The Buckeye State's Chamber of Commerce is helping to turn "Ohi-no" into "Ohi-yes."

The key takeaway from the Moss Landing fire is that the legacy equipment and project design were vastly different from what’s used in newer BESS.

President Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders on energy. Time will tell how things shake out for the different players in the renewable energy space.

In one of his final acts, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order directing the development of data centers on federal land.

Oklahoma is a clean energy powerhouse – so why is there a “nascent, concerted effort” to ban new renewable energy projects in the state?

Ongoing dissension in the GOP ranks, and ACP’s prebuttal

Tech giants have announced gigantic plans to invest in renewables.

PJM’s contentious proposal to allow natural gas projects to jump ahead of renewable energy has a diverse group of stakeholders in a lather.

Whither permitting reform? Some still hold out hope a bill will pass in the lame duck, but if not, Senate Republicans say they have a plan.

Mississippi is the Hospitality State, and lately things are looking a lot more hospitable for renewable energy developers.

While Tuesday’s results mean major challenges lie ahead, it’s important to remember that the fundamentals of clean energy remain strong.

Nevada is “undergoing a profound transition” that has turned some aspects of clean energy politics on their head.

Did you know that 200 people oversee over $200 billion in utility spending each year in the U.S.?

A new economic analysis attempts to show the full extent of the IRA’s impacts.

Renewable energy developers are interested in the potential for green hydrogen, but a new study from Harvard raises concerns about costs.

A new study finds that solar farms don’t hurt property values – and may even boost them.

Former President Trump has vowed to “claw back” unspent IRA funds if he wins. What exactly could his administration do?

Combining agriculture and renewables is a “yes, and” opportunity, not “either-or.”

Struggles with balancing electricity supply and demand at the PJM Interconnection may potentially benefit the natural gas industry.

ACP’s latest market report shows the clean energy economy is firing on all cylinders.

A recent survey contributes some new insights about large landowners and renewable energy.

A new Berkeley Lab report on community engagement really is a “Must Read.”

On the two-year anniversary of the IRA, a new report makes the case that the climate legislation could also prove to be one of the most important labor laws in recent history.

Clean energy advocates see Walz’s record as an asset, but the GOP views it as a liability they can exploit.

Agrivoltaics is a hot topic these days, and two recent articles explore the subject in detail.

Will a lime-green meme energize young voters and translate into a victory for green energy?

The RNC is in full swing – what does Vance’s nomination mean for clean energy?

A recent Pew survey finds support for renewables has slipped dramatically among Republican voters, particularly those in older age cohorts.

Power supply crunch be damned – Ohio is a national leader in bucking renewables

Final rules on prevailing wage and registered apprenticeship requirements in the IRA are set to drop next week.

The Sabin Center has just released its latest report on opposition to renewables across the country.

Multiple trends are converging in west Texas and transforming the energy market

Advanced reconductoring can double the capacity of existing transmission lines, providing up to 80% of the “new” transmission needed without building new infrastructure.

Minnesota puts on its own display of Northern Light with “historic” permitting legislation

Donald Trump garnered more than his usual share of headlines this week, and not just because of his ongoing hush-money trial in New York

Scottish data scientist Dr. Hannah Ritchie provides persuasive responses to some common questions.

The U.S. DOE positions itself as a one-stop-shop for permits for new electricity transmission projects, making building green energy projects“simpler and faster.

President Joe Biden announced $7 billion in solar grants for low-income households on Earth Day, and states across the energy are feeling sunny from the administration's rollout.

Three NGOs teamed up to commission a report that evaluates barriers to renewable energy development in eight states, with a specific focus on siting and permitting policies.

A timely report from Columbia Law rebuts a bevy of false claims about renewables

DOE, Treasury and the IRS jointly unveiled $4 billion in clean energy manufacturing tax credits directed to more than 100 projects across 35 states, while the DOE announced plans to invest $22 million to improve the planning and permitting of renewable energy and storage projects.

This week, Treasury issued guidance on the IRA, clarifying that offshore wind projects may qualify for the bonus tax credits available to projects sited in “energy communities” if the onshore elements of the project are in an energy community – a move ACORE praised, but Senator Manchin slammed.

