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The New York Power Authority is aiming to deploy 5.5 GW of solar, wind, and storage, meeting in the middle of its initial conservative plan and more ambitious targets released this summer.
New York’s public utility approves plan to build 5.5GW of renewables
The move nearly doubles NYPA’s initial renewables goal but still scales back from summer targets. The agency blames Trump’s tax-credit cuts and grid…
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December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
New Jersey’s outgoing governor just debuted a 100% clean electricity plan. Will it survive and thrive in the next administration?

From @insideclimatenews.org:
New Jersey’s latest plan for 100% clean power comes at a tricky time
The state’s vision for a cleaner grid has support from voters — but faces serious challenges due to federal headwinds and turmoil in the PJM energy market.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Cornell University is digging deep to bring clean heat to its chilly campus.

Here’s how Earth Source Heat looks to leverage upstate NY’s complicated geology to create a geothermal heating network.
Cornell’s deep-down and rocky quest to unlock geothermal for New York
The university is drilling for geothermal energy to directly warm its campus upstate. The system could curb emissions without straining the grid.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Ohio allows county commissioners to outlaw utility-scale wind and solar in townships.

Richland County voters will be first to challenge the ban this spring with a citizen referendum. @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/4oAiW6L

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This Ohio county banned wind and solar. Now, residents are pushing…
Richland County forbade large-scale renewable energy in most townships. Next May, voters will have a chance to reject the rules in a first-of-its-kind…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Speaking as a guy who spent 20 years building industrial cogeneration… plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Behind the fence clean energy ain’t new, nor are the utility objections. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Georgia hashes out plan to let data centers build their own clean…
The long-sought program could ease cost and climate risks — especially if it lets renewable energy secured by tech giants avert a big buildout of gas…
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December 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Hungary for solar power.

“From January through October this year, solar grew to account for about one-third of power generated in the nation of 10 million.”
Chart: Hungary is leading the world in solar adoption
The small European country unseated a longtime champion in a ranking of nations by how much of their electricity comes from solar.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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As climate challenges worsen, solutions get better. Deploy, deploy, deploy.

“major networked geothermal project: most efficient heating and cooling system available for historic train station as well as roughly 1,000units of housing”

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A major networked geothermal project gets underway in Connecticut
The project will provide clean heating and cooling for New Haven’s train station and nearby public housing. It could be a test case for similar efforts…
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December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
New Haven, Connecticut’s historic Union Station and a public housing complex will soon be linked via a low-emission geothermal heating and cooling network.
A major networked geothermal project gets underway in Connecticut
The project will provide clean heating and cooling for New Haven’s train station and nearby public housing. It could be a test case for similar efforts…
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December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Greece is about to complete one of the most ambitious coal phaseouts in the world.

But Western Macedonia, its longtime energy region, is struggling to adapt.

“It’s like the Titanic,” one source said, “Everybody dancing on board, but the disaster is coming.”

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As solar booms and coal fades, Greece’s mining region struggles to…
Next year, Greece will complete its coal phaseout, a success for the energy transition. But Western Macedonia residents feel left behind.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Duke Energy is testing whether home battery installations can help the grid. Now, it wants to add businesses, local governments, and nonprofits to the mix.
Duke Energy wants to spend on battery incentives to save on power…
The utility already rewards North Carolina homes that let it tap their batteries. It now proposes doing the same for businesses, local governments, and…
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December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In a rare federal win for clean energy, Massachusetts’ first-of-its-kind geothermal heating and cooling network is getting $8.6 million grant to double in size.

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First utility-owned geothermal network to double in size with DOE…
The $8.6 million grant for Eversource’s pioneering project in Framingham, Massachusetts, is a rare win for renewable energy under the Trump administration.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The DOE is betting $800 million that these two projects will win the small modular reactor race.
Trump admin invests $800M in latest move to bolster US nuclear…
Two designs each get $400 million to prove that smaller, cheaper reactors can work, but the funds will cover only a fraction of the development costs.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Back in 2017, 35 GW of new energy storage deployment by 2025 was a lot to aim for. The U.S. still made it happen.
The grid storage industry set a wild goal for 2025 — and then crushed…
In 2017, U.S. grid storage developers promised they could deliver 35 gigawatts by 2025. They beat their target and made batteries a key power-sector…
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December 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Georgia Power and state utility regulators are circling in on a plan to get data centers online faster, without the need for massive new gas plants.
Georgia hashes out plan to let data centers build their own clean…
The long-sought program could ease cost and climate risks — especially if it lets renewable energy secured by tech giants avert a big buildout of gas…
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December 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
FirstEnergy is facing a $250 million penalty for its role in Ohio’s power plant bailout scandal. Advocates are hoping for further consequences.
After Ohio’s landmark decisions on HB 6 utility scandal, what’s next?
Regulators just fined FirstEnergy $250M over its bribery scheme. While historically high, the amount falls short of what consumer advocates had pushed for.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
FirstEnergy wants its Ohio utilities to have more time to restore power after outages, even though customers have been paying for substantial grid-hardening upgrades.
FirstEnergy seeks looser reliability rules as outages grow more common
The firm wants regulators to let its three Ohio utilities take longer to restore power. Advocates say it’s unfair, as customers already pay to strengthen…
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December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Which country got the largest share of its electricity from solar last year? Hint: It’s not a sunny island nation.
Chart: Hungary is leading the world in solar adoption
The small European country unseated a longtime champion in a ranking of nations by how much of their electricity comes from solar.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Two small nuclear projects are getting $400 million each from the Trump administration — but that’ll only cover a sliver of their costs.
Trump admin invests $800M in latest move to bolster US nuclear…
Two designs each get $400 million to prove that smaller, cheaper reactors can work, but the funds will cover only a fraction of the development costs.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This week in clean energy news:
🥶 Winter heating assistance is finally trickling out
🤝 Gas pipelines find unlikely allies in the Northeast
⛽ Trump targets Biden-era fuel economy rules
Catch up here:
Delayed heating assistance kicks off a winter of energy challenges
Federal LIHEAP funding, held up by the government shutdown, has become even more critical as winter heating prices are forecast to spike.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign is far from over, especially as Trump wages a counteroffensive. @mikegrunwald.bsky.social recaps a decade of courtroom fights that have sent coal into a downward spiral.
Can the war on coal still be won?
Ten years ago, the U.S. was on track to phase out coal by 2030, thanks to the Sierra Club. Now Trump and AI are delaying the fuel’s decline.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Home heating aid was delayed thanks to the government shutdown — and that’s only the start of the affordability challenges this winter could have in store.
Delayed heating assistance kicks off a winter of energy challenges
Federal LIHEAP funding, held up by the government shutdown, has become even more critical as winter heating prices are forecast to spike.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Colorado doing more to crack down on gas utilities than California. Now requiring them to cut climate pollution 41% below 2015 levels by 2035: www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... via @alisontakemura.bsky.social
Colorado mandates ambitious emissions cuts for gas utilities
Resisting industry pressure, regulators ordered a 41% emissions reduction by 2035.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM