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Wind

Wind energy benefits North Dakota. So why has the state soured on it?

Turbines generate tax revenue and sizable payments for farmers, but development has slowed as the political winds have shifted.

By Daniel Cusick

Politics

Clean energy super PAC looks to take down a Democratic governor

By Sarah Shemkus

Man in suit outside with reflection of back seen in window

Geothermal

Fervo and Google sign world’s largest deal for next-gen geothermal power

By Maria Gallucci

Virtual power plants

California declines to fund its biggest virtual power plant

By Jeff St. John

White Paper

Beyond Compliance: Turning Building Performance Standards into a Long-Term Facility Strategy

As Building Performance Standards continue to expand, organizations face a choice: treat compliance as a box-ticking exercise or use it as an opportunity to improve performance, reduce costs and future-proof their facilities. This report explores how organizations are taking a strategic approach to transform regulatory requirements into business value.

Chart of the week

Solar and storage still dominate US power plant construction

Despite Trump’s attacks on renewables, it’s the same old story so far this year: The U.S. is building lots of solar and storage and a little bit of everything else.

By Dan McCarthy

Home battery installations climb despite loss of federal incentives

California was mostly solar-powered in May — a global first

Solar is having its best summer yet in Europe

Nuclear energy could be in for a big decade

Green steel

Trump turns $500M grant for clean steel into funding for coal furnace

The money was mandated by Congress to help manufacturers like Cleveland-Cliffs adopt low-carbon tech. Now it’ll be used to extend the life of a polluting facility.

By Maria Gallucci
Hydropower

America’s hydropower challenge goes beyond the West

Lakes Mead and Powell have sunk to unprecedented lows, jeopardizing their generation capabilities — but drought persists in the Northeast, too.

By Kathryn Krawczyk
Data centers

PJM wants data centers to bring their own power. Pennsylvania’s on it.

The biggest U.S. energy market hopes to make data centers find their own power resources or face grid cutoffs. Gov. Shapiro is aligning his state with that plan.

By Jeff St. John
Utilities

Duke Energy deals double whammy to its poorest North Carolina customers

A pilot program that applies a credit to low-income households’ monthly bills is poised to end at the same time rates rise for everyone

By Elizabeth Ouzts
Heat pumps

US apartment buildings have tipped toward heat pumps

The climate-friendly appliances are becoming the norm among American home builders. Here are the factors driving the shift.

By Alison F. Takemura
Batteries

In Michigan, LG opens one of America’s biggest battery cell factories

Trump officials touted the storage and EV plant as an example of “energy dominance,” underscoring increasing bipartisan acceptance of grid batteries.

By Claire Hao
Geothermal

Sage Geosystems brings its first next-gen geothermal plant online

It’s only the third such project to hook up to the U.S. grid. It comes as surging electricity demand drives interest in the source of around-the-clock clean power.

By Maria Gallucci
Clean energy manufacturing

How Qcells’ Georgia factory is surviving US solar policy whiplash

American solar manufacturers are navigating shifting federal policies on tariffs and tax credits, all while demand for their product continues to grow.

By Emily Jones, Grist
Geothermal

Geothermal has big potential. Here’s how states can help realize it.

Next-generation geothermal projects are underway in the U.S. West, but states will need more targeted policies for the industry to scale, a new report argues.

By Maria Gallucci

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Wind energy benefits North Dakota. So why has the state soured on it?

Clean energy super PAC looks to take down a Democratic governor

Fervo and Google sign world’s largest deal for next-gen geothermal power

California declines to fund its biggest virtual power plant

Beyond Compliance: Turning Building Performance Standards into a Long-Term Facility Strategy

The US built more grid batteries last quarter than ever before

Trump’s $4B in offshore wind buyouts spur legal blowback from states

Can the Obama Presidential Center help Chicago embrace community solar?

Editor's picks

1 Meet the super PAC working to crush clean energy’s political foes

2 Heat-pump water heaters just keep getting better

3 California Legislature passes balcony solar bill

4 Where does balcony solar stand in your state?

5 Want a home battery on a budget? Consider a portable, DIY system.

Trump’s DOE keeps forcing coal plants to stay open. Here’s the latest.

Gary power outage underscores stakes of Solar for All cancellation

Virginia to cut rooftop solar costs with nation-first bulk-buy program

So, where exactly does the US energy transition stand?

America's big but uncertain gas boom

How much of a threat do heat waves pose to nuclear plants?

New York’s grid is struggling to handle the heat

Geothermal needs better tools for superhot drilling. Hephae can help.

California virtual power plant bills clear key legislative hurdle

Is Maine finally about to make wind power happen?

As Ohio grapples with fake comments on clean energy, some want crackdown

Solar delivers as Europe’s power plants struggle amid heat and drought

Tesla ditches solar roof — and embraces regular solar panels

Arizona is having a grid battery growth spurt. Will that last?

PJM has finally greenlit a lot of new clean power. Can it get built?

Chart of the week

Solar and storage still dominate US power plant construction

Home battery installations climb despite loss of federal incentives

California was mostly solar-powered in May — a global first

Solar is having its best summer yet in Europe

Nuclear energy could be in for a big decade

Trump turns $500M grant for clean steel into funding for coal furnace

America’s hydropower challenge goes beyond the West

PJM wants data centers to bring their own power. Pennsylvania’s on it.

Duke Energy deals double whammy to its poorest North Carolina customers

US apartment buildings have tipped toward heat pumps

In Michigan, LG opens one of America’s biggest battery cell factories

Sage Geosystems brings its first next-gen geothermal plant online

How Qcells’ Georgia factory is surviving US solar policy whiplash

Geothermal has big potential. Here’s how states can help realize it.