Today’s headlines: Federal solar cutbacks cost farmers, Fervo files for an IPO, and more

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SOLAR

• Farmers who looked to install solar panels to help curb their energy bills and boost their profit margins are now suffering as the Trump administration fails to hand out promised incentives. (Grist)

• Despite federal setbacks, the U.S. solar industry has continued to expand and is expected to keep doing so over the coming years to meet growing demand from data centers. (Grist)

WIND

• A Massachusetts judge temporarily blocks GE Renewables from pulling out of its turbine maintenance contracts with Vineyard Wind. (Associated Press)

DATA CENTERS

• Fermi America stocks sink after the startup’s CEO unexpectedly departs, sending the company’s massive data center project into even more uncertainty. (Axios)

• The economic development promises of a large computing campus and natural gas plant in southern Ohio meets pushback from some area residents who say they are still dealing with the public health fallout from decades of uranium enrichment. (Cleveland.com)

GRID

• Texas’ grid operator projects ample power supply to meet summer demand this year, but warns data centers and population growth will push demand to quadruple by 2032 — although officials question that projection. (Houston Chronicle, Houston Chronicle)

• A transmission line that would run from West Virginia into Pennsylvania faces growing opposition from landowners along its route and utility watchdogs who oppose incentives for the project that would burden ratepayers. (PennLive, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

GEOTHERMAL

• Advanced geothermal startup Fervo Energy files for an IPO. (Renewables Now)