Clean energy

Clean energy

Three years into the Ukraine war, is Europe’s energy system cleaner?

In response to the invasion, Europe mostly ditched Russian fossil fuels and built a cleaner grid. But wholesale decarbonization has proven elusive.

By Julian Spector . 19 March 2025
Clean energy

A new way to power data centers: pair clean energy and peaker plants

An RMI report finds that solar and wind energy could connect to rarely used gas plants to meet gigawatts of data center demand, and still share power with the grid.

By Jeff St. John . 18 March 2025
Clean energy

Vermont’s clean energy transition faces unprecedented political threat

Republican legislative gains, financial worries, and outside interference are stacking the deck against climate progress this session.

By Sarah Shemkus . 18 March 2025
Solar

Ohio Supreme Court weighs high-stakes solar permitting case

Local government opposition sank a proposed solar farm’s permit. The developer says state regulators failed to consider whether the pushback was rooted in evidence.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 17 March 2025
Clean energy

Can clean energy break records despite Trump?

Uncertainty over federal tax credits is the only thing that could keep solar power and battery storage from having another huge year.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 14 March 2025
Geothermal

The smell of toasted rock could spell victory for geothermal energy

Deeper, hotter geothermal power could be key to the energy transition. Canary Media went on-site to see how one startup aims to achieve that using electromagnetic beams.

By Julian Spector . 13 March 2025
Clean energy

Trump admin says it’s ‘terminated’ $20B green bank in latest escalation

The EPA program, which provides financing to help low-income communities adopt clean energy, has been an ongoing target of Trump’s funding freeze.

By Jeff St. John . 12 March 2025
Solar

Florida is now a solar superpower. Here’s how it happened.

The Sunshine State built more large-scale solar than California last year and was again No. 2 for residential, despite state leadership opposed to climate action.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 11 March 2025
Clean energy

Texas broke its solar, wind, and battery records in one spring week

Renewables and batteries are playing an increasingly crucial role for the state in the shoulder season, when coal and gas plants fall offline in large numbers.

By Julian Spector . 10 March 2025
Clean energy

Cuts to clean energy tax credits will harm North Carolina, advocates say

As Congress weighs budget cuts, advocates work to convince Republicans not to eliminate federal clean energy programs.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 10 March 2025