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TotalEnergies to Provide Solar Power to Google’s Texas Data Centres

Feb 9 (Reuters) – French oil major TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) on Monday signed two long-term deals to supply solar power to Google’s (GOOGL.O) data centres in Texas, as it looks to tap rising electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence. Total will deliver 1 gigawatt of capacity – equivalent to 28 terawatt-hours of renewable power over 15 …

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Tesla Executives Say Company is Hiring to Support Musk’s Expanded Solar Strategy

Summary Tesla hiring to pursue Musk plan for 100 GW of US solar manufacturing Goal far exceeds current US solar manufacturing capacity Job post says plan is to meet solar manufacturing goal by end of 2028 Feb 6 (Reuters) – Tesla  is hiring to support founder Elon Musk’s recently announced plan to become the biggest U.S. …

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Extreme Cold Disrupts Hydro-Québec Exports to Massachusetts During Spike in Power Use

Extreme cold forced Hydro-Québec to temporarily suspend its energy exports to Massachusetts just one week after inaugurating its new line. Hydro-Québec and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs both confirmed the news, which was first reported by specialized media outlet E&E News. The decision came as last weekend’s polar vortex led to …

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GE Vernova’s Wind Setbacks Overshadow Strong Showing From Power, Electrification Units

By Vallari Srivastava and Sumit Saha Jan 28 (Reuters) – GE Vernova (GEV.N) said on Wednesday that its wind power unit might take about $250 million revenue hit this year due to installation delays at an offshore Massachusetts project and that it was expecting a drop in order backlog. The company said the failure to …

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Trump Nixes $1.8 Billion Biden-Era Loan to Arizona Utility for Clean Energy

By Ari Natter A $1.8 billion loan guarantee to an Arizona utility to deploy clean energy are among the projects the Energy Department has canceled following a review of loans made during former President Joe Biden’s administration, according to the department. The conditional loan guarantee to Arizona Public Service Company, a subsidiary of Pinnacle West …

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Judge Revives Martha’s Vineyard Wind Project Halted by Trump

By Mark Chediak and Brian Dowling A US judge said a nearly completed, $4.5 billion wind project off the coast of Massachusetts can resume construction weeks after the Trump administration required all such developments to stop work. US District Judge Brian Murphy on Tuesday granted Vineyard Wind’s request for a preliminary injunction, effectively reviving the …

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America’s Hatred of ‘Loser’ Wind Farms Is Contagious

By Lara Williams Donald Trump’s hatred of wind power continues. In a speech in Davos last week that managed to upset almost everyone, the US president still found time to get in a few trademark digs at renewable energy. “There are windmills all over Europe… and they are losers,” he said, in a strange anthropomorphism. …

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What Democrats Can Learn From the Trump Energy Playbook

Democrats shouldn’t be afraid to take more aggressive actions on clean energy, former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said. By Michelle Ma and Mark Chediak President Donald Trump’s scorched-earth approach toward renewable energy can offer inspiration for a future Democratic administration looking to retake the initiative to cut emissions, according to Jennifer Granholm, energy secretary under …

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European Nations Reinforce Wind Power Commitment With 100 GW Pledge

LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Britain, Germany, Denmark and other European countries will sign a clean energy pact at a summit in Hamburg on Monday, pledging to deliver 100 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power through large-scale joint projects, the British government said. The agreement comes days after U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up criticism …

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US Is Canceling Almost $30 Billion in Biden-Era Energy Loans

Takeaways by Bloomberg AI The Trump administration is canceling almost $30 billion of financing from the Energy Department’s green bank after reviewing transactions approved under former President Joe Biden. The Energy Department plans to revise another $53 billion of funding and has eliminated about $9.5 billion in financing for wind and solar projects. The Energy …

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