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Puerto Rico’s energy future: distributed solar or centralized grid?

A judge has called for the Trump administration to reevaluate assumptions as it works to redirect rooftop solar funds toward the grid and fossil fuel infrastructure.

By Kari Lydersen . 4 November 2025
Clean energy

Chart: Solar is driving renewable energy to new heights around the globe

Between 2025 and 2030, the world is expected to build nearly 4,600 gigawatts of renewables — almost double the amount built over the previous five-year period.

By Dan McCarthy . 24 October 2025
Solar

Why one Ohio couple is suing their city over rooftop solar fees

The city's utility says the charge is only fair to customers without solar, but the couple argues it’s an illegal penalty. The dispute echoes a nationwide debate.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 23 October 2025
Solar

Can farmland thrive with solar? This Virginia nonprofit is finding out.

The agrivoltaics demonstration project is experimenting with growing crops under solar panels to determine what works and help educate a wary public.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 14 October 2025
Solar

Canceled solar megaproject reveals new Trump-era threat to renewables

The Esmeralda 7 development would have been the largest solar farm in the U.S. But it was sited on federal land, so it needed an OK from the Trump admin.

By Julian Spector . 13 October 2025
Clean energy

Chart: In a first, world gets more power from renewables than coal

The world is still burning through enormous amounts of coal, but the energy source is stagnating as renewables — and solar in particular — soar.

By Dan McCarthy . 10 October 2025
Solar

Solar is crushing gas power in California this year

The state’s combination of solar and battery plants has pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas prices.

By Julian Spector . 8 October 2025
Solar

Community solar set to struggle amid federal and state headwinds

Installations of the shared-solar arrays fell by 36% in the first half of 2025, and the longer-term outlook is sluggish, too.

By Alison F. Takemura . 7 October 2025
Clean energy

As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

By Julian Spector . 6 October 2025
Solar

Pennsylvania’s solar ambitions face high federal and state hurdles

Even if Pennsylvania can reclaim its share of Solar for All funds clawed back by Trump’s EPA, a bitter impasse in its legislature may block implementation.

By Audrey Carleton . 2 October 2025