** Constellation Energy plans to restart Unit 1 of the former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant as the Crane Clean Energy Center. In a $16 billion deal between owner Constellation Energy and Microsoft to power the tech giant’s AI data centers, Three Mile Island is set to return to service as the Crane Clean Energy Center.
** California-based Oklo Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power to collaborate on the development and global deployment of its next-generation nuclear technology.
** Companies canceled $1.4 billion in new clean energy factories and projects in May, as Congressional Republicans work through a reconciliation bill expected to dramatically pare back clean energy tax incentives, according to a report released Monday by clean energy nonprofits E2 and the Clean Economy Tracker.
** After the U.S. Postal Service bought more than 7,200 new zero-emissions vehicles last fall, a provision tucked inside the Senate Republican bill to enact President Trump’s second-term agenda would force the USPS to sell off the brand new trucks and cancel or significantly amend the contract for the remaining 58,800 that are due to be delivered over the next 10 years.
** A controversial bill in Maine is receiving backlash from solar developers who say the legislation would make operating in the Pine Tree State untenable. As Canary Media detailed, the bipartisan bill would reform Maine’s net energy billing program (known as “net metering” in other states), which pays owners of solar panels for sharing their excess energy with the grid. It would also add new fees to community solar projects, which began to grow in earnest after a previous net energy billing reform in 2019.
** Ford is recalling more than 1.3 million vehicles across the United States, citing serious mechanical and software issues that could lead to accidents, including one defect severe enough to trigger an urgent “Do Not Drive” order.
** Intel has begun cutting jobs in California as part of its cost-cutting and restructuring strategy introduced by CEO Lip-Bu Tan.
World
** Global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector hit a record high for the fourth year running last year as fossil fuel use kept rising even as renewable energy reached a record high, the Energy Institute’s annual statistical review of world energy showed on Thursday.
** Norway wants to impose a temporary ban on the establishment of new data centers that mine cryptocurrency with the most power-intensive technology. The government says it wants to conserve electricity for other industries.
** U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that China can continue to purchase Iranian oil after Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire, a move that the White House clarified did not indicate a relaxation of U.S. sanctions.
** India is considering relaxing fuel efficiency norms for small cars after lobbying by Maruti Suzuki, which has seen sales of such cars drop amid an SUV boom, industry and government sources told Reuters.
