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Finally, New England’s clean-energy transmission line is ready to go

A controversial project that will bring 1.2 GW of Canadian hydropower into the region is slated to come online this week after nearly a decade of work.

By Sarah Shemkus . 12 January 2026
Solar

The biggest US solar-storage project yet takes shape in California

Westlands Water District approved 21 gigawatts of solar and batteries on water-parched fields in the Central Valley, giving farmers a way to profit from fallow land.

By Jeff St. John . 12 January 2026
Politics

How Trump’s offshore wind halt is derailing his party’s energy agenda

Construction on every U.S. offshore wind farm is on pause — and so are Congress’ once-promising negotiations on energy-permitting reform.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 9 January 2026
Canary Media Daily

GM's EV pullback, Meta's nuclear deal, and more headlines

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 9 January 2026
Midwest Energy News

Trump administration lifts up Midwest coal plants

By Andy Balaskovitz . 9 January 2026
Western Energy News

California regulators greenlight novel long-duration energy storage

By Jonathan P. Thompson . 9 January 2026
Southeast Energy News

Solar eclipses coal on the Texas grid

By Mason Adams . 9 January 2026
Northeast Energy News

Offshore wind enters “hibernation”

By Sarah Shemkus . 9 January 2026
Fossil fuels

Trump admin’s must-run orders put broken-down coal plants in a bind

Utilities are already paying to keep aging coal plants open under DOE emergency orders. New demands to revive nonfunctioning units add costs and legal complications.

By Jeff St. John . 9 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