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Solar Energy

A view of utility-scale solar panels on public land in the California desert. Credit: Tom Brewster/Bureau of Land Management

BLM Plan for Solar on Public Lands Sparks Enthusiasm and Misgivings in Different Corners of the West

By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster

A heat pump is installed at a home in Standish, Maine. Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

New Federal Housing Grants Are a Win for Climate Change and Environmental Justice

By Kristoffer Tigue

An aerial view of solar panels on the roof of a home in San Rafael, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Bigger and Less Expensive: A Snapshot of U.S. Rooftop Solar Power and How It’s Changed

By Dan Gearino

An aerial view of the MCE Solar One utility-scale solar farm on April 25 in Richmond, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The US Appetite for Electricity Grew Massively in the First Half of 2024, and Solar Power Rose to the Occasion

By Dan Gearino

Painesville, Ohio will get a utility-scale solar farm—like this one in Florida—on the site of a former chemical manufacturing plant. Credit: Marco Bello/AFP via Getty Images

In Northeast Ohio, Hello to Solar and Storage; Goodbye to Coal

By Dan Gearino

Texas ranks third in the country in electricity generation from small-scale solar, including rooftop solar, trailing California and Arizona. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Rooftop Solar Was Having a Moment in Texas Before Beryl. What Happens Now?

By Dan Gearino

A wind turbine towers over farmland near Middleton, Wisconsin. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Clean Energy Is Booming in Purple Wisconsin. Just Don’t Mention Climate Change

By Kristoffer Tigue

A worker carries a solar panel for installation on the roof of a home in Las Vegas. Credit: David Becker/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Batteries and Rooftop Solar Can Lead to Huge Savings for the Entire Grid. A New Study Shows How—and How Much

By Dan Gearino

Rusty Bell, director of Gillette College’s Office of Economic Transformation, and Justin Loyka, energy program director with the Nature Conservancy in Wyoming, discuss potential solar sighting on coal mines near Gillette, Wyo. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Mining the Sun: Some in the Wyoming Epicenter of the Coal Industry Hope to Sustain Its Economy With Renewables

By Jake Bolster

A researcher from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory reviews hail damage at a solar array at Fort Carson in Colorado in 2019. Credit: Dennis Schroeder/NREL

How Can Solar Farms Defend Against Biblical-Level Hailstorms?

By Dan Gearino

A high tension electrical power pole is seen in the background of a solar array in Blaine, Minn. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Midwest States Have Approved Hundreds of Renewable Energy Projects. So Why Aren’t They Online?

By Kristoffer Tigue

Debris is scattered throughout a solar panel field in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Humacao, Puerto Rico on Oct. 2, 2017. Credit: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images

Hurricane Winds Can Destroy Solar Panels, But Developers Are Working to Fortify Them

By Kiley Price

An employee produces photovoltaic panel components for export to the United States and Europe at a manufacturing plant in Suqian, China on Feb. 17. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Solar Panel Prices Are Low Again. Here’s Who’s Winning and Losing

By Dan Gearino

An aerial view of the MCE Solar One community solar farm in Richmond, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Regulators Approve Community Solar Decision Opposed by Solar Advocates

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Michigan’s law is one of several passed in states controlled by Democrats that responded to a growing opposition to wind and solar projects in rural counties. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Renewable Energy Wins for Now in Michigan as Local Control Measure Fails to Make Ballot

By Dan Gearino

The community solar project near L'Anse, Michigan was developed by the village government. Credit: Michigan Municipal League

Want to See Community Solar Done Right? A Project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Can Serve as a Model

By Dan Gearino

Mark Forrest, Madison County commissioner and owner of a horse boarding business, stands with one of his horses, Pepe. Forrest lost his bid for re-election in the Republican primary in part because of his support for the Oak Run solar project. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

Ohio Solar Mounts a Comeback in the Face of a Campaign Whose Alleged Villains Include China and Bill Gates

By Dan Gearino

Electricians from Coquí Solar install two racks of solar panels onto a rooftop in Salinas, Puerto Rico. Each panel produces 315 watts of power that can be stored in solar batteries for use during an electrical blackout. Credit: Esther Frances/Medill News Service

A Puerto Rico Community Pushes for Rooftop Solar as Fossil-Fuel Plants Face Retirement

By Esther Frances

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