Month: January 2025

Sunrise brief: Where does solar stand in Trump’s ‘all the above’ energy policy?

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The rise of transferable tax credits in clean energy finance

The second Trump administration has taken office at a time when energy demand in the United States is rapidly increasing after a decade of stagnant growth. To meet this demand, energy developers and manufacturers must build capital-intensive projects over long periods of time, selecting from different financing tools available to them. In the two years …

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Trump’s Retreat From Clean Energy Puts the U.S. Out of Step With the World

President Trump’s repudiation of renewable-energy technologies stands to make the United States an outlier in the world. Many of its large-economy peers are choosing a different path. Even as coal, oil and gas still power the global economy, and more fossil fuels are burned year after year, the movement globally is toward heavy investment in …

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Opinion | China Will Be Thrilled if Trump Kills America’s Green Economy

In its heyday in the mid-20th century, the steel mill in Weirton, W.Va., employed 13,000 people and offered workers a relatively stable blue-collar life. In 2003, Weirton Steel filed for bankruptcy. Shops downtown boarded up their windows, and young people moved away from the declining Appalachian town. Weirton’s prospects were turning around in May 2023 …

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There will be sun: Texas’ $50 billion solar land boom

A study backed by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and others said solar, batteries, and wind is expected to contribute over $20 billion in tax revenue and nearly $30 billion in payments to landowners. January 22, 2025 Existing and under-development utility-scale solar, wind, and battery energy storage projects are expected to generate a boom …

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Sol Systems builds 182 MW solar project over historic mine in Illinois 

Sol Systems is transforming a 1,050-acre historic subsurface mine site in Randolph County, Illinois, through the construction of a $345 million solar project. The company announced the financial close of the 182 MW project on Jan. 22. Dubbed the Tilden Solar project, the system will produce enough renewable energy to power approximately 33,800 Illinois homes …

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Where does solar stand in Trump’s ‘all the above’ energy policy?

President Donald Trump’s administration has voiced support for an “all the above” approach to energy policy in the United States. So far, the administration has made a whirlwind of actions to boost oil and natural gas, and make cuts to incentives for clean energy resources. While the administration has injected momentum into fossil fuels and …

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4 things to look for in global solar market in 2025

Global solar installations per region, 2020-2025 (GWdc). Source: Wood Mackenzie Installed solar capacity reached new heights in 2024, but the industry will see growth halt in 2025 amidst several uncertainties, according to a new report. Wood Mackenzie recently released the “Global solar: four things to look for in 2025” report, which shows several limitations such …

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Encore Renewable Energy completes 2 community solar projects in Maine

Encore Renewable Energy, a renewable energy developer and operator, completed the first two solar projects it will both own and operate in Maine. The 4-MW Brooks Solar project. Encore Renewable Energy Brooks Solar, a 4-MW solar array located in Brooks, and Alpine Street Solar, a 2.3-MW array located in Oakland, were both energized last month. …

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Google-supported solar projects more than double Oklahoma solar capacity

Five planned solar facilities will add 700 MW of capacity to a state that currently has only 376 MW of solar installed. January 22, 2025 Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) announced five solar projects in Oklahoma totaling over 700 MW and supported by long-term power purchase agreements with Google. The Mayes County Solar Portfolio, which includes …

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