Clean energy

Batteries

This Brooklyn bagel shop is saving money with plug-in batteries

Startup David Energy is giving batteries to its New York City customers to help them reduce hefty demand charges on their monthly utility bills.

By Maria Gallucci, Jeff St. John . 19 January 2026
Data centers

Disputes over clean energy may doom Wisconsin data center bills

Democrats and Republicans want safeguards against rising power costs. But clashing visions for how data centers should use renewables stand in the way.

By Kari Lydersen . 16 January 2026
Clean energy

22GW of renewables thwarted or in limbo under Trump ‘blockade’

An Interior Department memo is hampering wind and solar on public lands. It’s one of many federal actions slowing the build-out of cheap, clean energy.

By Maria Gallucci . 16 January 2026
Fossil fuels

What a fracking-waste dispute says about Ohio’s energy double standard

Ohio is letting the oil and gas industry put more toxic waste underground despite community concerns — even as the state defers to local opponents of clean energy.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 13 January 2026
Clean energy

Trump’s DOJ turns its attention to local gas bans

The federal government is suing two San Francisco Bay Area cities over their right to bar gas in new buildings. Critics say the case’s legal argument is flimsy.

By Alison F. Takemura . 13 January 2026
Clean energy

Clean energy will take center stage in Virginia’s legislature this year

The state’s 60-day legislative session starts this week. Lawmakers will consider bills that tap clean energy to alleviate data center and affordability challenges.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 12 January 2026
Clean energy

Chart: How the US electricity mix changed last year

Solar and coal were up, and gas, surprisingly, was down. Here are the numbers behind a wild year for the U.S. power sector.

By Dan McCarthy . 9 January 2026
Long-duration energy storage

A novel long-duration storage project is coming to the California desert

Hydrostor’s 4-gigawatt-hour project received state approval last month. Construction could start this year — so long as the startup can nail down more customers.

By Julian Spector . 8 January 2026
Just transition

'Win by time’: How Poland is preparing for the death of coal

In the country’s coal region — one of the EU’s biggest — advocates and union leaders are working to ensure the energy transition doesn’t leave miners behind.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 7 January 2026
Clean energy

Is the US headed toward an electricity crisis of its own making?

Trump administration policies and AI needs are fueling a growing mismatch between energy supply and demand. That’s a huge problem, but there may be a way out.

By Julian Spector . 6 January 2026