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Green steel

Move over, data centers. US steel mills need lots of clean power too.

A new report quantifies just how much clean electricity the US steel industry will need to decarbonize — a task that could get even harder under Donald Trump.

By Maria Gallucci . 18 November 2024
Virtual power plants

Google Nest spinout picks Texas for 1GW virtual power plant

NRG Energy and Renew Home think Texas is the place to use millions of smart thermostats to build the country’s biggest virtual power plant. Here’s why.

By Jeff St. John . 19 November 2024
Green steel

The economic case for green steel production at a Michigan steel mill

Cleveland-Cliffs’ Dearborn Works blast furnace is due for relining in 2027. Advocates say now is the time to convert it to new technology powered by clean energy.

By Kari Lydersen . 19 November 2024
Long-duration energy storage

The biggest grid storage project using old batteries is online in Texas

Startup Element Energy set out to prove that second-life batteries could deliver cheaper energy storage safely and at scale.

By Julian Spector . 21 November 2024
Clean industry

Chart: Green industrial projects are stuck in limbo

Nearly 700 projects to clean up steel, cement, and other industries are in progress worldwide — but developers are struggling to finance and build them.

By Maria Gallucci . 22 November 2024
Policy & regulation

In North Carolina, conservative clean energy supporters aren’t worried

At a Conservatives for Clean Energy luncheon in Raleigh last week, attendees downplayed the potential impact of a second Trump term on clean energy progress.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 25 November 2024
Canary Media

This chart will cheer you up

Look at wind and solar growth over the last 20 years. You can't tell where a Democratic administration ends and a Republican administration begins.

By Eric Wesoff . 25 November 2024
Policy & regulation

What climate law tax credits will be in — and out — under Trump 2.0

Clean industry analysts and tax experts lay out which clean power and manufacturing tax credits might be cut next year under the Republican trifecta.

By Jeff St. John . 2 December 2024
Clean energy

This isolated town in Maine could be a model for the clean energy future

Tidal power and solar would fuel a community microgrid to protect the island of Eastport from outages.

By Olivia Gieger . 29 November 2024
Transmission

Major Midwest transmission line gets a big but uncertain federal boost

The Grain Belt Express could deliver cheap, clean power across the midwest. A $4.9B federal loan will help it get built — if Trump doesn’t block the funding.

By Jeff St. John . 3 December 2024