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Even With Tariffs and Tax Changes, Solar Power Is Soaring

Utility-scale solar is booming in the United States as electricity demand rises and projects remain relatively easy to develop.

By Dan Gearino

A solar farm near Lancaster, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images
An ecobee smart thermostat is set up in a home in Toronto, Ontario. Credit: Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images

Smart Thermostats Will Soon Come to the Rescue During Heatwaves

By Dan Gearino

Plug-in solar panels sit on the balconies of a building in Erfurt, Germany. Credit: Martin Schutt/picture alliance via Getty Images

The ‘Guerrilla Solar’ Era Has Arrived, and Here’s What to Know

By Dan Gearino

Peak Energy completed this sodium-ion battery system in Watkins, Colo., in 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Peak Energy

Why General Motors Is Betting on Sodium-Ion Batteries

By Dan Gearino

A worker with Base Power installs a home battery system that can send energy back to the grid during peak times in Houston on Feb. 18, 2025. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

As Energy Demand Rises, More States Turn to Virtual Power Plants

By Dan Gearino

A solar farm in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

How Utility Companies and States Shaped America’s Clean Energy Transition

By Dan Gearino

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is likely to be completed next year. Credit: Dominion Energy

NextEra Energy to Join the Offshore Wind Club, But Does It Matter?

By Dan Gearino

The charging station at the Pilot Travel Center near London, Ohio, was set up by a partnership between General Motors, Pilot Company and EVgo, with some funding from the federal government. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

The Trump Administration Tried to Stop the National EV Charging Program. It Has Kept Rolling Along Anyway.

By Dan Gearino

Before 2021, the Ohio Power Siting Board had approved every wind and solar project to come before it. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Ohio Is Where Wind and Solar Projects Go to Die, and Other Findings From New Research on State Permitting

By Dan Gearino

People fill their vehicles at a gas station in Miami on Monday. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Rising Gas Prices Make the Market Ripe for Electric Vehicles, but US Automakers Can’t Seize the Moment

By Dan Gearino

The coal-fired Mill Creek Generating Station is seen from the Valley Village neighborhood on Feb. 14 in Louisville, Ky. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

Unpacking Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Prop Up Coal

By Dan Gearino

Technicians check equipment at a battery energy storage system in Daggett, Calif. Credit: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Which State Leads in Battery Energy Storage? It Depends on How You Measure.

By Dan Gearino

A look inside Google’s New Albany data center in Central Ohio. Credit: Google

Two Wildly Different Data Centers Reveal a ‘Fork in the Road’ on How to Meet Electricity Demand

By Dan Gearino

Honda presents the world premiere of the 0 Saloon and 0 SUV prototypes at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 9, 2025. Credit: Artur Widak/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Vanishing Next Generation of US-Made EVs

By Dan Gearino

The Snake River flows through Brownlee Dam along the Idaho-Oregon border. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Can Hydropower Ride the Wave of the Energy Boom?

By Dan Gearino

An aerial view of a solar farm in Ector County, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Seizes the Solar Crown From California, and Other Key Points From the Latest Electricity Data

By Dan Gearino

The coal-fired Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio. Credit: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

A Perplexing Ohio Bill Would Ban Wind, Solar … and Coal?

By Dan Gearino

An aerial view of a 33-megawatt data center in Vernon, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

‘The Sky Isn’t Falling’: Providing Perspective on the Data Center Boom

By Dan Gearino

People pump gas at a station on Aug. 03, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Looking Ahead to When Gas Stations Vanish

By Dan Gearino

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