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Solar

TVA's local solar program is about to get its biggest project yet

The huge public utility has built little solar capacity so far. Now the region's local power companies are driving a buildout with help from developer Silicon Ranch.

By Julian Spector . 16 May 2024
Clean energy manufacturing

Chart: Global clean energy manufacturing, by the numbers

China has a huge lead in building the technologies of the energy transition. Can the U.S. and Europe catch up?

By Maria Virginia Olano . 17 May 2024
Transmission

FERC passed big transmission reforms; now the hard part begins

Utilities and regulators have a lot of work ahead to enact new federal grid planning reforms — and to overcome political and financial interests.

By Jeff St. John . 20 May 2024
Green steel

How much clean energy does it take to make green steel?

The Biden administration is backing two projects that use clean hydrogen, not coal, to make iron. A new analysis estimates just how much renewable energy those facilities will need.

By Maria Gallucci . 22 May 2024
Methane

Landfills leak methane at alarming rates, new research shows

Nearly a fifth of U.S. methane emissions come from landfills. Advocates are calling on the EPA to crack down on this source of climate pollution.

By Naveena Sadasivam . 24 May 2024
Transmission

Better real-time data for the country's congested transmission lines

Dynamic-line-rating projects reveal how much power transmission lines can handle, expanding clean energy capacity without costly upgrades. The U.S. needs a lot more of them.

By Jeff St. John . 28 May 2024
Solar

Coal-producing Wyoming could soon host one of largest solar farms in US

The 771-megawatt project, slated to start construction in 2025, is part of a trend of big solar-plus-storage plants in unexpected places.

By Eric Wesoff . 3 June 2024
Video

Video: Meeting surging US power demand with clean energy alternatives

U.S. utilities don't have to build more fossil-fueled power plants to serve the data centers and factories connecting to their grids. These experts explain why.

By Jeff St. John . 3 June 2024
Geothermal

Massachusetts kicks off first pilot to shift gas utilities to clean heat

Multiple states see thermal energy networks as a way to clean up gas utilities. Eversource’s pilot project will be an important first test of the concept.

By Jeff St. John . 4 June 2024
Carbon capture

CO2-removal leader Climeworks says new tech can halve costs, energy use

Direct air capture is expensive and energy-intensive. Climeworks, which operates the world’s largest DAC plant, says it’s making progress tackling both challenges.

By Maria Gallucci . 4 June 2024