Alaska’s 223-Mile Power Project Gets $150M Federal Boost
The U.S. Department of Energy plans to provide up to $150 million in Defense Production Act funding for Alaska’s Beluga-Healy Transmission Project. Combined with...
New Bill Seeks Faster Energy Approvals
A bipartisan U.S. Senate bill would reform federal energy permitting by protecting previously issued permits and expanding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s authority over...
DOE Unveils Major Push to Upgrade U.S. Power Grid
The U.S. Department of Energy plans to support 31 grid-improvement projects across 26 states through its SPARK initiative, with $5.25 billion in total investment,...
U.S. to Subsidize Next-Generation Geothermal Energy Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy announced more than $99 million for 21 geothermal energy projects across the United States. The projects are designed to...
U.S. Calls for Stronger Nuclear Cooperation at IAEA
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright addressed the 70th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, emphasizing the United States’...
EPA Cuts Power Plant Rules Over Energy Costs and Reliability
The EPA finalized the repeal of most of the Biden administration’s 2024 greenhouse-gas regulations for fossil-fuel power plants and proposed eliminating all remaining federal...
Solar Growth Threatens Utility Revenues
The Financial Times describes how cheap Chinese solar panels are rapidly transforming electricity systems around the world. Solar capacity has reached nearly 1.2 terawatts...
Washington Expands Its Role in America’s Nuclear Revival
The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies report, From Regulator to Investor: The Expanding Role of the U.S. Government in Nuclear Energy Innovation, examines how...
China’s Giant Tibet Dam Highlights Growing Risks in the Himalayas
China began construction on July 19, 2025, on a massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo River near Medog County in Nyingchi, southeastern Tibet,...
Nuclear Restarts Signal a Changing U.S. Power Landscape
The U.S. Department of Energy has closed a loan of up to $1.9 billion to NextEra Energy to help restart the Duane Arnold Energy...