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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
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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
Solar

Chart: US solar installations hit record high, but could drop in 2025

Utility-scale solar is soaring, with 32 gigawatts expected to be installed across the U.S. this year. A new report says that pace won’t be sustained.

By Carrie Klein . 6 December 2024
Solar

The US is making and deploying more solar panels than ever before

The Inflation Reduction Act has caused solar panel manufacturing capacity to quintuple, revived domestic cell production, and sparked a surge in deployments.

By Eric Wesoff . 6 December 2024
Utilities

Data centers are driving US power demand to hard-to-reach heights

Big Tech wants massive amounts of energy to fuel their AI ambitions. That could strain utilities, ratepayers, and efforts to decarbonize the grid.

By Jeff St. John . 9 December 2024
Clean energy

Google plans to build gigawatts of clean power and data centers together

Can tech giants overcome grid bottlenecks by locating data centers near new wind, solar, and battery projects? Google and Intersect Power intend to give it a try.

By Jeff St. John . 10 December 2024
Clean industry

Copper is in high demand. These startups aim to refine it in a cleaner way.

The world cannot reach its climate goals without copper, but producing it is carbon-intensive, polluting, and increasingly difficult. New tech could change that.

By Maddie Stone . 11 December 2024