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Equitably deploying and investing in innovative climate solutions that heal the Earth. Wholly owned by the Seneca Nation. To learn more, visit us at senecaenvironmental.com and watch this video: https://vimeo.com/1032105748#t=33m43s?share=copy.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 22d
Driving momentum for energy projects post-One Big Beautiful Bill with DER modeling
The energy sector continues to face challenges like increasing power demands and grid instability, intensified by AI growth and climate change, despite recent policy changes. States are addressing …
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 23d
Solar-plus-storage project decarbonizes industrial processes in Texas
A BASF industrial facility that produces raw materials for diapers, fertilizers, food packaging carpets and more is now powered by a 72 MW solar project with onsite energy storage.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 23d
Efficiency first: How commercial real estate owners can thrive with solar
Amid soaring demand and shrinking solar subsidies, taking an efficiency-focused approach to energy management can offer a pathway to project success.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 24d
Community solar may have peaked in 2024, said Wood Mackenzie
Wood Mackenzie reported a 36% decline year over year for the first half of 2025 and forecasts 12% annual contraction through 2030.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 24d
After years of legal challenges, New Mexico celebrates its first community solar project
After the New Mexico’s investor-owned utilities fought against New Mexico’s community solar program, bringing it all the way to the state’ supreme court, New Mexico is celebrating…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 25d
U.S. solar will pass wind in 2025 and leave coal in the dust soon after
Solar and wind represent about 11% to 12% of the energy mix each, while coal sits just under 15%. Developers brought online 16 GW of solar out of a total 21.5 GW electric generation capacity cumula…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 25d
Solar and storage rising as wind fades in $20 billion clean energy tax credit market
Crux’s 2025 Mid-Year State of Clean Energy Finance report finds transferable tax credits nearly doubled year-over-year, with the total tax credit market reaching toward $60 billion for the full yea…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 26d
With federal policy suppressed and energy affordability at center stage, researchers say states have options
Reversing federal policies will have “severe” impacts on electricity affordability, Resources for the Future says, but states can implement carbon pricing to drive down ratepayers’…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 26d
Fracking’s Broken Promise to Pennsylvania - Inside Climate News
Fracking was supposed to lower Pennsylvanians’ electric bills. Instead, they’re higher than ever—and they’re about to get worse.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 27d
Facing Rough Terrain, Extreme Temperatures and High Elevations to Deploy 20 Microgrids for Alaska Critical Communications
Getting electricity to telecommunications towers located on mountaintops in Alaska required finding technologies that could be flown in and could withstand extreme temperatures...
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 27d
DOE guts $7.5 billion in energy funding, exclusively in Democrat-led states
The Department of Energy announced the cancellation of financial awards for manufacturing, clean energy demonstrations, energy efficiency and renewable energy, grid deployment, advanced research proje...
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 27d
Energy Department ends billions in green awards after Vought post
It's among the starkest reversals of Biden-era DOE financial support for low-carbon energy and manufacturing initiatives.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 27d
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 28d
Corporate buyers are the core engine driving the U.S. renewable energy transition
Corporate buyers have led to the voluntary procurement of over 40% of the total capacity of U.S. solar and wind projects from 2014 to 2024. A report from the Clean Energy Buyers Association shows how ...
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 28d
Utilities pump the brakes on climate commitments while giving more gas to fossil fuel
Most utilities failed Sierra Club’s annual report because they are building and maintaining too many fossil fuel plants and too few clean energy projects to keep up with demand.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 29d
U.S. grid-scale storage leaps 63%, residential storage 132%
The utility-scale energy storage sector added 4.9 GW in Q2, representing 63% year-on-year growth, while residential storage increased by 608 MW, said a report from American Clean Power Association …
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 29d
U.S. energy storage sets new record with 5.6 GW installed in Q2 2025
The U.S. energy storage market set a record for quarterly growth in Q2 2025, with 5.6 GW of installations, according to the latest U.S. Energy Storage
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · Sep 29
They could do it with more solar, wind, and energy storage.
Why Don’t Data Centers Use More Green Energy?
Reliance on fossil fuels is almost unavoidable — at least for now.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · Sep 29
Native American Bank, CDFIs finance $5.2M bridge loan for Alaska tribal utility project
Native American Bank and four Native CDFIs provide $5.2M bridge loan to complete energy and broadband project for Alaska’s Metlakatla Indian Community.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · Sep 29
We can't take the credit — that was ‪@senecaproject.us‬.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · Sep 29
Can climate comedy still work? This offshore wind ad suggests it can.
The satirical video starring Samuel L. Jackson pokes fun at offshore wind disinformation right as the Trump administration is targeting both comedy and…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · Sep 28
Battery storage, spared from IRA cuts, poised to grow as power prices rise
Price arbitrage is an increasingly popular use case for utilities adding energy storage resources, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Monday.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · Sep 28
Analysts see possible early signs of demand growth in EIA’s latest update
Total net electricity generation and retail sales were up 3.8% and 2.6%, respectively, this July compared with the same month last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · Sep 27
Seneca artist wins award, will create art for presidential center - ICT
Marie Watt talks about retrospective exhibit, major award and presidential commission
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · Sep 27
Solar generation broke new records the same month HR1 was signed into law
A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveals that despite Donald Trump’s signing the
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