** Thousands of households in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania lose power as temperatures soar above 100 degrees and air conditioning use strains the grid.
** According to the Energy Information Administration, in 2023, nuclear power and renewable energy sources, such as solar power and wind power, accounted for 18% of the total energy use in the U.S.
** Ford says it’s committed to completing and operating a $3 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan after an executive recently said the project was in jeopardy if it lost access to federal tax incentives.
** A federal judge temporarily stays a lawsuit against Dominion Energy over its offshore wind farm near Virginia to give the groups involved in the case more time to consider how they want to proceed since President Trump signed an order to pause all new and review existing federal wind energy leases and permits.
** More than 100 employees at Texas oil and gas driller Encino Energy are told they’ll be laid off following the $5.6 billion sale of the company last month to oil and gas giant EOG Resources.
** The Louisiana attorney general announces an investigation of Tren Solar, which abruptly closed and has been barred from operating in neighboring Arkansas.
** Audi’s electric vehicles have rapidly depreciated in value and are available in Tennessee for 60% off of their original MSRP — likely due to advancements in technology, concerns about battery degradation, and a high initial price.
** Financial troubles have forced Intel to delay building and equipping its site in Ohio on multiple occasions, and now that the timeline has slipped to 2031, it is beginning to impact Intel’s partners.
** The executive chairman of Salt Lake City-based US Critical Minerals told a House committee on Tuesday the company is poised to extract gallium this year in its partnership with Idaho National Laboratory. Gallium, explained Harvey Kaye, has 3,800 military applications and is vital for national security and defense.
World
** France’s National Assembly has rejected today an amendment proposed by right-wing parties that proposed the introduction of a moratorium on solar and wind power projects. The majority of the assembly voted against the proposal, which had been approved a week earlier by a small portion of the Parliament.
** The Spanish government on Tuesday announced a package of measures to strengthen its power grid and support renewable energy in a bid to avoid a repeat of the huge April blackout.
** Top thermal coal importers China and India are slashing Indonesian shipments of the power generating fuel in favour of energy-dense grades from elsewhere as a global fall in prices has made higher-quality coal more competitive.
** A cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico sank in the North Pacific Ocean, weeks after crew members abandoned ship when they couldn’t extinguish an onboard fire that left the carrier dead in the water.
