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1 These cranberry bogs come with a side of solar
Two Massachusetts projects are the nation’s first to grow cranberries beneath solar panels, in another example of how agriculture and clean energy can coexist.
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Electric vehicles
The Cybertruck flopped. Electric trucks don’t have to.
Tesla is pulling the plug on its controversial EV truck. Experts hope the next wave of electric pickups will be cheaper — and less polarizing.By Kate Yoder
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Food and farms
Where’s the beef? Under the solar panels.
A Tennessee developer thinks it’s cracked the code for mixing solar panels and cattle. Scaling the model could make it easier to build clean energy in rural America. -
Electrification
After a gas furnace leak, this retiree went all-electric — for free
A low-income Baltimore homeowner got help from a nonprofit to install electric appliances and a solar array. She’s very thankful for the “blessings.” -
Data centers
Voters gave a big middle finger to data centers
Democrats who campaigned on reining in data center development swept congressional and governor’s races, and voters OK’d dozens of anti–data center ballot measures. -
Clean energy manufacturing
The wins and weak spots in America's solar supply chain
The U.S. has gotten pretty good at churning out finished panels. But what goes into them is another story. -
Politics
Democrats' state wins open the door for major clean energy progress
Victories in governor races and statehouses mean Democrats in many states could now push utilities and data centers to adopt cleaner energy and curb costs. -
Utilities
Will PG&E’s $2B grid cutbacks derail California’s clean energy buildout?
The state's utility wildfire liability conundrum could put clean energy projects in a delay doom loop — and solutions are going to be hard to come by.
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Offshore wind
A third major US offshore wind farm is now fully operational
Revolution Wind is running at full capacity despite Trump’s relentless attacks on the offshore wind sector, providing much-needed power to the Northeast. -
Virtual power plants
Virtual power plants can help avoid overbuilt grid if AI boom goes bust
Paying households to reduce grid strain is a cheaper, nimbler way to meet data center demand than building electricity lines and power plants, a new report says. -
Politics
Top clean energy wins from the midterm elections
Democrats look like they'll take control of state government in six more states and the utility commission in Georgia, while a few ballot measures supporting clean energy got the thumbs-up. -
Politics
The election results that matter for clean energy
Voters had their say on data centers, public utility commissioners, energy ballot measures, and much more. -
Carbon capture
A Michigan utility’s iffy plan to trap CO2 from its new gas plants
DTE proposes building two gas plants to meet growing demand, claiming carbon capture and sequestration will help it reach state climate goals. -
Batteries
Why batteries, not gas plants, should be data centers' first choice
A new report from Georgetown and Duke researchers looks at the advantages of using batteries to meet data center demand — and offers some advice for states. -
Climate justice
Trump cuts have left tribes without millions of dollars for clean energy
Canceled grants have stalled renewable energy, climate resilience, and infrastructure projects across Indian Country, adding to decades of federal underinvestment. -
Geothermal
Boise plans to tap its geothermal network to heat 300 affordable homes
Micron Technology gave $2.5 million to help fund work to expand the system for a new multifamily housing development, slashing utility bills for future residents.
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Here’s how much Trump’s Iran war has added to Americans’ fuel costs
As the conflict roils gasoline and diesel markets, the U.S. has seen a higher per-person cost increase than any other country, a new analysis finds.
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Clean industry
Meta strikes deal to help bring a low-carbon cement plant to Missouri
The tech giant will buy certificates from Fortera, which is working to build its first commercial plant. The strategy is catching on in the industrial sector. -
EV charging
California’s long road to make EV charging more reliable
Can the state regulate — and innovate — its way to more reliable public EV charging? Here’s what industry experts make of its latest efforts. -
Clean industry
From zoos to craft brews, Michigan looks to spur decarbonization
The state recently awarded nearly $1.9 million to help organizations investigate the best ways to slash emissions from heavy-duty industrial operations. -
Transmission
PJM desperately needs grid batteries. Here’s a way it could get some.
The nation's biggest grid operator is about to start working on a fix that would make it much easier to add batteries to existing power plants and solar and wind farms. -
Nuclear
The DOE announces $5B loan to Constellation for nuclear uprates
The conditional commitment aims to boost output across 15 reactors in three states, expanding clean power capacity far faster than building new reactors. -
Heat pumps
More heat pumps would actually be good for the grid, researchers find
In states with extra grid capacity in winter, heat pumps would help lower residential electricity rates by spreading out fixed costs, according to a new RMI study. -
Energy equity
Price hikes aren’t all that’s at stake in FirstEnergy Ohio’s rate case
Advocates are entering the regulatory fray to push the utility company to commit to more equitable, reliable service that also furthers the clean energy transition. -
Electrification
This group-buy campaign makes it easier to switch to induction cooking
In Georgia and North Carolina, an electrification initiative has teamed up with startup Electra to lower the tech’s upfront cost and avoid expensive wiring upgrades. -
Batteries
Massachusetts sets big battery goals — and the policies to back them up
Energy storage is taking off as the state moves to make development easier and more profitable, but the horizon isn’t all clear for the sector.
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