California Governor Gavin Newsom has directed the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to develop a hydrogen market development strategy.

The U.S. Department of Energy on Aug. 11 announced up to $1.2 billion to advance the development of two commercial-scale direct air capture facilities in Texas and Louisiana.

The City of Aztec, New Mexico, a public power community, is pursuing the development of a solar PV plus energy storage project to meet its entire daytime power needs. The city is working with the International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology on the project.

A Kentucky coal mine site would be converted into an 800-megawatt solar project that was recently announced by renewable energy developer BrightNight, Rivian Automotive and the Nature Conservancy.

The New York Power Authority on Aug. 10 said it has begun a process called for in legislation included in the 2023-24 enacted New York State budget that provides NYPA with new authority to develop, own and operate renewable energy generating projects to assist the state in meeting its clean energy targets.

Mote Inc. on Aug. 10 said it has received $1.2 million in grant funding to establish its second biomass-to-hydrogen and carbon-sequestration plant in partnership with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, a California public power utility.