Renewable energy policy encompasses the laws, regulations, incentives, and legal disputes that shape deployment of low‑carbon technologies such as offshore wind, solar power, battery storage, and electric vehicles. It includes federal and state tax credits, grants, permitting regimes, and judicial decisions that can accelerate or constrain project timelines and investment. Interactions with continued support for coal and gas, national security concerns, grid reliability needs, and public opposition to infrastructure create a complex governance landscape for decarbonization pathways in the power and transport sectors.
Energy & Green Tech
The UK government has just announced the results of its biggest-ever auction for new offshore wind projects. By doubling the budget at the eleventh hour, it managed to award contracts for a massive 8.4 gigawatts of new capacity. ...
Jan 17, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
A US judge on Thursday authorized work to resume on a New York offshore wind project that had been suspended under an order by President Donald Trump's administration.
Jan 16, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
As states race to build wind and solar projects needed to curb climate change, how governments approve those projects can either speed construction or fuel delays and conflict, according to a new study by researchers at the ...
Jan 15, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it's incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year. The Trump administration wants to see this unusual power plant closed, and in a rare ...
Jan 13, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Worker unions and politicians in New England are pushing back against the Trump administration's move to implement a 90-day freeze on five industrial-sized offshore wind projects off the East Coast, including the Vineyard ...
Dec 29, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
On Dec. 11, California environmental regulators struck a landmark deal with Pacific Gas & Electric to extend the life of the state's last remaining nuclear power plant in exchange for thousands of acres of new land conservation ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
California added 1,200 megawatts of battery energy storage to its electrical grid over the last six months, further building on its nation-leading capacity and pushing the state closer to its clean energy goals, officials ...
Nov 15, 2025
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Business
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum prohibiting new offshore wind leasing for all areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf and directing his Cabinet to review previously approved ...
Oct 30, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Even as coal power continues its steady decline in the United States, more than a hundred plants still have no retirement plans—a gap large enough to derail national climate goals. A new study led by UC Santa Barbara researchers ...
Oct 24, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Britain's flagship home insulation program has received a damning verdict from the National Audit Office. Under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, tens of thousands of households have been left with faulty or even ...
Oct 23, 2025
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