Dominant Energy tests hybrid batteries; Osage Nation challenges wind farms; Alabama groups sue coal company for pollution.

Dominant Energy is testing iron-air and zinc hybrid batteries in a pilot project at a Virginia power station. The Osage Nation is asking a judge to remove wind development from a mineral estate as it fights an Italian energy company that’s building wind farms on the Great Plains. The South Carolina county considers new rules for solar farms that are at least one acre, as residents call for more protection of rural areas. Microsoft strikes a deal with a Texas-based energy company to secure renewable energy to power some of its Texas data centers. Two Alabama environmental groups sue a coal company owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice for years of coal sediment discharges that “suffocate” waterways.