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Nextnova to build 2 GW solar cell plant in Oklahoma
Nextnova Solar plans to open a 2 gigawatt solar cell manufacturing facility in Yukon, Oklahoma, adding new domestic production capacity to a…
Energy
Grids, renewables, and the policies and investments powering the energy transition.
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A polysilicon tariff set a $21 per kilogram floor price in August, but domestic wafer and cell lines cover only a sliver of the solar panels America assembles each year
A pallet of raw silicon wafers sits just inside a factory door in the Southeast, still wrapped in foam.Down the line, robotic…
Energy
Dominion Energy proposes 3.5 gigawatts of battery storage in 20-year Virginia plan
Dominion Energy has proposed adding 3.5 gigawatts of battery energy storage across its Virginia service territory over the next two decades. The…
Energy
Solar farms paired batteries with 16 percent of new capacity this year, up from 2 percent nine years earlier, and federal data confirm the shift is accelerating
A row of solar panels stretches toward the horizon, but the real story sits just behind it now.Parked beside the panels is…
Energy
Arizona court again blocks APS fee on solar customers
An Arizona Court of Appeals panel has again refused to let Arizona Public Service collect an extra monthly charge from customers who…
Energy
A Michigan data center contract sets a $2.26 billion exit fee if the tenant ever walks away, and state regulators built that number to shield other electric customers from the bill
Soybean rows once covered the ground where steel now rises in rural Washtenaw County. Transmission crews have spent months widening the lines…
Energy
Singapore finds geothermal reserves 60 times its annual power use
Singapore has identified underground geothermal reserves that could be more than 60 times greater than the city-state's total annual electricity consumption, according…
Energy
A geothermal heat pump once promised a 5 to 10 year payback on a $30,000 system, but losing a 30 percent tax credit stretched that wait past 15 years
A drilling rig sits in a side yard, its mast angled over a hole barely wider than a dinner plate.Below it runs…
Energy
EIA data show EV charging load growth slowing sharply in 2026
Growth in electricity consumption from electric vehicle charging slowed sharply in the first half of 2026, according to new federal data. Even…
Energy
A California utility offered EV owners $40 a month to let it manage their charging, but fewer than 5 percent signed up, so utilities are betting on automatic price signals instead
A driveway charger clicks on at midnight, then quietly clicks off again before sunrise, obeying a schedule its owner never set.That small…
Energy
Canadian Solar plans to double Indiana HJT cell capacity to 6.3 GW
Canadian Solar said it will expand its heterojunction solar cell factory in Jeffersonville, Indiana to 6.3 gigawatts of annual capacity. Trial production…
Energy
Solar panels are getting too heavy for one installer to carry alone, and factories added a 2 millimeter glass layer that cuts moisture damage by more than half
A solar panel coming off a factory line today is often too heavy for one installer to carry alone.The sheet of tempered…