Daily Clean Energy Briefings — page 10 of 10
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The Trump Administration's freeze on offshore wind development faces escalating legal challenges…
The Trump Administration's freeze on offshore wind development faces escalating legal challenges and gubernatorial opposition, signaling a critical showdown over the future of a key clean energy…
The year 2025 closes with the clean energy sector demonstrating remarkable resilience
The year 2025 closes with the clean energy sector demonstrating remarkable resilience, as renewables now supply over a quarter of U.S. power grid despite the Trump administration's aggressive efforts…
The clean energy transition faces unprecedented volatility as four states battle the Trump…
The clean energy transition faces unprecedented volatility as four states battle the Trump Administration to reinstate critical offshore wind projects, while California regulators double down on…
The Trump Administration's energy policy clashes with market realities as a Washington coal plant…
The Trump Administration's energy policy clashes with market realities as a Washington coal plant faces forced operation, while the nationwide shutdown of a residential solar installer highlights the…
Massachusetts greenlit 1.3 GW of battery storage this week
Massachusetts greenlit 1.3 GW of battery storage this week, illustrating rapid state-level progress on grid modernization, even as the Trump administration's shifting federal policies threaten to…
The Trump Administration escalated its direct intervention in the clean energy transition
The Trump Administration escalated its direct intervention in the clean energy transition, simultaneously halting new offshore wind projects and forcing two Indiana utilities to continue burning…
The Trump administration has dramatically escalated its assault on offshore wind
The Trump administration has dramatically escalated its assault on offshore wind, issuing a new order that freezes five major East Coast projects for at least 90 days, effectively halting 7 GW of…
The Trump Administration today delivered a crippling blow to U.S. offshore wind development
The Trump Administration today delivered a crippling blow to U.S. offshore wind development, abruptly halting all five projects currently under construction along the East Coast, citing nebulous…
Looming federal policy uncertainty continues to shadow the clean energy transition
Looming federal policy uncertainty continues to shadow the clean energy transition, even as private capital pushes forward significant project development, creating a volatile landscape for…
Congress remains deadlocked on comprehensive energy solutions
Congress remains deadlocked on comprehensive energy solutions, a political stalemate exacerbating a growing power crunch across the U.S. and further complicating the already challenging landscape for…
The Trump Administration's federal headwinds are tightening on American clean energy
The Trump Administration's federal headwinds are tightening on American clean energy, with a House bill cementing review processes that complicate offshore wind, and a new report quantifying massive…
The Trump Administration’s adversarial stance toward clean energy continued to be challenged today
The Trump Administration’s adversarial stance toward clean energy continued to be challenged today, as a federal judge rebuffed administrative attempts to derail a critical offshore wind project,…
The Trump Administration blinked on solar permitting today
The Trump Administration blinked on solar permitting today, with the Bureau of Land Management unfreezing a critical 700 MW Nevada solar-plus-storage project after a five-month regulatory freeze,…
The Trump Administration's clean energy agenda faces immediate headwinds as a critical House vote…
The Trump Administration's clean energy agenda faces immediate headwinds as a critical House vote on permitting reform falters amidst growing backlash against offshore wind, threatening to derail…
A federal court victory for wind developers against the Trump administration offers a critical
A federal court victory for wind developers against the Trump administration offers a critical, albeit potentially precarious, lifeline for new projects, while Ford's entry into the grid battery…
State-level battles over clean energy project development are intensifying across the U.S. as…
State-level battles over clean energy project development are intensifying across the U.S. as permitting friction impedes progress and divergent policy approaches create a checkerboard landscape for…
The burgeoning demand for electricity from AI data centers, amplified by aluminum tariffs
The burgeoning demand for electricity from AI data centers, amplified by aluminum tariffs, now directly threatens to escalate energy costs for American consumers, drawing a stark picture of grid…
The national clean energy push is creating new opportunities from old liabilities
The national clean energy push is creating new opportunities from old liabilities, as a former Massachusetts Superfund site transforms into a 7.1 MW solar and battery storage facility, showcasing…
A federal judge has decisively overturned the Trump administration's 2020 ban on wind projects
A federal judge has decisively overturned the Trump administration's 2020 ban on wind projects, throwing open the doors for stalled offshore wind development and injecting critical momentum into a…
The clean energy transition today underscores a deepening fault line between robust private sector…
The clean energy transition today underscores a deepening fault line between robust private sector deployment and an unpredictable federal policy landscape, with developers forging ahead on…
Trump Administration Wind Order Struck Down
Trump Administration Wind Order Struck Down: A federal judge has overturned a 2020 Trump administration executive order that froze permits and leasing for wind energy projects, unblocking stalled…
Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration's 2020 Offshore Wind Halt Illegal
Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration's 2020 Offshore Wind Halt Illegal: A federal judge has overturned the Trump administration's 2020 halt on offshore wind farm approvals, deeming it…
Palisades Nuclear Plant Restart: Michigan's Palisades Nuclear Plant, shut down in 2023
Palisades Nuclear Plant Restart: Michigan's Palisades Nuclear Plant, shut down in 2023, is set to become the first U.S. commercial nuclear reactor to restart, boosted by a $400 million federal…
Coal Plant Retirement: The Intermountain Power Project, Utah's largest coal plant
Coal Plant Retirement: The Intermountain Power Project, Utah's largest coal plant, has ceased operations, signaling a major victory for clean energy advocates as Los Angeles transitions to a…
Trump Administration Fuels Nuclear SMRs: The Trump administration committed $800 million from the…
Trump Administration Fuels Nuclear SMRs: The Trump administration committed $800 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to accelerate the development of 300-megawatt small modular…
Solar Industry Decries Federal Permitting Halt
Solar Industry Decries Federal Permitting Halt: A coalition of 143 U.S. solar companies is urging Congress to intervene, claiming recent Department of the Interior policies under the Trump…
DOE Rebranding: The U.S
Department of Energy has controversially renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to the National Laboratory of the Rockies, reflecting a broader applied energy focus and raising…
California Lawmakers Push Accountability Amidst Grid Delays
California Lawmakers Push Accountability Amidst Grid Delays: Eighteen California legislators are demanding state regulators hold PG&E and Southern California Edison responsible for persistent delays…
Massive Battery Storage Project in South Carolina: Aypa Power receives approval to build, own
Massive Battery Storage Project in South Carolina: Aypa Power receives approval to build, own, and operate a 300MW/1,200MWh battery energy storage system in South Carolina, significantly boosting the…