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The system—with an endowment second only to Harvard’s—is diversifying into wind and solar energy at a fraught time for renewables. By Janet Lorin A crypto data center in Pyote, Texas, on land leased from the University of Texas System. Photographer: Jordan Vonderhaar for Bloomberg Markets Scores of wind turbines, each as tall as a 50-story …
Oil-Rich University of Texas Wants to Cash In on AI, Crypto and Power Read More »
By Josh Saul The developer of a New Jersey offshore wind farm designed to power more than 700,000 homes has pulled the plug on the project, the latest setback for a sector whose prospects have worsened under the Trump administration. “This filing marks the closing of a chapter,” Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Chief Executive Officer …
NJ Wind Project That Trump Dubbed a Disaster Is Canceled Read More »
WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate should make changes to House budget reconciliation bill provisions that phase out clean-energy tax credits, including easing start-date requirements, Republican Senator John Curtis of Utah said on Tuesday. Curtis, one of a handful of Senate Republicans who have said they want to preserve some of the clean-energy …
US Senate Should Ease Provisions For Clean-Energy Tax Credits, Republican Senator Says Read More »
The current version of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill would reduce the amount of renewable energy capacity added in the US over the next decade, resulting in 10% less wind, solar, and storage capacity by 2035. Summary by Bloomberg AI The bill would particularly impact wind power, with new capacity shrinking by 35% …
Trump’s Tax Bill Would Dampen, But Not Quash, the Clean Energy Buildout Read More »
(Reuters) – A surge in clean energy spending is expected to drive a record $3.3 trillion (2.89 trillion euros) in global energy investment in 2025, despite economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday. Clean energy technologies, including renewables, nuclear, and energy storage, are set to attract $2.2 trillion in …
Global Energy Investment Set to Hit Record $3.3 Trillion in 2025, IEA Says Read More »
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Fishing companies and offshore wind opponents filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s decision to reverse course and allow construction to resume on Empire Wind, a $5 billion wind farm project off New York’s coast. Protect Our Coast New Jersey, Clean Ocean Action, ACK for Whales and 12 …
Wind Opponents Sue Trump Administration to Block New York Wind Project Read More »
My Power Hour discussion with Representatives Chip Roy and Josh Brecheen By Alex Epstein I invited Representatives Chip Roy and Josh Brecheen for a discussion about how they defeated a hoard of subsidy-seeking lobbyists to cut off new solar and wind subsidies in the “Big Beautiful Bill.” I had the opportunity to help out with …
By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, May 28 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill calls for drastic cuts to clean energy tax credits that have been major drivers of the boom seen in utility-scale renewable power and battery capacity over the past three years or so. The bill was passed by …
COMMENTARY: Key US Clean Energy Charts That Track Trump’s Tax Bill Impact Read More »
Last week, Republicans were planning to keep the vast majority of the trillion-dollar IRA subsidies, including grid-destroying solar/wind subsidies. Fortunately, a few energy freedom fighters saved us By Alex Epstein Last week, Republicans were planning to keep the vast majority of the trillion-dollar IRA subsidies, including grid-destroying solar/wind subsidies. (I sounded the alarm here.) Fortunately, the …
Victory for Energy Freedom: the House (Finally) Limits IRA Subsidies Read More »
By Kari Lundgren and Will Mathis A rendering of Equinor’s Empire Wind project Photographer: Eirik Hamre Clausen/Equinor The Trump administration’s surprise reversal of an order to halt a $5 billion wind energy project off the coast of New York offered some respite to a beleaguered industry whose future in the US has been in doubt. …
Trump U-Turn on $5 Billion Wind Farm Lifts Ailing Industry Read More »
