New York's First Offshore Wind Installs Its First Monopile Foundation

1.) New York's first offshore wind farm, the 130 MW South Fork Wind, installs its first monopile foundation, with offshore substation soon to follow.

2.) The New York power grid operator selects $3.26 billion, 3,000 MWtransmission project to transport offshore wind being brought ashore on Long Island.

3.) Freja Offshore, a JV between Hexicon and Mainstream Renewable Power, submits 2 - 2.5 GW Swedish offshore wind application w/turbines as large as 30 MW each.  

4.) Chinese battery giant CATL announces $1.4 bn investment in two plants to develop Bolivia's lithium reserves.

5.) Texas officials requires EV charging sites supported by state funds to include Tesla connectors, in response to recent decisions by Ford, GM, and Rivian to adopt Tesla’s NACS protocol. 

6.) The U.S. DOE Loan Programs Office issues conditional $9.2 billion loan to Ford for construction of three battery factories. Ford plans to make 2 million EVs annually by 2026, vs. 132,000 in 2022.

7.) Stellantis stops shipping ICE vehicles to 14 states that follow California’s strict emissions regulations.

8.) Q1 U.S. hydrogen fuel-cell car sales in the United States, fell almost 30 percent YOY to 752 units. 257,507 EVs sold during same time period. RIP hydrogen vehicles…