Michigan startup offers a solution for inefficient windows

EFFICIENCY: A Michigan-based startup fabricating vacuum-insulated glass for highly efficient windows has opened a new manufacturing plant and secured nearly $83 million in capital and grants to scale up. (Canary Media)

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TRANSPORTATION: Environmental advocates and health professionals call on Illinois regulators to adopt stricter tailpipe emission rules for cars and trucks that are modeled off of California’s and exceed national standards. (Chicago Tribune)

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES:

• Electric bus manufacturer Lion Electric suspends operations at a plant near Chicago after failing to hit sales targets since opening last year. (CBS Chicago)
• The more than 100 automotive parts suppliers in western Michigan will feel the effects of automakers’ decisions to scale back electric vehicle production, an analyst says. (WOOD-TV8)
• A GOP lobbyist who served in the first Trump administration says federal tax incentives for electric vehicles are at most risk of being swiftly repealed by the president-elect. (E&E News, subscription)

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SOLAR:

• The U.S. added record-breaking amounts of solar module manufacturing capacity in the third quarter, and solar cell manufacturing resumed for the first time since 2019. (Solar Industry)
• A developer files plans for a 2,400-acre solar project in Lincoln, Nebraska, that would be the largest solar project in the state. (KOLN)
• Customers of a defunct Wisconsin solar company will not get a refund for unfinished work as the company moves through receivership, a judge rules. (Wisconsin Public Radio)
• A Michigan township receives a $281,000 state grant to support a 150 MW solar project after adopting supportive local zoning policies. (WTVB)
• A Nebraska county adopts restrictive solar zoning rules that would allow solar on up to 1% of the county’s total acres and 1,000-foot setbacks that would likely prevent any development. (News Channel Nebraska)

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CARBON CAPTURE: A $2 billion carbon capture project at a North Dakota coal plant has been delayed after a key sponsor backs out and financing remains unclear. (E&E News, subscription)

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UTILITIES: Investor-owned utilities in Indiana are seeking significant rate increases the “likes of which we’ve never seen,” consumer advocates say, to pay for clean energy and grid infrastructure upgrades. (Post-Tribune)

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