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Minnesota cities tap utility fees to help fund local clean energy and climate action

A Twin Cities suburb is among the latest cities looking to use utility franchise fees to help pay for climate and sustainability work, as many look to advance ambitious but underfunded targets.

By Frank Jossi . 17 October 2024
Air travel

DOE makes $3B commitment to two sustainable aviation fuel projects

Alternative jet fuels are seen as key to curbing emissions from today’s airplanes. The Loan Programs Office is backing SAF plants to boost U.S. supplies.

By Maria Gallucci . 16 October 2024
The “age of electricity” is here

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 16 October 2024
Hydrogen

One year in, US clean hydrogen hubs face questions — and have few answers

There’s little detail available on the $7B federal program to jump-start U.S. clean hydrogen, leaving environmental advocates concerned the projects may be off track.

By Jeff St. John . 16 October 2024
Solar

Puerto Rico closes $861M DOE loan guarantee for huge solar-battery project

The island has ambitious climate goals and a ton of rooftop solar, but has so far built few large-scale clean energy projects. Project Marahu could change that.

By Akielly Hu . 15 October 2024
What’s holding up tribal clean energy?

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 15 October 2024
Midwest Energy News

Michigan official: Rolling back IRA funding would be unpopular

By Andy Balaskovitz . 15 October 2024
Clean energy manufacturing

Can energy-rich Pennsylvania chart a path toward decarbonization?

The pivotal swing state has run on coal, oil, and gas, but it's seeking a new era of economic growth from low-carbon industry and cleantech manufacturing.

By Julian Spector . 15 October 2024
Nuclear

Google signs deal to use small nuclear reactors to power data centers

The tech giant is in search of a lot of 24/7 carbon-free electricity. It’s betting that a fleet of advanced reactors from Kairos can provide some of it — eventually.

By Eric Wesoff . 14 October 2024
Nuclear

To meet US nuclear goals, big reactors need to get built today, DOE says

A new DOE report suggests that the path to a U.S. nuclear renaissance runs not through SMRs or fusion but the repeated construction of familiar large-scale reactors.

By Eric Wesoff . 11 October 2024