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Illinois Is Going All In on Battery Storage. What Will That Mean?

As power-guzzling data centers proliferate across the country and drive electricity prices up, batteries could be a part of the solution.

By Alexia Underwood

Technicians check equipment installed at a solar farm and battery storage system on Oct. 18, 2023, in Daggett, Calif. Credit: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a Ford Pro Accelerate event on Sept. 3 in Detroit. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

As the Whitmer Administration Enters Its Final Year, Environmental Advocates Lament Wasted Opportunities

By Tom Perkins

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks at a rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill at Essex County College in Newark on Nov. 1. Credit: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images

In Murphy’s Final Weeks, NJ Climate Advocates Race to Lock in 100 Percent Clean Power

By Rambo Talabong

Jupiter Powers battery storage complex in Houston. Credit: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

The Texas Power Grid Will Get a Boost from Batteries This Winter

By Arcelia Martin

Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Oct. 22. Credit: Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

SPEED Act Passes in House Despite Changes That Threaten Clean Power Projects

By Aidan Hughes, Carl David Goette-Luciak

Solar panels are seen on the roof of a home on June 3 in San Anselmo, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

How Do Rooftop Solar and EVs Affect Electricity Costs for Everyone Else? Here’s a New Estimate

By Dan Gearino

The construction site for Chinese battery giant CATL’s plant near Debrecen, Hungary, is seen on May 5, 2024. Credit: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images

China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad Are a Boon for Climate, but Human Rights and the Environment Are a Different Story

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The construction of a data center in Loudoun County, Virginia. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Virginia Regulators Weigh Expanded Use of Data Center’s Polluting Generators 

By Charles Paullin

The sun sets behind wind turbines and rows of solar panels at a renewable energy farm in Qingyang, China. Credit: Chen Kun/VCG via Getty Images

One Big, Shining Beacon for Climate Hope

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Tim Teichert and Jason Thornock, third-generation ranchers in Cokeville, Wyo., stand in Teichert’s backyard, where Thornock’s property and Rocky Mountain Power transmission lines are seen in the distance.

Wyoming Ranchers Hoping Solar Can Lower Costs Say Utilities and the State Stand in Their Way

Story and photos by Jake Bolster

A battery storage facility in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

How Batteries Could Play a Role in Data Center Rollouts

By Arcelia Martin

An aerial view of the Blue Jay solar and battery storage plant in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

ERCOT’s Market is Transitioning Toward Storage and Solar

By Arcelia Martin

An aerial view of new oil and gas well operations in New Mexico near the Texas border in June. Credit: Jerry Redfern/Capital & Main, aerial support provided by LightHawk

Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main

Construction of an offshore wind turbine is seen off the coast of New York in 2023. Credit: Mark Harrington/Newsday RM via Getty Images

New Jersey Has A New Map For Its Energy Future. The Ground Under It Is Already Shifting.

By Rambo Talabong

A view of the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa. Credit: NextEra Energy

Google Data Centers Will Bring Nuclear Power Back To Tornado Country

By Anika Jane Beamer

Ford Mustang Mach-E electric cars are seen for sale at a dealership on June 24 in Austin, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

EV Sales Are in the Tank. So What Happens Next?

By Dan Gearino

Vehicles move along Interstate 210 on Wednesday in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Trump Administration Terminates Fuel Economy Standards

By Arcelia Martin

A pipe marked "geothermal" leans on other pipes in a residential neighborhood

Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion

By Phil McKenna

A power substation is seen near Birmingham, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Regulators Approve Two-Year Electric Rate Freeze and Two Solar Projects for a Meta Inc. Data Center

By Dennis Pillion

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