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Puerto Rico governor under fire as federal funds for solar projects are stalled (Thu, 08 May 2025)
Puerto Rico’s governor came under fire Tuesday as her pledge to support the investment of millions of federal dollars in solar projects across the U.S. territory appeared to fade.
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In California, autonomous Black Hawk helicopter fights wildfires (Thu, 08 May 2025)
The future of wildfire suppression could be autonomous, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is getting its foot in the door early.
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States sue the Trump administration for blocking funds for electric vehicle charging (Thu, 08 May 2025)
Seventeen states are suing President Donald Trump 's administration for withholding billions of dollars for building more electric vehicle chargers, according to a federal lawsuit announced Wednesday.
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Even in red America, clean energy is booming. But now, huge renewable projects are dead. (Thu, 08 May 2025)
Political uncertainty under Trump has dampened the market, with nearly $8 billion in clean energy projects scrapped or cut back already this year.
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Construction underway on 765 MW of new battery energy storage systems in Georgia (Thu, 08 May 2025)
Georgia Power and its EPC firms have started construction on 765 MW of new battery energy storage projects across the state.
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Tariff uncertainty forces global energy storage company to pause active US projects (Thu, 08 May 2025)
Fluence, a Siemens and AES company, is pausing some U.S. battery energy storage projects, citing tariff uncertainty.
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Behind or front of the meter? Constellation sees market shift in the co-location conversation (Wed, 07 May 2025)
CEO Joe Dominguez told investors “on-grid” or “front-of-the-meter” configurations are becoming more attractive to the nation’s leading nuclear power plant operator and its customers.
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Texas may put restraints on new big businesses hoping to tap into the energy grid (Wed, 07 May 2025)
Driven largely by demand from businesses such as data centers and the oil and gas industry, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state’s grid operator, predicts the state’s energy needs will nearly double in six years.
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All aboard the Grain Belt Express! $1.7B awarded to EPC contractors (Wed, 07 May 2025)
The largest electric transmission project in the United States has announced nearly $1.7 billion in combined contractor awards.
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This Northeast utility is increasing its US investments, touts a 50-state supply chain (Wed, 07 May 2025)
Northeast utility company Avangrid put $4.3 billion into its 7,000-supplier, 50-state domestic supply chain last year.
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