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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.

This October 28 feature holds a wind project bound for Texas up to the light - and sees too much torpor in the progress of the United States' grid updating. (Do you see a theme here?)

Can these Louisiana workers find prosperity making offshore wind equipment? — Workers, investors and policymakers peer into the Gulf Coast's future. (Courtesy the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.)

Some have tried and none have managed to sync America’s clean energy ambitions with its fossil-based heritage through federal policy. The current administration is trying in many industries, including offshore wind manufacturing. That warrants a look at the Gulf Coast. Known as a longtime oil and gas cluster, the Gulf...

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.

Georgia’s Debbie Dooley is a founding member of the Tea Party movement, as well as an advocate for renewable energy and president of Conservatives for Energy Freedom. In an interview with CEFF, Dooley discussed where alternative energy can fit into a conservative political philosophy, how to build bipartisan support for...

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.

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A Bigger Total Share of Offshore Wind

Transmission Trouble Touches Texas- and Taints the Whole American Economy

Big, But Not Easy: Can Offshore Wind Spark Economic Transformation in the Gulf Coast?

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

Debbie Dooley on the Conservative Case for Clean Energy

Energy Equity: Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Communities