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EIA data show EV charging load growth slowing sharply in 2026
Growth in electricity consumption from electric vehicle charging slowed sharply in the first half of 2026, according to new federal data. Even…
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A California utility offered EV owners $40 a month to let it manage their charging, but fewer than 5 percent signed up, so utilities are betting on automatic price signals instead
A driveway charger clicks on at midnight, then quietly clicks off again before sunrise, obeying a schedule its owner never set.That small…
Energy
Canadian Solar plans to double Indiana HJT cell capacity to 6.3 GW
Canadian Solar said it will expand its heterojunction solar cell factory in Jeffersonville, Indiana to 6.3 gigawatts of annual capacity. Trial production…
Energy
Solar panels are getting too heavy for one installer to carry alone, and factories added a 2 millimeter glass layer that cuts moisture damage by more than half
A solar panel coming off a factory line today is often too heavy for one installer to carry alone.The sheet of tempered…
Energy
Four-hour battery storage now undercuts gas peakers nationwide
Four-hour battery storage systems reaching commercial operation in the United States this year cost 65 percent to 75 percent less than new…
Energy
A Minnesota battery pack is being built to run nonstop for 100 hours on rusting iron, and that is roughly ten times longer than the lithium batteries that dominate the grid today
A quiet field in rural Minnesota is filling up with steel enclosures the size of shipping containers, wired together and waiting for…
Energy
Consumers Energy seeks $456 million Michigan electric rate hike
Consumers Energy has asked Michigan regulators for permission to collect an additional $456 million a year from electric customers, a request now…
Energy
A Pennsylvania gas customer charge climbs from $16.25 to $20 a month before anyone burns a single therm, so regulators blocked a bigger jump utility wanted and barred new rate hikes until 2029
A small metal box bolted to the side of a Pennsylvania house ticks along all winter, measuring nothing more than whether the…
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Fervo Energy starts commercial geothermal power at Cape Station
Fervo Energy announced on October 1 that the first power-generating unit at its Cape Station project in Beaver County, Utah, has reached…
Energy
A homeowner drilled a geothermal well on a tight December 31 deadline expecting a 30 percent tax credit worth up to $10,500, but finishing two weeks late erased that refund entirely
A drilling rig sits parked in a suburban side yard, its mast pointed at a narrow hole in the frozen ground.Coiled plastic…
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North Carolina co-ops launch telematics EV charging grid program
North Carolina's Electric Cooperatives has launched a managed charging program that pays members up to $120 a year to shift electric vehicle…
Energy
A charging network crossed 80,000 fast ports this summer, but usage held flat at 16 percent, and rival companies are closing the station-size gap with the dominant EV maker
A driver pulls up to a bank of six fast chargers on a highway shoulder, and only two of the cables are…