Policy & regulation

Offshore wind

Offshore wind had a terrible 2025. What can be learned?

A new study highlights hard-won wisdom for the industry, and a year of Trump 2.0 offers more lessons still for how a renewables sector could make a comeback.

By Clare Fieseler . 8 January 2026
Utilities

Ohio utility corruption defendants to SCOTUS: Bribes are free speech

If the court rules in favor of a former lawmaker and a lobbyist convicted in Ohio’s HB 6 scandal, it would have huge implications for the utility sector and beyond.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 8 January 2026
Solar

Ohio’s largest utility pushes to slash rooftop solar compensation

The state’s Public Utilities Commission will decide this year whether to keep its solar net-metering rules in place or to dilute them, per AEP Ohio’s request.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 6 January 2026
Clean energy

10 big energy stories Canary Media is tracking in 2026

From AI and batteries to geothermal, here’s what we're thinking about as we prepare to cover the clean energy transition this year.

By Canary Staff . 5 January 2026
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
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
Clean energy

Chart: Clean energy remains dominant in the US — despite Trump

Trump spent much of 2025 boosting fossil fuels and blocking renewables, but 92% of new power additions through November were solar, wind, or batteries.

By Dan McCarthy . 19 December 2025
Policy & regulation

Permitting talks are back, and clean energy is caught in the middle

Congress is taking another stab at energy-permitting reform, but legislation that doesn’t prioritize renewables and transmission is unlikely to go anywhere.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 12 December 2025
Clean industry

Europe’s world-first carbon tariff is coming. Here’s what to know.

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is part of a broader effort to decarbonize heavy industries in Europe and globally. It takes full effect Jan. 1.

By Maria Gallucci . 10 December 2025