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Solar Energy

The coal-fired John E. Amos Power Plant in West Virginia. Credit: Joseph Sohm/Visions of America via Getty Images

Coal Is Rising Along with Solar in the U.S. Power System, While Gas Loses a Step

By Dan Gearino

Employees walk the floor and supervise machines at the T1 Energy plant near Dallas. Credit: T1 Energy

Despite Everything, US Solar Manufacturing Continues to Power Up

By Dan Gearino, Arcelia Martin

Workers carry solar panels to be installed at a one-million-kilowatt photovoltaic project in Lingwu, China, on April 14. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

The Researcher Who Wrote the Book on How Solar Got Cheap Is Back to Assess the Current Moment

By Dan Gearino

Solar panels, installed as part of the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, are seen at the Wooly Pig Farm Brewery in Fresno, Ohio. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables, a Lifeline for Farmers

By Georgina Gustin

Workers install solar panels at the Eland Solar and Storage Center in the Mojave Desert of Kern County, Calif., on Nov. 25, 2024. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Treasury Tightens Rules for Wind and Solar Tax Credits, But Offers Leeway

By Marianne Lavelle, Aidan Hughes

Rooftop solar panels are installed on a home in Kensington, Md., on July 3. Credit: Maansi Srivastava/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Federal Rooftop Solar Grants Are on the Chopping Block. Here’s Who Would Get Hurt

By Dan Gearino

Hornet Solar in Swisher County, Texas, is the largest U.S. power plant to go online in the first six months of this year, based on its capacity of 600 megawatts. Credit: Vesper Energy

Solar and Batteries Lead US Power Plant Additions by a Lot. How Does This Square With the Trump Administration’s Agenda?

By Dan Gearino

A Volkswagen ID.4 EV charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2024. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

As Consumer Tax Credits Vanish, What Do You Need to Know?

By Dan Gearino

Wind tower components, used in the construction of power-generating wind turbines, sit on a lot near the Arcosa manufacturing facility on July 2 in Newton, Iowa. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Cuts to Wind and Solar May Undermine GOP’s Promise of ‘Energy Dominance,’ Critics Say

By Aidan Hughes

Brittany Staie, with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, gathers samples of vegetables that are being grown at the NREL agrivoltaic solar garden in Golden, Colo. Credit: Werner Slocum/NREL

In the Sweltering Southwest, Planting Solar Panels in Farmland Can Help Both Photovoltaics and Crops

By Tina Deines

Workers install solar panels for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Eland Solar and Storage Center in the Mojave Desert of Kern County on Nov. 25, 2024. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Trump Issues Executive Order Targeting ‘Unreliable’ Clean Energy Options

By Dan Gearino

A view of the Prairie View A&M University Solar Lab in Prairie View, Texas. Credit: Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Trump’s Legislation Will Constrict the Growth of Texas’ Clean Energy Industry and its Power Grid

By Arcelia Martin

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright leaves the East Room after attending an event with President Donald Trump to urge the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” at the White House on June 26 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Latest GOP Provisions in Budget Bill Seek to Crush Renewable Energy

By Bob Berwyn

An aerial view of the Azure Sky Solar Project in Haskell, Texas, on August 12, 2024. Credit: Ramsay de Give/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Texas’ Risk of Summer Blackouts Reduced Thanks to Solar and Batteries

By Arcelia Martin

NineDot Energy’s battery storage and solar project in the Bronx, New York City. Credit: NineDot Energy

Figuring Out a Battery Storage System to Fit New York’s Wind and Solar Ambitions Has Not Been Easy

By Lauren Dalban

Rev. Nathan Ives of the St. Peter’s-San Pedro Episcopal Church in Salem, Mass., stands next to an aging gas-fired, steam boiler in the church basement. Credit: Jonathan Wiggs/Boston Globe

Can Solar and Geothermal Energy Help a Church and Its Neighbors Wean Off Fossil Fuels?

By Phil McKenna

A home with rooftop panels installed by CBS Solar in Michigan. Credit: Courtesy of CBS Solar

Tax Cuts in the “Big Beautiful Bill” Could Kill Solar Power Progress 

By Carrie Klein

A wind turbine sits behind a house in Nolan, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Bills That Could Have Hurt Renewable Energy Die in Texas Legislature

By Arcelia Martin

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