More than 100 megawatts of planned solar projects throughout southeastern Massachusetts are facing lengthy delays as needed grid upgrades wait for state approval. Arrays at Cape Cod schools, ...

CLEAN ENERGY: The Biden administration unveils new federal permitting rules designed to prioritize projects with environmental benefits while adding reviews for ones that could worsen climate change. ...

STORAGE: A company opens the first U.S. long duration, sodium-ion battery manufacturing plant in western Michigan in what officials call a “milestone for the battery industry.” (WWMT) ...

The project would offer easier access to granular usage data, which is needed to support certain Inflation Reduction Act ...

A political scientist says the governor's claim to not know about a seven-figure donation in a tight election "is perhaps the ...

Advocates say the tool required under the new law should make energy saving programs by Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power more transparent and effective.

A pair of new regulations finalized Thursday are expected to require cleanup of coal ash pollution at all known locations ...

SOLAR: While a federal database shows around 0.02% of U.S. cropland is used for large solar projects, an analysis of four Midwest counties reveals much higher penetrations, worrying some farmers and ...

Jonathan hails from southwestern Colorado and has been writing about the land, cultures, and communities of the Western United States for more than two decades. He compiles the Western Energy News ...

EFFICIENCY: Advocates laud a new Virginia law that strengthens energy efficiency standards and mandates the development of a standardized test to measure the cost effectiveness of any proposed ...

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: A $4 billion electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant taking shape in a rural Kansas town is fueling speculation about whether a nearby low-income housing community could be ...

The coal ash rules were packaged with additional emission restrictions on coal plants as well as measures to speed up transmission permitting and environmental reviews for clean energy projects.