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COMMENTARY: Texas Wind Speeds in Focus As Rare Fossil Fuel Output Cut in Reach

By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Texas’s main power generation system is on track for a rare contraction in fossil fuel-fired generation in 2025, as long as output from the state’s massive wind farms rises sharply as expected during the final quarter of the year. During the first nine months of 2025, …

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Trump Administration Mulls Additional $12 Billion Clean Energy Funding Cut

(Reuters) – The U.S. government is considering cancelling an additional $12 billion in clean energy funding, including awards for auto manufacturing and carbon capture, according to a list of targeted projects seen by Reuters. The projects on the list include two major direct air capture hubs that received billion-dollar awards from the administration of former …

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IEA Trims Renewables Outlook as US Policy Shifts and China Auction Reforms Weigh

The International Energy Agency on Tuesday cut its global forecast for renewable power growth by 2030 by 248 gigawatts from last year’s outlook, citing weaker prospects in the United States and China, even as solar power continues to drive record additions. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to rise by 4,600 GW by 2030 …

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Solar Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Cancellation of $7 bln in Grants

Oct 6 (Reuters) – A group of labor unions, nonprofits and solar companies sued the Trump administration on Monday over its cancellation of a $7 billion Biden-era grant program that aimed to expand solar energy to low-income communities. The complaint, filed in federal court in Rhode Island, alleges that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and …

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The Energy Export Race Has a Clear Winner: China

By Akshat Rathi A model of a floating solar farm displayed at the Trina Solar Co. offices in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. Industry giants including Trina Solar have announced billions on overseas factories in more than 50 countries. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg There’s a battle underway to win the energy export …

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Shell’s US Executive Says Trump’s Halting of Wind Projects Harms Investment

(Reuters) – The decision by President Donald Trump administration to halt fully permitted offshore wind energy projects is “very damaging” to investment, President of Shell  U.S. Colette Hirstius told the Financial Times in a report published on Sunday. The executive told the newspaper that energy projects with proper permits should be allowed to continue and warned …

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COMMENTARY: California’s Solar and Battery Combo Packs a Transformational Punch

By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Although overshadowed so far by booming data center demand and the U.S. government’s gutting of clean energy policies, California’s rapid scaling of solar farms and battery systems may yet emerge as 2025’s most significant power story. California’s mammoth solar farms have generated more electricity than the …

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US Energy Department Cancels $7.6 Billion in Funding Meant for Projects

(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday said it planned to cancel $7.56 billion in financing for hundreds of energy projects that it said would not provide sufficient returns to taxpayers. The department’s announcement came hours after White House budget director Russell Vought said in a post on X that the administration would …

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Orsted Resumes Work on US Offshore Wind Farm After Stop-Work Order Lifted

COPENHAGEN, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Denmark’s Orsted (ORSTED.CO) said on Wednesday it had resumed work on a U.S. offshore wind project after a federal judge on Monday ruled it could restart construction while the Trump administration’s legal case to fully halt the project continues. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a stop-work order …

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US Intends to Cancel $13 Billion in Funds for Green Energy

Sept 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy intends to cancel more than $13 billion in funds that the Biden administration had pledged to subsidize wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles, it said on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear which funds were being targeted. The department did not immediately respond to a request …

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