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Fervo Energy , the leading next-generation geothermal startup, is ramping up plans to build out new power plants. The Houston-based company has signed a three-year binding agreement with Turboden America, which will supply 1.75 gigawatts of organic Rankine cycle turbine capacity for Fervo’s forthcoming geothermal…

New Jersey has become the sixth state in the last decade, and the second this year, to fully repeal its moratorium on building new nuclear power stations. On a crisp Wednesday morning at the Hope Creek Generating Station in the southwestern corner of the state, Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed legislation lifting the de…

As a key deadline for federal solar tax credits ticks closer, a Massachusetts program is helping the state’s nonprofits get solar projects underway before the incentive disappears. The Solar Upgrading Nonprofits , or SUN, program provides nonprofits with financial and technical assistance to evaluate options for…

Xcel Energy in Minnesota is poised to become the first utility in the nation to build and operate its own virtual power plant. For the past six months, fans and foes have debated the novel plan , which will see Xcel deploy hundreds of megawatts of small-scale batteries at customer sites across its territory. The…

If the U.S. is going to decarbonize, tens of millions of homes across the nation will need to make the switch from fossil fuel furnaces and boilers to all-electric heat pumps. California alone has set a goal to deploy 6 million of the superefficient appliances by 2030 . But such retrofits can be complicated to…

The Trump administration has often evoked the plight of whales in its efforts to undermine U.S. offshore wind development — despite there being no evidence that wind-farm activities are harming the giant mammals. But those purported concerns didn’t stop federal officials last week from voting unanimously to override…

Five years ago, we launched Canary Media on a simple premise: that the energy transition, the greatest economic and industrial transformation of our lifetimes, deserved a newsroom entirely dedicated to covering it. We've spent every day since reporting on the most central, urgent, complicated, hopeful, and contested…

At a recent city council meeting in Palo Alto, California, Erin Pei stepped up to the podium. Clad in an Arctic Circle sweatshirt, the 11th grader presented hair-raising facts about the health impacts of gas stoves and other appliances that burn fossil fuels. The Bay Area Air District has found that gas water…

In western Illinois, ComEd is tapping a rarely used technique to fast-track community solar installations — working with, not against, environmental groups and solar project developers. For years, utilities have explored the concept of flexible interconnection, in which solar projects are allowed to come online even…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Renewable energy’s favorite season has arrived. Spring is when everything comes together for clean power sources. Days get longer, boosting solar generation. Winter’s blustery winds keep blowing,…

See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . The European Union is once again facing an energy crisis due to its reliance on imported fossil fuels — and is once again poised to lean into renewables to blunt the effects. As the war in the Middle East upends global oil and gas markets, European Union…

The Cow Palace arena, just south of San Francisco, has hosted Dwight Eisenhower , the Beatles , the San Jose Sharks NHL team, and an annual rodeo since it opened in 1941. But an even bigger act is setting up next door: an enormous battery that will perform a starring role in the Bay Area’s energy ecosystem. …

Remell Bryant fed steel coils into the “cold strip” as a way to support her daughter as a single mother. Valerie Denney worked on the “pickle line,” removing impurities from hot steel, before shifting to a career in public relations. Jack Weinberg tested metallurgical content until he was laid off, then went on to…

Chad Shepard has warm feelings about the all-electric Honda Prologue he bought recently. Unlike his first EV, a BMW i3, the SUV is big enough for his two teenage sons and his 80-pound sheepdog. Its 300-mile range is plenty to get him to the homes across the San Francisco Bay Area that he appraises for a living. And…

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter. In Alabama, a yearslong battle over one of the nation’s highest backup fees for residential solar customers may have finally come to…

Geothermal energy is on the cusp of a renaissance in the United States. But outdated and piecemeal rules could delay development of the around-the-clock, carbon-free energy source. Next-generation geothermal is something of a golden child, backed by everyone from climate advocates to leaders in the drilling-obsessed…

If the war in the Middle East has proved anything over the last month, it's that fossil fuel prices are extraordinarily unstable. But global conflict isn’t the only catalyst that can send the cost of oil and natural gas reeling. Factors such as extreme weather, policy changes, and pipeline outages can also set off a…

California lawmakers face a make-or-break choice about the state’s biggest and most successful virtual power plant program: Give it enough money to keep running this summer or scrap it altogether. The administration of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has proposed ending the four-year-old Demand Side Grid Support…

Sunny Arizona closed out 2025 as the second-biggest state for battery and solar construction . Now, a policy that helped kick-start this success could be going away. The Arizona Corporation Commission, the elected body that regulates utilities, unanimously voted in early March to eliminate the state’s renewable…

Blake Herrschaft has plans to fully electrify his Tahoe City, California, home, which runs on a slim 100 amps of electrical service. But even with a hot tub, in an area that sees an average of 15 feet of snow per year and temperatures that dip into the single digits, his house won’t need an expensive service upgrade.…