Solar power is still coming in hot in Texas, despite a lawsuit aimed at throttling back investment in renewable energy, brought against three leading investment firms by Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Oh the irony, it burns. US President Donald Trump swept into office with a vendetta against electric vehicles along with wind and solar power, only to upend the political calculation by launching a war against Iran. EVs are more attractive now that the price of gasoline is rising again, while … [continued]
This week, a team of reporters for the New York Times consisting of Kirsten Grind, Melanie Bencosme, James Surdam, and Sean Havey, published a report about Elon Musk’s growing private empire in Texas. He is the wealthiest person in human history, so it’s not surprising that he may be doing … [continued]
As noted earlier today, Donald Trump is continuously engaging in assaults on US human health due to Trump’s incessant push for fossil fuels and against cleantech. The policies go beyond normal subsidies. Trump and his team are basically forcing the use of old coal power plants. And that will come … [continued]
It is a most absurd thing — Republicans who insist that the we should be completely free and that people should be able to spend and try to make money however they wish somehow also decided that major investors cannot be allowed to look at matters of climate change, social … [continued]
The US startup Terra Energy is expanding its subscription-based rooftop solar panel business in California, Florida, and Texas, the three hottest solar markets in the US (courtesy of Terra Energy via BusinessWire).
The US startup Terra Energy is expanding its subscription-based rooftop solar panel business in California, Florida, and Texas, the three hottest solar markets in the US.
The US startup Syzygy Plasmonics is on track to scale up sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste gas in a reactor powered by light, not heat (cropped, courtesy of Syzygy via Zeon).
The US startup Syzygy Plasmonics is on track to scale up sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste gas in a reactor powered by light, not heat.
Electricity generation by the U.S. electric power sector totaled about 4,260 billion kilowatthours (BkWh) in 2025. In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we expect U.S. electricity generation will grow by 1.1% in 2026 and by 2.6% in 2027, when it reaches an annual total of 4,423 BkWh. The three main dispatchable … [continued]
Here’s an update from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on its state policy wins in 2025 and what comes next: Illinois took a major step forward today as Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the 2025 Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, expanding battery storage and advancing a statewide virtual power … [continued]
US innovators in the green hydrogen space continue to expand their impact on the global decarbonization movement, despite the sudden U-turn in federal energy policy (electrolyzer factory; cropped, courtesy of Electric Hydrogen).
US innovators in the green hydrogen space continue to expand their impact on the global decarbonization movement, despite the sudden U-turn in federal energy policy.
