Articles

Offshore wind

Trump’s year of offshore wind carnage

2025 was a decisive, destructive year for the U.S. offshore wind sector. Will the slowdown prove to be a four-year blip or the start of a longer-term malaise?

By Dan McCarthy . 30 December 2025
Clean energy

The year Trump tried and failed to stop clean energy

The Trump administration brought the sledgehammer down on clean energy — but that still wasn't enough to crush it.

By Dan McCarthy . 29 December 2025
Data centers

In 2025, data centers forced an energy reckoning

It was a year of tough questions about how to stop the AI boom from spiking household electricity bills and derailing the clean energy transition.

By Ysabelle Kempe . 29 December 2025
Clean energy supply chain

The year the US doubled down on critical minerals

Trump took unusual steps in 2025 to strengthen American control over a supply chain crucial to many industries — and to the clean energy transition.

By Tik Root, Anita Hofschneider, Rebecca Egan McCarthy . 26 December 2025
Clean energy

Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it.

Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 26 December 2025
Nuclear

Nuclear power’s loud-but-quiet year

Despite all the hype, overall global nuclear capacity shrunk in 2025 as retirements outstripped additions. Still, the sector could rebound in the coming years.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 24 December 2025
Fossil fuels

The legal battle bogging down Massachusetts’ plan to ditch gas

In 2023, state regulators released a landmark order paving the way for a clean energy transition. Utilities aren’t quite ready to embrace the change.

By Sarah Shemkus . 23 December 2025
Solar

Is Kansas on the cusp of a solar boom?

The sun-drenched state is a solar laggard, but that’s changing thanks to a slew of big projects — including a 270-MW installation that just landed a customer.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 23 December 2025
Offshore wind

‘Bonkers': DOI letter halts all five in-progress offshore wind farms

Construction will be paused for 90 days as Trump's "Department of War" and Interior Department coordinate to evaluate supposed "national security" risks.

By Clare Fieseler . 22 December 2025
Clean industry

Electrifying these factories could cut a gigaton of CO2 pollution

The U.S. industrial sector relies on gas-fired boilers to make heat. A new report shows how manufacturers can electrify and decarbonize, starting now.

By Maria Gallucci . 22 December 2025