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Advanced grid tech gets a $1.9B DOE boost
For years now, grid experts have been trying to get utilities to deploy advanced transmission technologies that can squeeze more capacity out of overstressed U.S. power grids. On Thursday, the Trump administration put a $1.9 billion down payment on 31 projects that will help greatly scale up these…
Meet the solar industry’s new Republican evangelist
Tim Pawlenty was a two-term Republican governor of Minnesota and made a run in the 2012 presidential primary, which ultimately went to Mitt Romney. Now, Pawlenty has reemerged on the national political scene as the leading evangelist for solar energy, while the industry seeks to recover from a…
Can this new induction stove help fuel the transition to clean cooking?
On Thursday, Copper , creator of the first induction stove with a built-in battery, launched the next generation of its superefficient electric range: the Charlie 2.0. The plug-and-play appliance is designed to make it easier to ditch fossil-fueled cooking, and the Charlie 2.0 is more powerful than…
A recent legal victory could free $7B in frozen Solar for All funds
Denise Abdul-Rahman, founder and CEO of nonprofit Black Sun Light Sustainability, can list in detail the harms that the Trump administration’s shutdown of the $7 billion Solar for All program has caused the Indiana communities she serves. About 1,000 low-income households have been denied access to…
New York, California ramp up fight against Trump’s offshore wind deals
NEW YORK CITY — The enormous blades and hubs of offshore wind turbines are sprawled across a waterfront lot in Brooklyn, as a yellow lifting crane named Big Benny looms overhead. The energy firm Equinor is storing components here before shipping them out to Empire Wind , a 810-megawatt installation…
Should we get excited about California’s latest virtual power plant?
This is California Wire , a weekly newsletter from Jeff St. John on the state’s clean energy transition. Subscribe to get it every Wednesday via Substack. Hi, everyone! Let’s pick up a theme from last week’s newsletter: how California has yet to take full advantage of rooftop solar, backup…
With federal funding windfall, X-energy advances small nuclear reactor
The federal government has thrown its weight into reviving America’s long-stagnant nuclear industry, and X-energy’s first-of-a-kind reactor project is among the biggest beneficiaries so far. The U.S. Department of Energy last month said it would award $1 billion to X-energy , an Amazon-backed…
A new fleet of electric school buses hits New York City streets
NEW YORK CITY — School districts nationwide are grappling with record diesel prices this fall as they resume shuttling students back and forth. But filling up isn’t a problem for some of the newest buses in New York City. That’s because these 10 long, yellow vehicles plug into the electric grid. On…
US utilities get failing grade on clean energy transition
The biggest U.S. utilities are doing worse on shifting from fossil fuels to clean power than they were at the start of this decade — and more than four in 10 have backtracked on their climate goals since the start of the second Trump administration. That’s the dire, if predictable, news from the…
A fight between Con Ed and developers is slowing NYC’s battery buildout
It’s already hard to build grid batteries in New York City. But now, an increasingly hostile dispute between the utility Con Edison and energy-storage developers is making it even harder. The two sides agree that “ community-scale battery projects " — bigger than those that back up a home but…
Duke Energy wants to build a new gas plant. Regulators said not so fast.
North Carolina regulators on Friday rejected a bid from Duke Energy to build a gas power plant — a rare denial from a panel that frequently defers to the state’s predominant utility. Duke first proposed the 255-megawatt facility in Richmond County last fall. Designed to produce electricity when the…
Ohio’s biggest solar project finally gets permit after long legal limbo
Ohio’s largest solar and battery project can finally move forward after years of slogging through legal and regulatory challenges. The Ohio Power Siting Board on Thursday approved a permit for Oak Run Solar, which will combine 800 megawatts of solar with 300 MW of battery storage. The Madison…
How to stick up for renewable energy projects near you
Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips, and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and communities to clean electric power. Last year, Coles County, Illinois was debating whether to kill a proposed wind farm. Dorothy Macy wanted to speak up…
Vistra’s Moss Landing grid battery is on fire yet again
It happened yet again. Another plume of smoke rose from Vistra’s Moss Landing battery plant Friday morning, a year and a half after a catastrophic fire wrecked the grid storage facility in Northern California. Vistra built Moss Landing on the California coast, south of Santa Cruz, to supply grid…
Trump's EPA decimated climate rules for power plants. What now?
This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. The Biden and Obama administrations built a raft of climate regulations that was supposed to carry America beyond coal power. The Trump administration has officially sunk it. This week, the…
Major US offshore wind farm installs its last turbine
Another offshore wind project just wrapped up turbine construction in the U.S., despite the Trump administration issuing not one but two stop-work orders against the installation. The $6.2 billion Revolution Wind farm has installed its 65th and final turbine. The project has been producing…
The Iran war pushed countries toward clean energy — and coal
See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the Week” column . The war in Iran has pushed the world toward clean energy. It has also pushed the world toward coal. The International Energy Agency has reversed its projection that global coal demand would decline this year. It now expects coal consumption…
Mazama Energy raises $135M for superhot geothermal at Oregon volcano
The startup Mazama Energy just nabbed $135 million to accelerate its next-generation geothermal activities near Oregon’s Newberry Volcano. Mazama is seeking to generate clean electricity from superhot rocks — an emerging and largely unproven approach that could have an enormous payoff for the power…
Massachusetts ups winter energy discounts for homes with heat pumps
Winter savings are in store for more than 65,000 Massachusetts households as two electric utilities slash their rates for heat pump owners below last year’s already discounted prices. Last winter, Massachusetts became the first state to require major utilities to offer a lower seasonal rate for all…
Google backs Swedish green-steel project to tackle rising emissions
Google is backing the buildout of a novel green-steel mill in Sweden as the tech giant grapples with rising greenhouse gas emissions from its AI expansion. On Thursday, the company said it is partnering with Stegra to help bring the Swedish firm’s flagship facility online. Unlike traditional…
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