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Australia’s power sector is steadily shifting away from coal and toward running on 100% renewable energy . Now the country is trying to ensure some of its biggest electricity users — aluminum smelters — aren’t left behind in the clean-energy transition. The Australian government is developing a Green Aluminium…

The Trump administration appears poised to force more coal plants to stay open past their planned closing dates — an unprecedented intervention in the power sector that is already making energy even more expensive for Americans. The first signal of the strategy came in late May. A week before the J.H. Campbell coal…

Massachusetts lawmakers may double the number of cities and towns allowed to ban fossil fuels in new construction. A bill under consideration would add up to 10 communities to an ongoing pilot program that proponents say is already reducing emissions, making homes healthier, and lowering energy bills — all without…

New York looks to be waffling on its commitment to ditch fossil fuels in new buildings. In July, the state became the first in the nation to require all-electric appliances for most new construction. The rules, set to take effect on Dec. 31, would help New York reach its climate goals while slashing energy and…

America’s data centers used a whopping 176 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2023, representing 4.4% of the nation’s total power consumption. Those numbers are only going up as AI tools gain popularity, pushing computing loads higher. By 2028, data centers could gobble as much as 580 TWh of power , or 12% of the…

The ocean has beckoned to legions of energy entrepreneurs before dashing their hopes against the rocks. Now a new company is heeding the siren call — but with a twist. Italy’s Sizable Energy launched in 2022 to build pumped hydro energy storage under the ocean. Cofounder and CEO Manuele Aufiero pursues that…

This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger will become Virginia’s new governor after a decisive win this week — and after a campaign that centered around rising power prices in the data-center capital of the…

Xcel Energy’s sprawling Sherco Energy Hub will be among the United States’ biggest solar farms when the last of its three approved phases powers up next year. Soon after, the central Minnesota site could also host one of the Midwest’s biggest battery clusters. In a Halloween filing , Xcel asked the Minnesota Public…

See more from Canary Media’s "Chart of the week” column . China is, without a doubt, leading global efforts to slash emissions from dirty industries, with more than 200 projects in the pipeline for producing lower-carbon chemicals, fuels, and building materials. But the United States and dozens of other countries…

A longstanding federal tax credit for rooftop solar is about to expire, making it more expensive for homeowners to access cheap, clean energy — and sowing uncertainty for the companies that put photovoltaic panels up on roofs. But a small Durham, North Carolina, company called EnerWealth Solutions sees a path…

Two years ago, the Biden administration announced $7 billion in funding for a nationwide network of hydrogen hubs meant to kickstart production of the alternative fuel. Now, the Trump administration has cast doubt over the future of the program — including the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub , or ARCH2,…

Zohran Mamdani surged to a historic victory in Tuesday night’s election for New York City mayor, riding a campaign that was laser-focused on halting soaring rents, improving mass transit, and rebuking President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration in a metropolis where more than one-third of the population is…

U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill won the governor’s race in New Jersey on Tuesday running on a platform of keeping electricity prices down. Environmental groups see Sherrill’s election as a triumph for the Garden State’s struggling offshore wind sector. Sherrill, a four-term Democrat and a U.S. Navy veteran, arrived on the…

As of Sept. 30, Ohio lawmakers eliminated a key legal tool used to rein in air pollution from power plants and industrial sites. Now, advocates are suing to restore that right. For decades, environmental groups in Ohio and elsewhere have used air nuisance rules in state plans as a catchall way to enforce the federal…

In the depths of the 75-year-old Kendall Cogeneration Station along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a clean-heating transformation is underway. For years, the facility has burned natural gas to produce steam for Boston and Cambridge’s century-old underground heating system. Now, it’s aiming to become…

A first-of-a-kind project underway outside Portland, Oregon, could provide a model for data centers to connect to the grid without driving up utility bills and carbon emissions. Silicon Valley startup Gridcare launched in May with a promise that its artificial intelligence–powered software can help actualize one of…

For decades, Puerto Ricans have struggled with a dysfunctional energy system. Now residents are grappling with two very different plans for how to fix it. President Joe Biden’s administration invested heavily in distributed generation: rooftop solar and battery arrays on homes and businesses across Puerto Rico. But…

President Donald Trump’s megalaw will soon slam the door on tax credits for homeowners who want to install heat pumps or make other energy-efficiency improvements . But there’s still one way to tap federal assistance for cleaner heating. The same law allows installers of geothermal heat pumps and systems that store…

While the federal policy and regulatory landscapes in 2025 are, to put it mildly, full of uncertainty and outright antagonism — from the cancellation of programs like Solar for All to the rapid drawdown or outright elimination of the Inflation Reduction Act’s incentives for technologies like solar, storage, wind, and…

Facing a cash crunch of more than $1 billion, Europe’s flagship green-steel project began publicly seeking a financial lifeline earlier this month. This week, the French hydrogen investor Hy24 swooped in to help fund Stegra, the Swedish firm behind the effort. Construction is 60% complete on the facility, which is…