Michelle Lewis

Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, which will be the US’s largest wind farm when it’s complete, has sent its first power to the grid.

Renewable energy provided over a quarter of US electrical generation in January 2026 – 11% more year-over-year – and accounted for over 36% of installed generating capacity, according to data just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

In 2026, the EIA reports that solar, wind, and batteries added over 55 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity while the net total from fossil fuels and nuclear was less than 1 GW. Projections for 2026 are even more dramatic, according to the SUN DAY Campaign, which reviewed the data.

The US needs a lot more electricity fast, and one company thinks robots can help build it quicker.

Berkeley, California-based Terabase Energy says its next-gen Terafab automated solar construction system has finished field testing and is now ready to ship commercially. Terafab V2 brings autonomous robotics and AI into the way massive solar farms are built.

The world just added a record amount of wind and solar in 2025, and it’s not even close.

The LEGO Group is installing a large solar array at its new US factory in Chesterfield County, Virginia, as it moves toward powering the site with 100% renewable energy.

Avantus and Toyota Tsusho America have completed construction of a 159 MWdc solar project in Texas, adding another large-scale clean energy asset to the state’s fast-growing solar fleet.

Ultium Cells, the joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, is shifting part of its US battery production from EVs to energy storage systems (ESS).

EVs are starting to chip away at one of the global economy’s biggest vulnerabilities: oil.

China’s clean energy boom is saddled with a major challenge: what to do with all its old wind and solar equipment.

Massachusetts-based critical metals refining company Nth Cycle has signed a 10-year agreement valued at about $1.1 billion with global commodities trader Trafigura to supply refined battery metals.

Vineyard Wind 1 has now completed construction of all 62 of its offshore wind turbines, a major milestone for the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the US.

Pennsylvania is investing $9 million in federal funds to add more EV charging stations along major roadways.

Global EV sales hit 1.1 million units in February 2026, according to new data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. But the global market is now splitting sharply by region.

Tesla is building a Supercharger hub near Detroit Metro Airport, and once it’s online, it will be the largest EV charging station in Michigan.

The City of San Francisco could soon make it much easier for residents without a driveway or garage to charge their EVs on the street.

A new type of battery storage is about to be deployed on the Midwestern grid for the first time.

EV prices edged down in February, while gas-powered car prices crept up, narrowing the gap between the two, according to new estimates from Kelley Blue Book.

ION Storage Systems says it has hit a key milestone in bringing solid-state batteries out of the lab and into real-world use.

The US installed 43 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2025, marking the fifth straight year that solar has been the largest source of new power added to the grid.

A city in Georgia may have just launched something the EV charging world hasn’t seen before: a city-branded Tesla Supercharger station.

In early November 2025, solar panel giant Qcells announced that it was temporarily furloughing 1,000 US workers – 25% of its workforce – and reducing pay and shifts at its Georgia factories due to supply chain delays caused by US Customs. Today – four months later – Qcells announced that its solar panel output is finally back to normal production.

GE Vernova has landed orders to repower 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind turbines across the US.

Aikido Technologies has unveiled a concept that combines floating offshore wind turbines, battery storage, and AI data centers on a single platform.

The offshore infrastructure company says its new platform, called AO60DC, is designed to co‑locate AI-grade computing directly with renewable energy generation at sea.

European energy giant Vattenfall has started construction on a new hybrid renewable energy project in southwest Germany that combines wind and solar power at a single site.