“U.S. power plant developers and operators plan to add 86 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric generating capacity to the U.S. power grid in 2026 in our latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory report, a record if realized.”
“New U.S. electric generating capacity expected to reach a record high in 2026” U.S. Energy Information Administration, by the Office of Energy Statistics staff, February 20, 2026.
“Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have managed to “bottle” the Sun’s energy, advancing renewable energy goals by enabling the storage of solar power in a novel format.”
“Bottling the Sun: How Researchers Created Organic Solar Storage Molecules More Efficient than Lithium-Ion Batteries”
The Debrief, by Ryan Whelan, February 17, 2026.
“Shellworks claims to have developed the ‘world’s first’ fully home-compostable pipette dropper for products in the beauty and wellness sectors, stating that its compostable solutions have replaced over 90 tonnes of conventional plastic so far.”
“Shellworks unveils ‘world’s first’ fully compostable cosmetics
pipette dropper” Packaging Europe, June 20, 2025.
“Since 2023, wind and solar generation, especially utility-scale solar, have been the fastest-growing sources of electricity in ERCOT and are increasingly meeting rising demand.”
“ERCOT increasingly meets rising demand with solar, wind, and batteries” US Energy Information Administration,
by Kimberly Peterson, and Tyler Hodge, October 24, 2025.
“As the United States grapples with mounting electronic waste (e-waste) pollution, a growing number of states are moving beyond stopgap recycling efforts and adopting legislation that reflects the core principles of a circular economy: durability, repairability, extended producer responsibility (EPR), and universal access to safe disposal.”
“How States Are Evolving E-Waste Policy to Reduce Pollution and Promote Stewardship” Duane Morris Government Strategies, by statecapitallobbyist, July 17, 2025.
“Gas and electric utility Eversource Energy completed the first phase of its geothermal network in Framingham, Massachusetts, in 2024.”
“Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump
Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion”
Inside Climate News, by Phil McKenna, December 3, 2025.
“…the richness of grassland bird species was nearly two times greater on the ecovoltaic sites than in the agricultural reference fields throughout most of the monitoring season.”
“U.S. research finds PV can support bird, bat activities”
PV Magazine, by Patrick Jowett, September 10, 2025.
“EIR’s relatively positive outlook for solar comes despite attacks on renewable energy by the Trump administration…”
“US added 2 GW of solar in September, putting
2025 ahead of 2024 for new solar generation” Utility Dive,
by Meris Lutz, December 4, 2025.
“First Solar will build a fifth US module plant with 3.7 GW of annual output, lifting its total domestic capacity to more than 14 GW by 2026…”
“First Solar plans fifth US factory
with 3.7 GW capacity addition” pv magazine,
by Ryan Kennedy, November 4, 2025.
“First the good news. Rebecca Elliott, energy reporter for the New York Times, wrote recently that the US will continue to see a surge in renewable energy for the next two years. How is that possible, when the administration is cancelling wind and solar projects at a furious pace?”
“Renewables In America Will Continue
To Rise Despite The Loss Of Incentives” CleanTechnica,
by Steve Hanley, three weeks ago.
“…Bill McKibben explained…that it took the world around 70 years to install a terawatt of solar energy, and only two years for the second to come online. The third is expected to be installed by 2026, demonstrating how falling costs, supportive government policies, and technological advancements are fueling the acceleration in solar deployment.”
“Pioneering journalist explains which energy source is dominating global energy grids: ‘We will soon live in a very different world'” Yahoo!Shopping, by Kristen Lawrence, October 28, 2025.
“Co-founded by Al Gore and Gavin McCormick, Climate TRACE uses satellites, remote sensing technology, and artificial intelligence algorithms to monitor emissions from 660 million sources around the world.”
