Daily Clean Energy Briefings — page 7 of 10

The Trump administration's new tariff structure on grid equipment takes effect Sunday, setting a 15% rate on some electrical components while maintaining punishing 50% duties on base metals — a move…

Georgia Power broke ground on a massive 260 MW/1 GWh battery energy storage system near Wadley, Georgia, marking one of the largest utility-scale storage projects under construction in the Southeast…

Nearly $1.4 billion in new solar financing hit the market in a single day, as Forest Road launched a $750 million fund and Dimension Energy closed $650 million for community solar — a powerful signal…

Michigan's massive 1,332 MW battery storage approval is now being paired with a landmark 12 GWh iron-air battery deal from Form Energy to power AI data centers, signaling that the explosive growth of…

Michigan just approved a massive 1,332 MW battery storage buildout — with a third of that capacity dedicated to powering a single Oracle data center — underscoring how Big Tech's insatiable…

Arevon has broken ground on a $600 million battery storage project in California, signaling that large-scale energy storage investment continues to flow even as the Trump administration's policy…

Geopolitical turmoil in the Persian Gulf is reshaping global energy calculus, with analysts arguing that disruptions to natural gas supplies from the Iran conflict could accelerate renewable energy…

The EPA has locked in record-high biofuel mandates for 2026-2027, a rare Trump administration move that expands a renewable energy requirement — aiming to displace 300,000 barrels of foreign oil per…

The Trump administration's roughly $1 billion payout to TotalEnergies to abandon its U.S. offshore wind projects is drawing intensifying legal scrutiny this week, even as the nation's largest…

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project — the largest offshore wind farm in the United States at 2.6 gigawatts — has begun delivering electricity to the grid, a landmark milestone that arrives…

The Trump administration will pay nearly $1 billion of taxpayer money to kill two offshore wind farms that would have powered over a million homes — even as the nation's largest offshore wind project…

The Trump administration will pay TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion to walk away from two East Coast offshore wind farms — a stunning use of taxpayer dollars to actively dismantle renewable energy…

The United States is now manufacturing enough grid batteries to meet domestic demand — a milestone that reshapes the economics of energy storage and reduces a critical dependency on Chinese imports,…

The Trump administration's EPA is dismantling decades of haze-reduction regulations at national parks, drawing fierce opposition from conservationists — even as an unlikely pro-solar faction emerges…

New York Governor Hochul moved to delay and weaken the state's landmark climate law, citing rising energy costs — a stunning retreat that could reverberate across state-level climate policy…

Tesla and LG Energy Solution announced plans to build a $4.3 billion battery manufacturing plant in Michigan, a massive bet on grid-scale energy storage that would supply cells for Tesla's…

The Trump administration is weighing a $1 billion deal to buy out TotalEnergies' offshore wind leases, a move that would effectively kill two planned projects and mark the most aggressive federal…

The Trump administration is pursuing a new legal strategy to kill offshore wind projects off the coasts of New York and North Carolina through negotiated settlements — a move that could unravel…

Two embattled U.S. offshore wind projects are pushing forward despite sustained opposition from the Trump administration, signaling that state-level commitments and developer resolve may be enough to…

U.S. solar generation hit 385 terawatt-hours in 2025 — a 25 percent leap that made solar 8.5 percent of all electricity — yet surging demand meant fossil fuel output and emissions still climbed. The…

The clean energy transition, challenged by policy shifts and local resistance, continues its relentless march forward with massive new project announcements underscoring the insatiable demand for…

The clean energy transition, particularly offshore wind, presses forward despite direct administration opposition and local headwinds, signaling an industry determined to execute shovel-ready…

The Trump Administration's aggressive stance on tax credits and land use now directly threatens nearly three-quarters of existing U.S. onshore wind capacity and imperils critical BESS investments,…

The burgeoning demand from Artificial Intelligence data centers now directly threatens clean energy expansion, sparking legislative pushback in over a dozen states and setting up a critical battle…

New York Governor Kathy Hochul's push to pare back the state's landmark climate law ignites a high-stakes battle over economic impact versus aggressive decarbonization goals, signaling broader…

New Jersey dramatically expands its distributed energy ambition, greenlighting 3 GW of community solar and launching a 1 GW energy storage push, underscoring states' critical role in driving clean…

The American clean energy buildout accelerates with over 2GW of new solar and storage projects advancing across Texas, Arizona, Oregon, and Missouri, underscoring persistent developer confidence…

America's utility-scale clean energy buildout accelerates with new projects and financing commitments from Missouri to Massachusetts, even as policy and permitting challenges continue to shape the…

America's grid faces mounting pressure to integrate an accelerating wave of solar and battery projects, with bottlenecks threatening to throttle critical new capacity as developers race to meet…

The U.S. clean energy sector enters March 2026 riding a record-breaking wave, setting new benchmarks for energy storage deployment and greenlighting the largest solar and storage project in U.S.…