As of June 2, Passengers Can Book the Inaugural Electric Flights On Sweden’s SAS Airlines

1.) As of June 2, passengers can book the inaugural electric flights on Sweden’s SAS airlines - trips on 30-seater planes sometime in 2028.

2.) Constellation Energy notches world record for operating an existing turbine on a hydrogen/methane blend, with H2 levels hitting 38% during a day-long test.

3.) Constellation Energy heralds its $1.75 bn purchase of NRG Energy’s 44% ownership stake in the 2.6-GW South Texas nuclear Electric Generating Station outside of Houston.

4.) 8 Rivers claims that its proprietary “Allam cycle” process can separate hydrogen from methane, while capturing 99% of the CO2 emissions. 8Rivers is developing a pilot, after raising $100 million from Korea’s SK group in March.

5.) The U.S. Department of Energy announces $46 million in grant funding to eight fusion companies to advancing designs and R&D.

6.) NY’s Green Bank surpasses $2 billion in financial commitments, catalyzing up to another $5.5 billion in public and private investments, with 123 completed transactions to date.

7.) The California Energy Commission approves a new flexible load shifting goal of 7,000 megawatts, up 2x from previous target.

8.) CA Governor Gavin Newsom proposes purchases of renewable energy made directly by the state, rather than through its utilities, utilizing California’s purchasing power to support large projects that utilities might not otherwise support.

9.) The city of Cohoes NY applies for environmental permits to build a $5.9 million, 3.2 MW floating solar panel array on municipal reservoir. There are an estimated 24,000 municipal reservoirs nationwide.

10.) Chinese lithium producer Ganfeng announces that 1st generation solid-state battery is entering mass production, with the pilot production line having an annual capacity of 4GWh.