“We use satellites, other remote sensing techniques, and artificial intelligence to deliver a detailed look at global emissions that gets even better over time.” ClimateTRACE.org
“Despite orders from the White House forcing coal plants to stay open, coal plant retirements in the U.S. are projected to be higher in 2025 than 2024! Coal plants are simply old, dirty, and very expensive. Cleantech wins even on unfair playing fields!”
“China and India accounted for 87% of the new
coal-power capacity put into operation in the first half
of 2025, whereas other regions continued to move away from coal.” CarbonBrief, by Christine Shearer
and Lucy Hummer, August 27, 2025.
“Early research suggests that, along with producing power in land-constrained areas, putting solar arrays above water can help keep panels cool, in turn improving their efficiency and electricity output.”
“California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online” Canary Media, by Maria Gallucci, September 10, 2025
“Expedition 501, a $25 million collaboration of more than a dozen countries including the U.S., drilled 20 to 30 miles (30 to 50 kilometers) off the coast into what is now believed to be a freshwater reserve stretching from New Jersey to Maine.”
“Takeaways from a hunt for ‘secret’ fresh water under the North Atlantic seabed”, APNews, By Calvin Woodward, Carolyn Kaster
and Rodrique Ngowi, September 5, 2025.
“Ford on Monday announced it would invest $2 billion in a Louisville, Kentucky, assembly plant aimed at rolling out more affordable electric vehicles.”
“Ford announces $2 billion investment in Louisville assembly plant aimed at cheap EVs CNBC, by Ali McCadden, August 11, 2025.
“In the U.S., surging AI demand is colliding with a fragile power grid, the kind of extreme bottleneck that Goldman Sachs warns could severely choke the industry’s growth…In China, Ma continued, it’s considered a ‘solved problem.’”
“AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S.
grid is so weak, the race may already be over”
Fortune, by Eva Roytburg, August 14, 2025.
A new vision for solar! An Interview with Cora Stryker on Bright Saver’s Balcony Solar Progress!
“Interview with Cora Stryker on Bright Saver’s
Balcony Solar Progress!” The Weekly Anthropocene,
by Sam Matey-Coste, August 18, 2025.
“In all, financing provided to oil, gas and coal projects by Wall Street’s top six banks fell 25% to $73 billion this year through Aug. 1 from the same period in 2024”
“Wall Street Sees Decline in Dealmaking for Oil and Gas Clients” Bloomberg, by Alastair Marsh and Lauren
Rosenthal, August 6, 2025.
“…solar would account for more than half of the 64 GW that developers plan to bring online this year. Battery storage, wind, and natural gas power plants account for virtually all of the remaining capacity additions for 2025.”
“U.S. developers report half of new electric generating capacity will come from solar” U.S. Energy Information Administration, by Office of Energy Statistics staff, August 20, 2025.
“The Columbia Business School reports that America’s Clean Energy Transition Will Continue Despite the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). While the bill guts renewable energy incentives, undercuts US manufacturing, and hands a long-term advantage to China, economics will continue to drive clean energy growth.Even without federal support, solar and wind are economically unstoppable.”
“Transition Will Continue Despite the One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Columbia Business School Insights, by Isabel Hoyos,
Hyae Ryung (Helen) Kim, and Gernot Wagner, July 16, 2025.
“More than 180 local households will see significantly lower energy bills after the solar array atop Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s new parking ramp powers up later this year.”
“Minnesotans push ahead with solar amid Trump opposition” Minnesota Reformer, by Brian Martucci, July 28, 2025.
“Renewable energy sources, such as solar power and battery storage, have helped keep power on in New England, even during peak demand on the hottest day of summer.”
Renewables Helped Prevent Blackouts on New England’s Hottest Day This Summer” EcoWatch, by Paige Bennett, July 18, 2025.
“Across the world, wind power is growing fast—but not fast enough. To meet climate goals and reach carbon neutrality, the United Nations says global wind energy must triple in the next ten years…Now, a fresh approach is gaining attention. A bladeless wind turbine, designed by the Spanish startup Vortex Bladeless, uses a vibrating upright cylinder to harvest wind power.