We sprang into spring this week, and the clean energy markets also had a spring in their step, with E2 reporting that last month saw the announcement of 14 new projects representing $4 billion in investment and 4,400 jobs across 11 states.

A recent analysis of the IRA's impact shows that for every $1 invested by the government, the private sector has spent nearly $5.50, although attempts by Republicans to “repeal or otherwise roll back provisions and funding sources in the IRA is making some investors squeamish.”

The State Policy Network has identified clean energy as a target in its crosshairs for 2024.

This week, preliminary data from the US EIA indicates that nearly 100% of new capacity added to the U.S. grid in 2024 will be carbon-free – the ~63 GW of expected growth will be the most built in a year since 2003. For its part, Texas will overtake California to add more battery storage than any other state this year.

An interesting series of articles shines light on important topics – including the importance of distinguishing between bears and Bigfoot.

Ohio State’s mascot Brutus Buckeye may have a cheery disposition, but a recent overview of the LSS market underscores that things are far from peachy.

Americans say they support expanding solar, but project developers aren’t feeling the love.

In many states, differing views about clean energy siting are setting up contests between state and local rule.

Conservative climate activists are working to fine-tune GOP messaging on key issues.

Wow, 2023 was quite the ride, wasn’t it?! The IRA incentives continued to drive massive investment in clean energy, reaching $99 billion across 144 projects and creating nearly 82,000 jobs by year’s end.

As global leaders achieve a major climate milestone, Congress grapples with the challenges of permitting reform.

Battery storage headlines are a forcing function of proactive fire and safety communications and emergency plans.

In this week’s headlines, GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley won the endorsement of – and substantial financial backing from – the powerful Koch Network. While the former ambassador’s positions on some key issues may be less extreme than other candidates, when it comes to clean energy she has called for repealing the IRA and bashed Biden’s policies.

A recent article compares the renewable energy policies of three midwestern states – Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota – and finds that Michigan’s new renewable targets are the most ambitious in the region, setting it on a course to have 100% clean electricity by 2040.

Tuesday was Election Day, with several races seen as having impacts for the energy transition. Governor Andy Beshear’s reelection in Kentucky is widely seen as positive for clean energy, although Governor Tate Reeve’s reelection in Mississippi is not.

This week, the theme of “who gets to decide?” prevails. Although Idaho National Labs announced it may make up to 23,000 acres of land available for clean energy development, two Republican members of the state’s congressional delegation have introduced bills that “would require the Interior Department to deny wind and solar projects on federal land when a state legislature rejects the projects.”

This week the International Energy Agency released its annual World Energy Outlook, proclaiming that “Major shifts underway today are set to result in a considerably different global energy system by the end of this decade.” To wit, the IEA predicts that fossil fuel usage will peak by 2030, when nearly 50% of the world’s electricity will come from renewables.

Seven hydrogen projects have been awarded $7 billion in grants, but some critics say "Don't believe the hype."

As the world reels following Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel almost a week ago, many Republicans, including former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, criticized President Biden for freeing $6 billion in Iranian oil revenues for humanitarian purposes and “not doing enough to enforce Iran oil export sanctions.” Analysts are divided on whether U.S. fuel prices will remain stable or be sent soaring.

PBS Newshour correspondent Lisa Desjardins said it best: “Even by the tornadic standards of this modern Congress,” it’s been a wild week. What does McCarthy’s fall mean for energy and environment policy, E&E News asks? “It’s all up in the air right now.”

It’s full steam ahead on energy storage as UT Dallas was selected by the DOD to lead a $30 million initiative focused on battery technologies and manufacturing processes designed to bolster domestic capacity in this area, and at the 2023 Northwest Renewable Hydrogen Conference, leaders from Oregon and Washington said that while clean and renewable hydrogen is a priority, many challenges lie ahead.

The DOE’s new R-STEP program is offering $10 million to help communities evaluate and plan for proposed renewable energy facilities.

Few would argue that battery energy storage is key to making the transition to a net-zero electricity system.

