Deal With Ted Cruz Sets Stage for Russia Pipeline Fight in Early 2022

WASHINGTON — A Senate deal has set the stage for a January vote on whether to sanction the company behind a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, complicating the Biden administration’s efforts to prevent a Russian invasion of…

Q CELLS, Enphase Import AC Module Solution to Europe

The new Q.PEAK DUO ML-G9+/AC module Europe’s rooftop solar markets are set to welcome a new PV technology this month as Q CELLS launches its Enphase Energy-powered AC module (ACM) across…

ENGIE Commissions Last of 13 U.S. Renewables Projects Owned with Hannon Armstrong

ENGIE North America Inc., a renewable energy project development and management company, and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc., an investor in climate solutions,…

$100 Million in Financing Secured by Lightsource bp for Large Alabama Solar Project

Black Bear Solar energy project Lightsource bp has successfully closed on a $100 million financing package for its 130 MW DC Black Bear Solar energy project in Montgomery County, Ala. The…

130-MW solar project will support 11 Alabama utilities

Lightsource bp is moving forward on its 130-MWdc Black Bear Solar energy project in Montgomery County, Alabama. “This project demonstrates the positive impacts that result from partnerships with shared goals to reduce carbon emissions,…

Solar’s role in popularizing green hydrogen

Photovoltaic solar, with its range of complementing technologies and uses, is expected to be integral in another process of decarbonizing the grid: creating a carbon-free fuel source. Hydrogen cells are an energy source that, when expended,…

Inside the Campaign to Save an Imperiled Cambodian Rainforest

We were seated near a lush river in the Southern Cardamom Mountains, huddled over a lunch of chicken and rice, when the tip came in via text message: Someone had passed along the location of a poaching camp.Within minutes, the entire group…

Manchin Rejects Landmark Legislation, Putting Biden’s Climate Goals at Risk

WASHINGTON — The declaration from Senator Joe Manchin III that he cannot support his party’s $2.2 trillion Build Back Better bill has significantly dimmed the prospects for the climate action that scientists say the United States must…

California Proposes Raising Fees on Owners of Rooftop Solar Systems

California regulators on Monday proposed requiring people with rooftop solar panels to pay more of the costs of operating the electric grid, a plan that some supporters of clean energy argued could greatly reduce the incentive for new residential…

Battling for Bolivia’s Lithium That’s Vital to Electric Cars

“The amount of lithium we need in any of our climate goals is incredible,” said Anna Shpitsberg, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for energy transformation. “Everyone is trying to build up their supply chains and think about…