“New bladeless wind turbine generates clean, quiet, bird-safe power” Brighter Side of the News, by Joseph Shavit, July 25, 2025.
“Yesterday, Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the International Court of Justice, delivered the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on climate change. It is the most far-reaching legal statement ever made on the responsibility of States to protect the rights of current and future generations to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.”
“306: Breaking Planetary News: The ICJ Climate Opinion Explained” (NOTE THIS IS A PODCAST) Outrage + Opimism, hosted by Christiana Figueres, Paul Dickinson, andTom Rivett-Carnac.
“The so-called autonomous mobility subsidiary of Volkswagen America has announced a new partnership with Uber. Slated to roll out across the country over the next decade, this plan calls for the deployment of all-electric, fully autonomous vans from the ID. Buzz – aptly set to be called the ID. Buzz AD.”
“Volkswagen and Uber Partner on Robotaxis” TheTruthAboutCars, by Matthew Guy, April 24, 2025.
“…the bioreactor consumed biogas continuously for more than a month and converted >85% of the methane from manure on site without the need for pre-treatment of the gas or any external sources of energy for the methane conversion.”
“Windfall Bio Validates Methane-to-Value
Solution in Successful Pilot with Straus Family Creamery” GlobalNewsWire, by Windfall Bio, June 12, 2025.
“Amid all the noise, one thing is clear: new energy tech is growing consistently, and with increasing impact. Today, the world invests twice as much in new energy technologies as it does in fossil fuels.”
Rewiring the energy debate” The Electrotech Revolution, by Daan Walter, Sam Butler-Sloss, and Kingsmill Bond, May 28, 2025.
“Wisconsin’s Paris Solar-Battery Park, the state’s first large-scale energy storage project, is now operational.”
“Wisconsin’s first large-scale energy storage project is up and running” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, by Rick Barrett, June 3, 2025.
“…the most impressive clean energy producer in the country isn’t on the coast; it’s in the heart of the Great Plains.”
“South Dakota, an unexpected leader in renewable energy” Environment America, by Johanna Neumann and Ryan Moeckly, June 2, 2025.
“Massachusetts startup Factorial has unveiled Gammatron, a historic new AI digital twin simulation platform built to accelerate battery cell technology progress.”
“Factorial Unveils GammatronTM: AI-Powered Digital Twin to Fast-Track Battery Breakthroughs” The Battery Magazine,
by Akanksha Tomer, June 20, 2025.
“In May 2025, China installed an unprecedented 92.92 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in just one month.”
“The Solar Surge That Redefined Energy Benchmarks” Apollo Energy Analytics, by admin, June 30, 2025.
“…in the USA, enhanced geothermal is expected to achieve plant capital costs (US$4,500 kW−1) and a levelized cost of electricity (US$80 MWh−1) that are competitive with market electricity prices by 2027. With further development of EGS to manage induced seismicity risk and increase system flexibility, EGS could provide stable baseload and potentially dispatchable electricity in clean energy systems.”
“Enhanced geothermal systems for clean firm energy generation” Nature Reviews Clean Technology, by Roland Horne et al. January 31, 2025.
“Pakistan is leading a solar revolution, with 17 gigawatts (GW) of solar-based capacity deployed across both distributed and utility-scale levels. Integrating BESS to these systems is the next logical step, especially in decentralized, behind-the-meter applications…”
“Increased battery energy storage system (BESS) adoption presents opportunities for grid modernization and system planning in Pakistan” Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, by Haneea Isaad and Syed Faizan Ali Shah, June 5, 2025.
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces…Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
“Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change” The Washington Post, by Naema Ahmed and Chico Harlan, April 14, 2025, via archive.today.
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to restore climate change-related webpages to its websites after it was sued over the deletions in February.”
“Facing lawsuit, USDA says it will restore climate change-related webpages” AP News, by Melina Walling, May 13, 2025.
