Clean energy

Solar

Massachusetts grid breakthrough could benefit customers while boosting solar

The state's regulators and utilities are working out a mutually beneficial way to share the costs of the grid upgrades required to build more community solar.

By Jeff St. John . 4 June 2025
Clean energy

House budget threatens billions in clean energy investment in Virginia

The state’s solar, offshore wind, and manufacturing jobs would be jeopardized if the president’s One Big Beautiful Bill clears the Senate in its current form.

By Charles Paullin, Inside Climate News . 3 June 2025
Utilities

Why an Ohio ban on settlements to close 'base load' power plants matters for clean energy

House Bill 15 forbids settlements to close or curtail "base load" power plants, which exclude renewables. The law may pave the way for future fossil-fuel subsidies.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 3 June 2025
Energy storage

PG&E defers restart of huge grid battery next to Moss Landing fire site

The Elkhorn plant almost got back online in time to help California’s grid handle summer heat. But malfunctions in one of its Tesla batteries gummed up the plans.

By Julian Spector . 2 June 2025
Clean energy

In N.C., all eyes on Senator Tillis as IRA tax credits hang in balance

North Carolina will lose big if cuts to clean energy incentives become law. Will Tillis, on record against "wholesale repeal" of the credits, go to bat for his state?

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 2 June 2025
Politics

The quiet demise of Texas’ anti-renewables legislation

Three bills that would’ve hurt solar and wind development have expired as some Republicans and business groups show support for renewables.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 30 May 2025
Hydrogen

Can locally made green ammonia replace fertilizer from fossil fuels?

Startup Talusag says modular plants that make ammonia from green hydrogen could cut carbon and costs from fertilizer supply chains, in America’s heartland and beyond.

By Jeff St. John . 28 May 2025
Politics

House Republicans nuke incentives for clean energy — except nuclear

Tax credits for buying EVs, building clean power generation, and electrifying your home are all over if the bill becomes law.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 23 May 2025
Clean energy manufacturing

Just how many jobs and GDP dollars do US clean energy factories create?

A new report aims to quantify how much domestic solar, wind, and battery production uplifts local economies. Its authors hope Republicans in Congress will take note.

By Julian Spector . 20 May 2025
Clean energy jobs

South Dakota students tap into growing wind-energy job market

Technical colleges are creating direct pipelines into the industry — and the number of available jobs is “crazy,” said one student who is about to graduate.

By Bart Pfankuch . 20 May 2025