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![Aerial view of platforms on water with solar panels attached]()
![Aerial view of platforms on water with solar panels attached]()
Coming soon to a lake near you: Floating solar panels
New research finds that "floatovoltaics" could generate a substantial amount of energy worldwide.
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![digital collage of a Black hand turning off a light switch, an electric meter, and the logo for Xcel Energy]()
![digital collage of a Black hand turning off a light switch, an electric meter, and the logo for Xcel Energy]()
A lack of data hampers efforts to fix racial disparities in utility cutoffs
A Minnesota study found customers in communities of color are three times more likely than others to have their electricity cut off, highlighting a hidden nationwide problem.
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![Two massive warehouse-like white buildings sit next to a residential neighborhood.]()
![Two massive warehouse-like white buildings sit next to a residential neighborhood.]()
Virginia has the biggest data center market in the world. Can it also decarbonize its grid?
Dominion Energy, the state’s largest utility, says new natural gas plants will be needed to meet rising electricity demand, while the state studies how this booming sector will impact Virginia’s transition to renewable energy.
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![An array pf tall steel smokestacks and pipes with one central smokestack that is billowing white smoke.]()
![An array pf tall steel smokestacks and pipes with one central smokestack that is billowing white smoke.]()
Illinois Legislature puts the brakes on a carbon capture boom
A two-year moratorium on pipelines would be a first in the Midwest. Already, more than 20 capture wells have been proposed.
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![A man with muddy hands holds a huge brownish green rock.]()
![A man with muddy hands holds a huge brownish green rock.]()
Electric vehicles need cobalt. Congolese miners work in dangerous conditions to get it.
Black activists in the U.S. are fighting the exploitation of Black resources and workers in the Congo.
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![Several rows of black solar panels stretch over a yellow field.]()
![Several rows of black solar panels stretch over a yellow field.]()
California sides with big utilities, trimming incentives for community solar projects
Critics said the decision was "fatally flawed" and won't allow for a “just and equitable energy transition.”
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![An electric utility worker inspects a transmission tower at dusk.]()
![An electric utility worker inspects a transmission tower at dusk.]()
San Diego ponders a bid to take over its for-profit energy utility
Frustration with high rates and poor service is sparking campaigns to take over investor-owned utilities and make them nonprofit public entities.
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![Tall concrete tower shaped like a funnel with white smoke coming out of top.]()
![Tall concrete tower shaped like a funnel with white smoke coming out of top.]()
Georgia governor calls for even more nuclear power despite budget woes
State leaders celebrate new reactors with cake while residents watch power bills rise.
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![A man in a bucket hat installs panels on a roof with a palm tree in the background.]()
![A man in a bucket hat installs panels on a roof with a palm tree in the background.]()
Puerto Rico’s rooftop solar boom is at risk, advocates warn
Rooftop solar has been a lifeline for the U.S. territory during blackouts. Now a government entity wants to undo a law protecting a key solar program.
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![Low warehouse-like buildings sit in a parking lot on the end of a bay under a gray sky.]()
![Low warehouse-like buildings sit in a parking lot on the end of a bay under a gray sky.]()
As New York’s offshore wind work begins, an environmental justice community awaits the benefits
A labor agreement guarantees jobs for unions, but making sure Sunset Park residents are included remains a challenge.