“A new International Energy Agency report quantifies the accelerating global growth of electric vehicles. In 2024, over 20% of all new cars sold worldwide were either plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) or fully electric (EVs)…”
“Battery-powered cars are on the rise worldwide”
Canary Media, by Dan McCarthy, May 23, 2025.
“American manufacturing has already surged in the clean energy sector, bringing with it significant economic rewards.”
“Just how many jobs and GDP dollars do US clean energy
factories create?” Canary Media, by Julian Spector, May 20, 2025.
“After years of rigorous research and development at its state-of-the-art Battery Center of Excellence, Ion Park, Ford has announced a major innovation: Lithium Manganese Rich (LMR) battery chemistry.”
“Ford Makes Breakthrough With Lithium Manganese Rich (LMR)
Battery Chemistry” EVInfo.net, by Charles Poon, April 23, 2025.
“For the first time ever, cleaner, low-carbon energy sources
generated more electricity than fossil fuels.”
“US passes momentous energy milestone for first time in history:
‘It is a trend we believe is irreversible'”
Yahoo News, by Michael Muir, May 18, 2025.
“General Motors is bringing in potentially groundbreaking new battery tech that not only has 30 percent more energy density at the existing production cost for cells but”…”even claims this new type of battery pack could lower the cost of its electric SUVs so they’re comparable to their gasoline counterparts.”
“GM’s New Battery Tech Could Be a Breakthrough for
Affordable EVs” Wired, by John Voelcker, May 13, 2025.
“More than 90% of the new energy capacity built worldwide last year was clean, per data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). That’s a new high watermark for solar, wind, and other renewable energy resources.”
“Chart: Clean energy dominated global power construction
in 2024″ Canary Media, by Dan McCarthy, May 2, 2025.
“The Trump administration turned the offshore wind industry on its head last month when it slapped a stop-work order on New York’s Empire Wind 1 project. The move launched local protests, and Empire’s developer is considering a lawsuit. But the dream of offshore wind is still alive — for now — in the warm waters off Virginia’s coast.”
“Massive Virginia offshore wind project presses
on with construction” Canary Media,
by Clare Feiseler, May 5, 2025.
“This Earth Day, take a break from the doomscrolling. Here are five reasons to hope — and maybe even feel a flicker of optimism.”
“This Earth Day, there are some reasons to be
hopeful about the climate” Washington Post,
by María Luisa Paúl, updated April 22, 2025.
“An experiment to swap steam radiators for eco-friendly, electric heat pumps at a Queens public housing complex has yielded promising results, nearly two years in.”
“Electric Heat Pumps Get Warm Reviews
at Queens Public Housing Development” The City,
by Samantha Maldonado, February 27, 2025.
“Southwest Minnesota is making big strides in renewable energy, with wind and solar projects driving economic growth and strengthening local communities.”
“Southwest Minnesota sees big gains with wind and solar”
CERTS Clean Energy Resource Teams,
by Joel Haskard & Emily Haeg Nguyen, March 2025.
“The report from the International Renewable Energy Agency shows that 585 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity were added worldwide, accounting for more than 90% of total power expansion last year.”
“Renewables surged globally in 2024, new data shows”
Axios, by Andrew Freedman, March 26, 2025.
“…the International Energy Agency (IEA) recently published its landmark World Energy Outlook 2024 report. It suggests that energy demand for data centres and AI will still be pretty small for the next five years at least.”
“What’s the impact of artificial intelligence on energy demand?” Sustainability by Numbers, by Hannah Ritchie, November 17, 2024.
“The US Department of Energy’s EIA….estimates that total capacity additions for 2025 will reach approximately 63 GW – the nation’s highest annual deployment volume. In comparison, 48.6 GW of utility-scale capacity was deployed in 2024, marking the highest total since 2002 when approximately 60 GW of new capacity was connected to the grid…”
“Solar, batteries, wind to make up 93% of 2025 US
electricity capacity deployments” PV Magazine,
by John Fitzgerald Weaver, March 3, 2025.
