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What’s going on with the National Laboratory of the Rockies?

Five turbines decommissioned, no replacements planned—what this means for America's clean energy future

October 20, 2026

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Alaska plans 223-mile transmission line to strengthen Railbelt grid

The project addresses a fundamental vulnerability in Alaska's grid: limited transmission pathways between major population and generation centers.

October 7, 2026

Power transmission towers spanning across forested valley at sunset with mountains in background

Fit Energy to repurpose former mining lands into a fuel cell power generation, technology & data center project

Former mining and aggregate site in Luzerne County to be redeveloped into a non-combustion fuel cell power generation and technology & data center project.

October 6, 2026

DOE Alumni Network and Lawyers for Good Government release report marking one year since mass award terminations

One year later, billions in clean energy funding remain frozen in federal limbo.

October 2, 2026

Public Storage rooftop solar provides roadmap for next phase of clean energy

If all goes to plan, the partnership with developer Solar Landscape will deliver 44 megawatts to the grid within ComEd’s 11,400-square-mile territory.

September 21, 2026

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DOE closes $1.9B loan to restart Iowa nuclear plant

The Duane Arnold Energy Center in Linn County ceased operations in 2020 after 45 years of service.

September 16, 2026

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Sorbster’s targeted media solutions address ultra-low discharge limits and reshape water treatment standards

Chemically functionalized polishing media deliver parts-per-trillion performance for mercury, selenium, and hexavalent chromium.

September 15, 2026

Trying to get away from gas turbines, data centers place their hopes on small modular nuclear reactors

But some experts question whether the technology, yet to be commercially deployed in the U.S., can actually break through or if it is mostly benefitting from a PR push.

September 1, 2026

In Georgia, population growth and AI surge force shift in utility load forecasting

Georgia Power Company, an investor-owned entity, estimates 9,000 megawatts of load growth over the next six years.

September 1, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence

AI hyperscalers in Texas turn to on-site energy architecture for their needs

The collaboration between Lancium, an energy technology and infrastructure company, and AI infrastructure provider Crusoe will birth a grid-connected campus spanning 270 acres.

August 31, 2026

Aerial view of Lancium Clean Campus industrial facility with multiple buildings and parking areas, May 2025

Project Development

Homer City coal plant transformation marks rise of next-gen energy campus

A 4.5 GW natural gas complex will occupy the location of a shuttered Pennsylvania coal facility.

August 24, 2026

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Advanced Reactors

Oklo's Groves reactor reaches criticality less than a year after groundbreaking

Groves is one of 11 projects from 10 companies initially selected for DOE's Reactor Pilot Program.

August 20, 2026

What it takes to build America's largest single-site solar manufacturing facility

Inside Illuminate USA’s sprawling Ohio solar factory, the challenge is building the workforce, systems and supply chain to sustain American manufacturing at scale.

August 17, 2026

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Phillips 66, Kinder Morgan and HF Sinclair advance Western Gateway Pipeline

Western Gateway is a proposed 1,300-mile refined products pipeline system that would create a new fuel supply path from expanded Gulf Coast origin points to Arizona and California.

August 12, 2026

As US offshore wind disappears, a generation of workers is left behind

Thousands of workers who were promised steady, well-paying careers in offshore wind now find themselves racing to secure the few positions left or returning to their prior work.

August 11, 2026

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RWE agrees to surrender three U.S. offshore wind leases in $1.22B deal

The leases cover areas off New York, California and Louisiana and were still in early stages of development.

August 7, 2026

Offshore wind farm with multiple white turbines generating renewable energy in blue ocean waters under clear sky

As solar and batteries dominate in Texas, Republican lawmakers consider natural gas minimums

Renewables make up 70 percent of the state’s future electricity generation, outcompeting fossil fuels in the marketplace.

August 6, 2026

Aerial view of expansive solar panel farm with blue photovoltaic arrays arranged in rows across open field with forest backdrop

Artificial Intelligence

DOE taps Brookfield to redevelop former Paducah uranium enrichment site into AI energy campus

Brookfield's proposal calls for a 1.8 GW AI data center campus supported by 2 GW of new natural gas generation and 2.6 GW of battery energy storage.

August 5, 2026

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