The long, hot Texas summer, with demand rising as high as 85 GW some days, has made the ERCOT grid “tired.” And although solar has done well, “Texas’s massive wind fleet has under-performed throughout most of August due to lower-than-expected wind conditions in West Texas.” If offshore wind is going to offer a solution, “the industry and its political backers need to work together” to find a path forward.

This week, Rocky Mountain Institute highlighted the potential benefits of Michigan passing an aggressive 60% clean energy standard, noting that if implemented, “the state would be 78 percent of the way to its [2030 climate targets]. That’s the single biggest leap any policy we’ve analyzed could make for Michigan.”

The GOP presidential hopefuls offered a creative array of takes on the global emergency; Gov. Ron DeSantis avoided addressing human-caused warming, Nikki Haley acknowledged that climate change is “real,” while blaming China, and GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said the “climate change agenda is a hoax. Let the games begin!

This week we’re celebrating the first anniversary of the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which is already delivering significant positive impacts across the country – including in West Virginia, where a steel mill is being converted into an iron-air battery manufacturing plant.

This week, Ocean City, NJ – known as “America’s Greatest Family Resort” – has become the epicenter of opposition to offshore wind energy in New Jersey and along the East Coast. Meanwhile, solar developer BrightNight aims to transform the Starfire coal mine into Kentucky’s biggest solar facility, with electric truck manufacturer Rivian as its anchor customer.

California is getting a boost from battery storage to the tune of 5,600 MWs, a University Lutheran Church in Lansing, Michigan is fighting restrictive solar ordinances, and Tucker Carlson is back telling a whale of a tale.

We’re pleased to say that this week’s Dispatch has plenty of good news: Climate Power reports that Michigan is leading the country in a clean energy jobs boom, creating more than 15,800 jobs in the past year, and in Sweden, what’s old is new again as a company builds a commercial-scale – and carbon negative – wind turbine tower from wood.

This week, Senate Democrats are looking for a permitting “Plan B” that would lean on FERC and the DOE to provide regulations and programs that could help advance clean energy and the transmission lines needed to deliver it. And things are looking up for offshore wind in Maine and Texas, kracken notwithstanding.

This week’s “Oopsie!” award goes to New York State, which has spent $1 billion on what was billed as “the largest solar-panel factory in the Western Hemisphere.” The WSJ reports that things haven’t quite panned out for “one of the largest-ever public cash outlays of its kind.”

It's a topsy-turvy world these days, one in which home electricity bills are set to rise an average of 2% this summer, despite the fact that inflation and gasoline prices are falling. In California, environmentalists pleased by legislative progress on climate are “dealing with a bit of dog-that-caught-the-car confusion” as they oppose follow-up legislation necessary to actually get infrastructure built.

Great news for the renewable energy industry - the energy sector workforce is up 3.8% from 2022, with nearly 300,000 new hires as projects continue to push forward across the US, shooting for net-zero emissions economy by 2050.

This week, a first-of-its-kind climate trial came to a close in Montana, and Texas residents endured a heat wave that brought soaring temperatures and spiked energy demand, leading ERCOT to ask residents to conserve electricity.

As wildfire smoke choked the eastern U.S. this week, Professor Stephen Pyne said we are entering “the fire equivalent of an ice age” – dubbed the pyrocene – brought about by climate change.

In this week’s headlines, the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q2 2023 report shows the industry is once again surging and forecasts the market will triple in size over the next five years, although solar developers may face tough sledding due to local opposition in Ohio.

In this week’s headlines, California announces a plan for 100% clean energy by 2045 while the state sees a new wave of pushback on solar, the Treasury Department released updated guidance for a program that offers incentives for clean energy manufacturing in communities that have been dependent on coal (worth a look) and a new report finds and aggregates 228 local restrictions against wind and solar from across the country (might want to share this with your origination teams!)

In this week’s headlines, wind and solar saved Texans $11 billion last year, a Kentucky utility pushes back against solar opposition, and over 150 Americans were surveyed to see what it would take to get them ‘ok’ with a wind or solar farm in their backyard.