“If [these factories] all open, this will nearly double America’s EV battery manufacturing capacity in one year, reaching 421.5 gigawatt-hours per year in a 90% increase from the end of 2024.”
“Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope: March 12, 2025”
Climate Action Now, March 12, 2025.
“The clean energy industry shattered records in 2024, deploying an unprecedented 49 GW of capacity—a remarkable 33% increase over the previous record of 37 GW set in 2023.”
“NEW REPORT: Clean Energy Dominates in 2024” American Clean Power, Press Release, March 5, 2025.
“…a new report has found that Americans bought 37% more heat pumps than gas furnaces in the first 11 months of 2024. That’s a record-high lead for heat pumps, up from a 21% difference in 2023. We’re going the right direction on clean, reliable heating!
“Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope: February 27, 2025”
Climate Action Now, February 27, 2025.
“…the electrification of passenger car fleets in both Norway and Denmark continued into 2025, with both countries reporting strong EV sales figures for January.”
“Denmark lifts EV share to 64 pct of new car market,
as Tesla sales slump across Scandinavia” The Driven,
by Joshua S. Hill, February 20, 2025.
“According to a report from BloombergNEF, the cost of clean energy is predicted to fall by 2-11% in 2025, with a projected decrease of 22-49% by 2035. The report says the cost savings may be a result of China’s rapid growth in clean energy tech manufacturing.”
“Clean Energy Costs Expected to Drop 2-11% in 2025, Report Says”
Eco Watch, by Paige Bennett, February 7, 2025.
“By linking together thousands of air conditioning units, Dakota Electric can reduce electric usage during periods of peak demand to such an extent it essentially prevents the need to build a traditional fossil fuel-fired power plant.”
“How ‘virtual’ power plants could help Minnesota
charge toward a clean energy future” MPR News,
by Dan Kraker, February 12, 2025
“Heat pumps just keep getting hotter. The über-efficient, emissions-free appliance outsold gas furnaces in 2024 — and by a bigger margin than ever.”
“Heat pumps outsold gas furnaces by their
biggest-ever margin in 2024″ Canary Media,
by Alison F. Takemura,February 20, 2025
“Forget Charmin, Cottonelle, or Quilted Northern. In Japan, there’s a new toilet paper roll on shelves, and it’s nothing like the others.”
“Japan rolls out new recycled toilet paper made from used diapers” GoodGoodGood, by Kamrin Baker, January 17, 2025
“…the latest ruling from the Constitutional Court of Ecuador is expected to establish a precedent that allows more people to sue on behalf of nature to protect marine environments from exploitation, including fossil fuel development.”
“Ecuador’s Coastal Ecosystems Have Rights, Constitutional
Court Rules” EcoWatch, by Paige Bennett, January 17, 2025
“When it comes to energy, Jarand Rystad is the numbers guy. The former McKinsey & Company partner founded Oslo-based Rystad Energy, an independent research and energy intelligence company that sells data and analysis on oil, gas, coal and renewable forms of energy”
“A top energy strategist is optimistic about climate change. And he has the data to back that up” AP News, by David McHugh, October 7, 2024
“In seeing the devastation of Helene and Milton, we felt a strong pull to make a bold commitment to recovery — and we weren’t alone. We received an outpouring of calls and emails from people eager to help the communities and forests impacted by these storms and we’re proud to be in a position to help make restoration happen…”
“Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 10 Million Trees to Replace Those Destroyed by Hurricanes Helene and Milton” EcoWatch,
by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, December 31, 2024
“…in 2024, there were several reasons for cheer as well, with conservationists finding that certain species, once at the brink of extinction, are making a comeback”
“Road to recovery: Wild animals staging a comeback in 2024” Mongabay, by Shreya Dasgupta, December 31, 2024