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French energy conglomerate Total and local Duke Energy won bids for offshore wind development off the Carolinas with $315 million offers, says this May 11 Reuters report.

Seven states – Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, South Carolina, and Vermont – have enacted legislation to promote pollinator-friendly solar development. A new white paper by the Clean Energy States Alliance provides an overview of these state efforts and offers suggestions for what other states can do to promote solar while also creating or preserving healthy habitats for pollinators.

Louisville Gas and Electric's solar share program allows ratepayers to purchase a share of a large solar field and get a credit on their utility bills for the solar energy the share generates, WKYU-FM reports.

The city's municipal utility, the Tennessee Valley Authority's largest customer, has launched a study to explore whether it can save money by breaking away from TVA, possibly by developing or buying renewable energy sources like solar and wind.

In January 2019, the District of Columbia passed the most ambitious clean energy legislation in the nation. However, local climate activists say the hard work is just beginning — they want to know who will lead the DC and whether the law will benefit the least-privileged residents of the District.

With just a day left in the legislative session, the state Senate approved a solar energy bill that boosters said will keep South Carolina’s rooftop solar industry in business and help homeowners use panels to save money on power bills.

Unlike most of the cheapest solar power-purchase agreements seen in the U.S., utility Idaho Power’s project comes in a fledgling state market.

More than a dozen states are adopting “community solar” programs that are bringing solar power and lower energy bills to low-income households from New York to California.

The popularity of solar energy skyrocketed in South Carolina (SC) with the introduction of net metering in 2014 when the state legislature unanimously passed its landmark energy bill. After the introduction of the Distributed Energy Resources (DER) program, the Palmetto State went from having virtually no solar energy to having...

The Green New Deal that some Democrats are now championing is unlike anything this country has ever done before. But scientists have been studying policies like these for decades. And their research can tell us a bit about what might happen if we pass this sweeping new vision for climate action and economic equality.

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A Bigger Total Share of Offshore Wind

State Pollinator-Friendly Solar Initiatives

Low-Income Kentucky Families Get Shares in Solar Field

Cities Pressure TVA to Boost Renewable Energy as Memphis Weighs Breaking Away

DC Passed the Most Ambitious Clean Energy Law in the U.S. Now What?

South Carolina Solar Energy Legislation That Could Lower Power Bills Wins Senate Approval

Idaho Power Signs Super-Low Solar PPA to Buoy 100% Clean Energy Plans

Energy Equity: Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Communities

Sleeping Giant: The State of Solar in South Carolina

Will the Green New Deal Work? Here's What the Research Says