valley Authority reconsiders plans to close its coal-fired power plants, which it’s previously used as justification to build new gas-fired plants instead of renewables.
** Baker Hughes will sell 65% of its surface pressure control business to a unit of equipment maker Cactus for $344.5 million, as the oilfield services provider focuses on its core businesses amid volatile oil prices. The companies will form a joint venture to hold the business, they said on Monday, with Baker Hughes retaining a 35% stake after the deal closes.
World
** In the Patagonian region of southern Chile, one of the world’s largest clean energy projects is taking shape. Backed by French energy company TotalEnergies, the proposed $16 billion investment could position the country as a major exporter of green hydrogen and ammonia, two fuels expected to play a key role in replacing dirty energy sources in hard-to-decarbonize industries.
** Ukraine’s leading natural gas producer, state-run firm Naftogaz, will receive a 36.4 million euro loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to modernise its drilling program.
** Iran carried out secret nuclear activities with material not declared to the U.N. nuclear watchdog at three locations that have long been under investigation, the watchdog said in a wide-ranging, confidential report to member states seen by Reuters.
