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Biggest Ever US Clean Energy Project is Complete After Nearly Two Decades

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June 18 (Reuters) – The biggest ever U.S. clean energy infrastructure project, an $11 billion wind farm and transmission line in New Mexico, is ​fully operational after nearly two decades of permitting and ‌construction, owner Pattern Energy Group said on Thursday. SunZia is a 3,650-megawatt wind farm and 550-mile (885-km) transmission line that will carry …

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Trump Erases Another $765 Million in Offshore Wind Leases

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Bloomberg The Trump administration is canceling four offshore wind leases held by power developer Invenergy LLC that total $765 million, the latest move by the White House to block new offshore wind development. Under a settlement with the Interior Department, Invenergy will redirect that investment to natural gas as well as geothermal projects in the western US, …

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Shell Plans US$1 Billion Wind Farms Sale in Latest Renewables Exit

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Shell once had grand ambitions to be the world’s biggest electricity producer through renewable energy sources Bloomberg News The plan to sell the offshore farms marks a further departure from the British energy giant Shell’s past strategy to diversify into green electricity, as they pivot back to fossil fuels. Shell PLC is preparing to launch a …

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Global Offshore Wind Capacity Set to Grow to 420 GW by End of 2035, GWEC Report Says

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( Reuters) – Global offshore wind capacity is set to quadruple over the next decade to reach ​420 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2035, ‌a report by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) showed on Tuesday. Around 92 GW of offshore wind was installed by ​the end of 2025, enough to power ​around 100 …

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US States Sue Trump Administration and TotalEnergies Over Offshore Wind Cancellation

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June 2 (Reuters) – Seven U.S. states led by New York sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for cancelling a major offshore wind ​lease off the coast of New York in exchange for a pledge by ‌its owner to invest instead in fossil fuel projects. The lawsuit in the Washington, D.C., federal court challenges a …

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US Energy Storage Additions Hit a First-Quarter Record, Report Shows

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  (Reuters) – U.S. energy storage developers installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours of new capacity in the first quarter of 2026, marking a record high for ​the quarter, an industry report showed on Thursday. Energy storage capacity ‌grew 32% in the quarter from a year ago despite federal actions the industry says are slowing clean energy development, …

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INSIGHT: Giant US Power Merger Bets on AI Build-Out, but May Hinge on Power Bills

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Summary Regulators to assess merger on consumer impact amid AI-driven demand Deal aims to accelerate data center power projects using combined scale, expertise Consumer advocates criticize merger as benefiting shareholders over ratepayers (Reuters) – NextEra and Dominion Energy’s massive merger may depend on ​whether the combined company can keep power bills in check even as …

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Solar to Surpass Coal in Texas Power Generation in 2026, EIA Says

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(Reuters) – Annual electric power generation from utility-scale solar will surpass that from coal for the first time in 2026 within the electricity grid, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook on Wednesday. Solar generation in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid, which serves most of the state, …

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Trump’s Crackdown on China-Linked Solar Firms stalls U.S. Factory Boom

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Summary Installers, banks, insurers shun China-linked U.S. solar factories Industry awaits guidance on new subsidy restrictions Financing delays threaten new U.S. power capacity as demand soars (Reuters) – Top solar companies, banks and insurers have stopped doing business with at least a half dozen recently built U.S. panel factories because of uncertainty over whether their …

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Trump Administration Cites National Security to Halt US Wind Farm Projects

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(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has brought U.S. onshore ​wind development to a halt, citing national security concerns, ‌the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Approvals for about 165 onshore wind projects on private lands are being held up by the ​Pentagon, FT said, citing the American Clean Power Association ​and people close to the …

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