Daily Clean Energy Briefings — page 3 of 9

The state is piloting solar panels over irrigation waterways to generate clean electricity while cutting water evaporation, a dual-use model that could reshape how developers think about project…

The commitment — the largest piece of a $590 million environmental package the billionaire is unveiling during London Climate Action Week — aims to give solar and wind associations in emerging…

A new macroeconomic study finds that tighter permitting constraints would saddle American households and businesses with $11.6 billion a year in excess electricity and gas costs through 2033, driven…

Pattern Energy's 3,650 MW SunZia wind farm in New Mexico is fully operational, making it the largest wind project in the United States. The commissioning caps a decade-long development saga and…

Pattern Energy's 3,650 MW SunZia wind farm in New Mexico is nearing commercial operation, set to become the largest wind project ever built in the United States. The milestone arrives as the Trump…

The White House abandoned its appeal of a federal ruling that struck down the president's executive order freezing wind project permits and leases, handing a coalition of state attorneys general a…

The Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act sets a hard cutoff less than three weeks away, forcing project sponsors to rush construction starts and safe-harbor purchases before the…

Trump drops his appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked his offshore wind moratorium, a tactical retreat that reopens permitting pathways for stalled projects but leaves the industry bracing…

Renewable energy companies are asking federal courts to force the Department of Defense to resume military compatibility reviews for more than 100 wind farms across 21 states — reviews that were once…

The Steel River Energy Center financing — among the largest single renewable project deals in U.S. history — lands as developers race to lock in capital before federal tax credit rules shift further…

Solar topped coal in America for the first time in May — even as Q1 installations fell 27% and the Trump administration tightened restrictions on Chinese battery and solar suppliers. The collision of…

The automaker's partnership with Peak Energy and its push into utility and data center markets signal a strategic pivot as EV sales growth slows, with 7.2 MWh of second-life battery storage headed to…

A federal judge has vacated the Trump administration's attempt to block utility-scale solar and wind projects from qualifying for tax credits through the 5% safe harbor provision, delivering a major…

California's Tumbleweed battery project has become the first major U.S. installation capable of discharging for eight hours straight — double the industry standard — marking a milestone that could…

North Carolina legislators are advancing the Ratepayer Protection Act, a sweeping energy bill that would regulate data center power consumption while simultaneously incentivizing fossil fuel…

New York's Legislature passed a first-in-the-nation one-year moratorium on data center permits, signaling that the explosive demand from AI and cloud computing is colliding head-on with clean energy…

Google and Intersect Power are building a 1-GW-plus clean energy complex in the Texas Panhandle that co-locates a data center with wind, solar, battery storage, and gas-fired generation — a blueprint…

The American Clean Power Association reports that U.S. solar has officially overtaken wind as the nation's largest clean power source, even as total capacity additions fell 17% year-over-year — a…

Seven states launched a coordinated legal assault against the Trump administration on Tuesday over a nearly $1 billion deal paying TotalEnergies to walk away from offshore wind leases, marking the…

Florida just opened a statewide pipeline for floating solar on highway stormwater ponds — a first-of-its-kind deal that could unlock gigawatts of capacity in one of America's most land-constrained…

House Republicans are advancing new inspection fees on offshore wind projects that developers warn could exceed charges levied on oil and gas facilities, adding yet another layer of financial…

The American clean energy manufacturing base now spans 825 active facilities across all 50 states and is on track to surpass 950 by 2030, according to a sweeping new report from the American Clean…

House Republicans are pushing steep new inspection fees that could cripple the economics of offshore wind development in U.S. waters, even as states from New York to New Jersey race to lock in clean…

California just greenlit a monster — a 3.2 GWh battery storage project fast-tracked through Governor Newsom's accelerated permitting program, signaling that states are finding ways to slash red tape…

Big Tech's insatiable appetite for clean power is reshaping the American energy landscape, with Meta, Google, and a roster of Fortune 500 companies collectively contracting for more than 1.5…

The U.S. power grid is entering summer in its strongest position in years — thanks largely to a wave of new solar and battery storage capacity — even as the explosive growth of data centers threatens…

The U.S. energy storage sector shattered records in the first quarter of 2026, installing 9.7 GWh of new capacity — the strongest Q1 ever — even as the Trump administration's shifting policy…

Four Western states are joining forces to unlock what could be hundreds of gigawatts of geothermal energy capacity, launching the most ambitious multi-state clean energy collaboration in years — even…

A drone strike on a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates has rattled global energy markets and raised urgent questions about infrastructure security, even as the U.S. battery storage…

Antora Energy's 5 GWh thermal battery system at a South Dakota ethanol plant is now drawing intense industry attention as one of the largest energy storage installations on the planet — a bold proof…