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Solar panels are installed on the roof of a church in Alexandria, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Energy Developers Want Reforms to Virginia’s Process for Connecting Renewables to the Grid, Hoping to Control Costs 

By Sarah Vogelsong

The Bonneville Environmental Foundation will administer federal grants to Idaho, Montana and Wyoming under the new Solar for All Program. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Biden Administration Awards Wyoming $30 Million From New ‘Solar for All’ Grant

By Jake Bolster

A view of wind turbines at Grand Ridge Energy Center in LaSalle County, Illinois. Wind energy is the leading source of renewable energy in Illinois. Credit: Invenergy

Will There Be Less Wind to Fuel Wind Energy?

By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino

GRID Alternatives is a leading recipient of grants from the federal Solar for All program announced on Monday. The organization installs solar systems, primarily for low-income households, as shown in this October 2023 install in Colorado. Credit: GRID Alternatives

IRA’s Solar for All Program Will Install Nearly 1 Million Systems in US

By Dan Gearino

This rooftop houses 167 solar electric panels which supply energy a 45-unit apartment complex in Portland, Maine. Credit: Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Q&A: How The Federal Biden Administration Plans to Roll Out $20 Billion in Financing for Clean Energy Development

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Linemen work on a rebuild of Northwestern Energy transmissions lines in Livingston, Montana. Credit: William Campbell/Getty Images

Western States Could Make Billions Selling Renewable Energy, But They’ll Need a Lot More Regional Transmission Lines

By Wyatt Myskow

A view of a large array of solar panels, located one hour north of Los Angeles in Kern County near Mojave, Calif. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

How Do Neighbors of Solar Farms Really Feel? A New Survey Has Answers

By Dan Gearino

A cluster of wind turbines near Wilton, N.D. Credit: Dan Koeck/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Understanding the Weather Behind a Down Year for Wind Energy

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines are seen at sunset in Williamsburg, Iowa on Aug. 14, 2023. Slow wind speeds in the Midwest during warmer months contributed to the decrease in electricity generated from wind farms. Credit: Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Federal Data Reveals a Surprising Drop in Renewable Power in 2023, as Slow Winds and Drought Took a Toll

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines and solar panels merge in the desert of Mojave, Calif. Credit: Visions of America/Joe Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Community Opposition and Grid Challenges Slow the Pace of Renewable Efforts, National Survey of Developers Shows

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

A solar power facility in Chicago. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Green Energy Justice Cooperative Selected to Develop Solar Projects for Low Income, BIPOC Communities in Illinois

By Lydia Larsen

Workers push damaged solar panels into a machine to be recycled at the We Recycle Solar plant in Yuma, Ariz. on Dec. 6, 2023. Credit: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images

Who Pays for Cleanup When a Solar Project Reaches the End of Its Life?

By Dan Gearino

A solar farm in Zhangye, China. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

What If the Clean Energy Transition Costs Much Less Than We’ve Been Told?

By Dan Gearino

The Amazon Fort Powhatan Solar Farm in Disputanta, Virginia on August 19, 2022. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

A Reality Check About Solar Panel Waste and the Effects on Human Health

By Dan Gearino

Reusable solar panel frames are stacked and bundled at We Recycle Solar in Yuma, Arizona, on August 8, 2023. Credit: Emma Peterson.

Making Solar Energy as Clean as Can Be Means Fitting Square Panels Into the Circular Economy

By Emma Peterson, Wyatt Myskow

Wind electric power generation turbines generate electricity outside Medicine Bow, Wyoming in August 2022. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/ AFP via Getty Images.

Wyoming Could Gain the Most from Federal Climate Funding, But Obstacles Are Many

By Marianne Lavelle

Jack Doherty, photovoltaic project manager for Revision Energy, carries a solar panel to the roof ridge of a home in OceanView at Falmouth. The company, which employs almost 200 people, has installed panels on about 50 roofs in the development. Credit: Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

The Solar Industry Gained Jobs Last Year. But Are Those Good Jobs, and Could They Be Better?

By Dan Gearino

Westlands Solar Park, near the town of Lemoore in the San Joaquin Valley of California, is the largest solar power plant in the United States and could become one of the largest in the world. Credit: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.

In California’s Central Valley, the Plan to Build More Solar Faces a Familiar Constraint: The Need for More Power Lines

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

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