September 4, 2024

We here at NetZero Insider hope you had a great Labor Day and did not have to actually perform any labor ... unlike us, who were just as busy. Even though August is usually the federal government’s off month, they were just as busy too.

BOEM last week set the first-ever Oregon offshore wind energy lease auction for Oct. 15. The two lease areas being offered hold a potential capacity of more than 3.1 GW of energy generation if fully developed, John Cropley reports. 

DOE awarded more than $240 million in grants to promote the adoption of building performance standards. Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, the 19 awards for state and local programs aim to help cities and states reduce emissions and improve the efficiency and resilience of existing commercial and multifamily buildings, K Kaufmann writes. 

And Amanda Durish Cook spoke with Holtec International officials about how the company expects to accomplish the first ever nuclear plant restart in the U.S. at the mothballed Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Michigan. 

Here’s what else we had this past week: 

• Berkeley Lab Report Highlights Trends in Distributed Solar 

• BLM Issues Solar Roadmap for 11 Western States 

• DC Circuit Strikes down Emissions Standards for ‘New’ Pre-2020 Boilers
  

• DOE Approves 1st LNG Exports Since Biden Administration’s Pause 

• DOE Details Strong Job Growth in Clean Energy 

• Heat Pump Tech Could Help Decarbonize Dairy Sector, CEC Says 

• Mass. DPU Approves 1st Round of Utility Grid Modernization Plans 

• Report Quantifies Consumer Savings from Biden-era Efficiency Standards 

• Truckers Group Opposes Wash. Clean Trucks Timeline 
  

See you next week!