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Batteries

Plug-in batteries kept NYC renters cool during record heat wave

A new program from startup Every Electric and utility Con Edison lets New Yorkers power their window ACs with home batteries to take stress off the grid.

By Maria Gallucci

Liquefied natural gas

Hawaiʻi committed to 100% clean energy. Now it’s flirting with natural gas.

By Julian Spector, Savannah Harriman-Pote

Worker in an orange shirt near a solar array with beautiful views of the city, Diamond Head, and the ocean

Batteries

A pioneering grid-battery factory is headed for this California city

By Julian Spector

Clean energy jobs

Trump’s clean energy attacks are costing the US jobs

By Dan McCarthy

Solar

A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US

Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around $300.

By Alison F. Takemura

Solar panel sitting on deck with plants in the background on a sunny day

Nuclear

America’s first nuclear plant restart may be near the finish line

By Alexander C. Kaufman
Grid edge

Clean energy helped the grid avoid heat-wave catastrophe

By Kathryn Krawczyk
Solar

Ohio Power Siting Board asks court to punt on high-stakes solar case

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

Regional spotlight:

Northeast

Clean energy news from the Northeastern U.S.

Major energy-affordability bill passes Massachusetts Senate

Now the legislature must hammer out the differences between the Senate text and the House version, which includes major cuts to energy-efficiency funding.

By Sarah Shemkus

Martha’s Vineyard solar array will cut bills for low-income islanders

Houses around a parking lot with solar panels on the roofs

How an NYC high-rise is keeping cool with geothermal energy

Vermont is boosting new homes that can cut energy use in half

A person on a ladder leaned on a manufactured home.

Connecticut’s new solar law is better than nothing

A man in a suit in a crowded government building.

Data centers

Data centers use more power in the US than in any other country

Last year, nearly 40% of all power demand from global data centers came from facilities based in America, per a new report.

By Dan McCarthy
Electric vehicles

Electric trucks look a lot more appealing when gas prices are sky-high

A head-to-head matchup of electric and gasoline cargo trucks shows how rising fuel costs make EVs much cheaper to run. Now, can manufacturers lower up-front costs?

By Jeff St. John
Solar

In Ohio, solar is no big threat to farmland

Fears over farmland loss have fueled arguments against renewables in Ohio — but golf courses and suburban sprawl take up far more acreage than solar does.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski
Green steel

A year after US Steel was sold, communities push for clean investment

Northwest Indiana residents say Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel could bring jobs and growth. But they’re still waiting on Nippon to deliver.

By Maria Gallucci

Chart of the week

Heat pumps may soon outsell air conditioners in US

For years, heat pumps have outsold gas furnaces in the U.S. — and now the superefficient appliances are coming for conventional ACs, too.

By Dan McCarthy

Rooftop solar is in for a tough few years in the US

Solar beat coal on the US grid in May — a new milestone

Chart titled "Solar finally beats coal on US grid in May"; falling black line shows coal, and rising yellow line shows solar

Electric cars are starting to take over the world

The tax credit cliff has hit EV sales hard

Carbon-free buildings

California’s choice: Cleaner air for schools or money for utilities

State lawmakers must decide whether to unlock $194M to fix aging school HVAC and plumbing systems or return it to utilities for a few dollars off monthly bills.

By Jeff St. John
Electric vehicles

These states are the best for EV buyers and drivers

California, Massachusetts, and several other states are home to robust charging networks and strong consumer incentives that make it easy to go electric.

By Kathryn Krawczyk
Fossil fuels

Washington coal plant produces no power but plenty of costs. Who pays?

The Trump administration ordered the last coal plant in Washington to be on standby. Its owner wants utilities to pick up the still-running tab for that.

By Tom Banse
Energy efficiency

Massachusetts Senate preserves energy-efficiency funding in new bill

Earlier this year, the House proposed $1B in cuts to the state’s nation-leading efficiency program. The Senate rejected that idea in a sweeping new energy bill.

By Sarah Shemkus
Batteries

Base Power brings cheap batteries to residents in power-starved PJM

The unicorn startup launched its first move outside its home state of Texas, pitching low-cost energy and backup power in northern Illinois.

By Julian Spector
Virtual power plants

Tesla, Sunrun, Renew Home team up on massive 16GW virtual power plant

The clean energy giants are uniting their home batteries and smart thermostats to help tech giants power booming, AI-driven data centers without crushing the grid.

By Jeff St. John
Energy efficiency

Norwegian startup raises $6M to fix this sneaky source of energy waste

Eqon makes devices that can “dim” the power consumed by electric heating cables, which factories and cities use — often inefficiently — to keep surfaces warm.

By Maria Gallucci
Data centers

Virginia slaps data centers with big new tax — but no climate rules

The state’s Democratic trifecta couldn’t agree on clean energy or air-quality reforms in time for the budget, which passed this week after months of negotiation.

By Elizabeth Ouzts
Food and farms

Your morning coffee is killing the planet

Coffee farms take a heavy toll on wildlife and the climate, as seen recently with deforestation in Vietnam. But the food you eat is causing even more damage.

By Michael Grunwald

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Plug-in batteries kept NYC renters cool during record heat wave

Hawaiʻi committed to 100% clean energy. Now it’s flirting with natural gas.

A pioneering grid-battery factory is headed for this California city

Trump’s clean energy attacks are costing the US jobs

A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US

America’s first nuclear plant restart may be near the finish line

Clean energy helped the grid avoid heat-wave catastrophe

Ohio Power Siting Board asks court to punt on high-stakes solar case

Editor's picks

1 Trump’s ​‘big, beautiful’ law was supposed to kill clean energy. It didn’t.

2 Installing a heat pump might increase the value of your home

3 Is New England’s new hydropower transmission line paying off?

4 Hyundai’s new steel mill sparks hopes and fears in Louisiana

5 Community solar needs space to grow. Warehouse rooftops have lots of it.

New Trump rules make it more costly to electrify North Carolina homes

Southern California clean-heat rule survives key legal challenge

Quaise Energy raises $134M to fuel superhot geothermal ambitions

Trump admin could undermine energy efficiency with dubious new analysis

Could hydropower hamper NYC’s building decarbonization law?

Duke Energy proposes special rules for data centers in North Carolina

In this Brooklyn warehouse, stoves are turned into batteries

Regional spotlight:

Major energy-affordability bill passes Massachusetts Senate

Martha’s Vineyard solar array will cut bills for low-income islanders

How an NYC high-rise is keeping cool with geothermal energy

Vermont is boosting new homes that can cut energy use in half

Connecticut’s new solar law is better than nothing

Data centers use more power in the US than in any other country

Electric trucks look a lot more appealing when gas prices are sky-high

In Ohio, solar is no big threat to farmland

A year after US Steel was sold, communities push for clean investment

Chart of the week

Heat pumps may soon outsell air conditioners in US

Rooftop solar is in for a tough few years in the US

Solar beat coal on the US grid in May — a new milestone

Electric cars are starting to take over the world

The tax credit cliff has hit EV sales hard

California’s choice: Cleaner air for schools or money for utilities

These states are the best for EV buyers and drivers

Washington coal plant produces no power but plenty of costs. Who pays?

Massachusetts Senate preserves energy-efficiency funding in new bill

Base Power brings cheap batteries to residents in power-starved PJM

Tesla, Sunrun, Renew Home team up on massive 16GW virtual power plant

Norwegian startup raises $6M to fix this sneaky source of energy waste

Virginia slaps data centers with big new tax — but no climate rules

Your morning coffee is killing the planet

1 Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ law was supposed to kill clean energy. It didn’t.