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Offshore wind

Trump’s war on offshore wind is robbing a generation of workers

Building trades spent the past five years preparing for an offshore wind boom that went bust, leaving workers to mourn good-paying jobs that may never come back.

By Ajani Stella, Inside Climate News

Fossil fuels

Trump’s DOE keeps forcing coal plants to stay open. Here’s the latest.

By Ysabelle Kempe

Electric vehicles

Can Ford’s affordable new electric truck hit the sweet spot?

By Kathryn Krawczyk

Solar

In North Carolina, rooftop solar is alive and well despite headwinds

By Elizabeth Ouzts

Solar

Why Illinois has struggled to turn old coal sites into solar farms

The state’s plan to replace defunct coal infrastructure with renewable energy has fallen short, but the experience holds lessons for future coal-to-solar efforts.

By Kari Lydersen

Coal plant from the roadway leading to it on a mostly clear blue day.

Utilities

3 ways to fix California’s utility spending problem — if lawmakers act

By Jeff St. John
Heat pumps

World’s oldest cheddar-maker slashes energy bills with novel heat pumps

By Alison F. Takemura
Solar

Trump launched big new solar tariffs. Here’s what it means.

By Julian Spector

Regional spotlight:

Northeast

Clean energy news from the Northeastern U.S.

Massachusetts embraces backyard homes as housing and climate solution

The state needs more housing, fast. ADUs offer a path forward — and their compact, sometimes all-electric designs offer lower energy bills and carbon emissions.

By Sarah Shemkus

‘It’ll take more’: CFS nets another $1B to chase nuclear fusion dream

Inside of a fusion reactor facility with white walls and multicolored equipment

Solar-powered EV carshare pilot launches in Massachusetts

Red hatchback Zipcar parked and plugged in under a solar canopy held up with a curved white "arm"

Startup offers low-cost home batteries to Massachusetts residents

Three Tesla batteries hanging on a wood wall

Massachusetts bill would end a costly gas pipeline repair program

Hard-hatted worker below concrete ground next to yellow ladderw

Sponsored

The Missing Link to VPP Success? Customer Knowledge.

A new Franklin Energy report reveals how widespread customer confusion about home energy technologies could limit virtual power plant adoption — and what utilities can do to close the knowledge gap.
Data centers

PJM’s big new data center plan: Make the states figure it out

Grid operator PJM wants states and utilities to hold data centers responsible for buying their own power — or risk being cut off from grid service.

By Jeff St. John
Batteries

Base Power raises $1B to get big batteries into more homes

The startup, newly valued at $13 billion, is now manufacturing batteries in Texas. It offers an affordable way for homeowners to get backup power and it helps the grid too.

By Julian Spector
Climatetech finance

Court rules against Trump EPA’s freeze of $20B in ‘green bank’ funds

A federal appeals court finds the EPA acted improperly in terminating grants to boost clean energy projects. The Trump administration may appeal to the Supreme Court.

By Jeff St. John

Chart of the week

California was mostly solar-powered in May — a global first

No major economy had previously received over half its electricity from solar across an entire month. Thank the mild, sunny spring weather, and batteries.

By Dan McCarthy

Solar is having its best summer yet in Europe

Nuclear energy could be in for a big decade

Trump’s clean energy attacks are costing the US jobs

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

Nuclear

Microreactor startup Valar Atomics raises $1B

Valar, which has been called “the Trump administration’s favorite nuclear startup,” faces a steep path to realizing its vision — even with a giant funding round.

By Alexander C. Kaufman
Data centers

Data centers take center stage in Wisconsin governor’s race

As the AI buildout spikes energy demand, Democrats and one Republican offer solutions ranging from ramping up clean energy to instituting ratepayer protections.

By Kari Lydersen
Geothermal

How to bring a geothermal well back from the dead

Startup Zanskar has created one of the most productive geothermal wells in the U.S. by squeezing more life out of a power plant that had been in decline for years.

By Molly Taft
Solar

Illinois Solar for All is, at last, taking off

The state’s solar equity program has been in place for nearly a decade, but it wasn’t until recently, after years of grassroots efforts, that participation surged.

By Kari Lydersen
Food and farms

Virginia lays groundwork to combine more solar with farming

A new state law aims to spur agrivoltaics projects where crops or livestock thrive amid solar panels, as AI power demand booms and concerns about farmland loss rise.

By Elizabeth Ouzts
Solar

New York takes on the myth that solar is swallowing farmland

As the White House and viral influencers push misleading info about solar, New York says the facts show the clean energy source and agriculture can thrive together.

By Kathryn Krawczyk
Climatetech finance

Antora snags $550M for heat batteries to run data centers and factories

As the California firm boots up a giant thermal battery system in South Dakota, fresh funds will help it build a second U.S. factory and more large-scale projects.

By Maria Gallucci
Solar

This Texas coal mine will soon be home to a 1.2GW solar farm

Panamint Capital broke ground on a $1.7 billion solar and storage project at the Calvert coal mine. The mine and an adjacent coal plant will stay online.

By Maria Gallucci
Corporate procurement

Trump admin bans ‘new’ foreign-made inverters. What does that mean?

A just-issued national security ban appears to exclude existing inverters for solar and battery projects — but future models could face restrictions, experts say.

By Jeff St. John

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Trump’s war on offshore wind is robbing a generation of workers

Trump’s DOE keeps forcing coal plants to stay open. Here’s the latest.

Can Ford’s affordable new electric truck hit the sweet spot?

In North Carolina, rooftop solar is alive and well despite headwinds

Why Illinois has struggled to turn old coal sites into solar farms

3 ways to fix California’s utility spending problem — if lawmakers act

World’s oldest cheddar-maker slashes energy bills with novel heat pumps

Trump launched big new solar tariffs. Here’s what it means.

Editor's picks

1 Here’s how offshore wind helped New England beat record heat

2 The US clean energy boom will continue to 2030. Then things get hazy.

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

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

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

Solar on storage units? Here’s how Illinois is making it happen.

In Puerto Rico, Trump admin backs big battery project but snubs solar

The Pentagon's wind farm blockade is over — for now

Why Trump’s claim that offshore wind is a security risk is ‘ludicrous’

Nuclear startup Oklo splits its first atoms in test reactor

Trump is blocking billions of dollars of grants that would fix the grid

Ohio steel giant aims to use Biden climate funds for polluting project

Regional spotlight:

Massachusetts embraces backyard homes as housing and climate solution

‘It’ll take more’: CFS nets another $1B to chase nuclear fusion dream

Solar-powered EV carshare pilot launches in Massachusetts

Startup offers low-cost home batteries to Massachusetts residents

Massachusetts bill would end a costly gas pipeline repair program

The Missing Link to VPP Success? Customer Knowledge.

PJM’s big new data center plan: Make the states figure it out

Base Power raises $1B to get big batteries into more homes

Court rules against Trump EPA’s freeze of $20B in ‘green bank’ funds

Chart of the week

California was mostly solar-powered in May — a global first

Solar is having its best summer yet in Europe

Nuclear energy could be in for a big decade

Trump’s clean energy attacks are costing the US jobs

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

Microreactor startup Valar Atomics raises $1B

Data centers take center stage in Wisconsin governor’s race

How to bring a geothermal well back from the dead

Illinois Solar for All is, at last, taking off

Virginia lays groundwork to combine more solar with farming

New York takes on the myth that solar is swallowing farmland

Antora snags $550M for heat batteries to run data centers and factories

This Texas coal mine will soon be home to a 1.2GW solar farm

Trump admin bans ‘new’ foreign-made inverters. What does that mean?

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