The Interior Department advanced a solar project for the first time since July. (PV Mag) The Bureau of Land Management approved key amendments (like road rerouting) for the $2.3B, 1.4 GW Libra solar + ...

On December 8, 2025, the New York City Department of Buildings (“DOB”) issued Buildings Bulletin 2025-014, providing long-awaited clarification on how battery energy storage systems (“BESS”), ...

Colorado regulators signed off on Xcel Energy’s $1.3B plan to wire the state for the future, but it comes with a massive projected price tag for ratepayers. (DBJ) Xcel will roll out 180 projects ...

President Trump’s war on wind power, articulated on his first day in office, has hit an administrative reversal in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Judge Patti Saris earlier ...

Trump Media (TMTG) has decided its next act after Truth Social is…solving nuclear fusion. The company is merging with TAE Technologies in a $6B deal. The new entity will be co-led by Devin Nunes ...

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The UAE is rapidly emerging as a global AI and datacenter hub, with the sector projected to contribute $96 billion to the economy by 2030. But behind every AI workload, cloud service, and smart city ...

With grid reserve margins approaching 0% in key regions like PJM’s footprint, the "sweet spots" for rapid development are no longer where the power lines are—they’re where natural gas infrastructure ...

Utility emergency response is undergoing a transformation. What once felt like seasonal challenges has evolved into a year-round reality. Severe weather is striking more often, infrastructure is aging ...

The board approved the 1,100-mile, $9.4B Eastern Backbone transmission superhighway, which will deploy extra-high-voltage (765 kV) lines to connect Northeast Texas with the energy-hungry Permian Basin ...

The tariffs and the price paid for Brazilian electricity are not competitive. This harsh reality has been shown to me several times by directors of multinational companies who compare their units ...

EnergyHub has released a "Turing test" for the power grid, challenging VPPs to prove they can mimic gas peakers indistinguishably. (Utility Dive) Inspired by AI's Turing test, the so-called “Huels ...