Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) was one of two Colorado recipients of its Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program. DMEA was selected to receive a partially forgivable $72 million loan to fund the construction of a 20-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic array with an additional 80 megawatt hours (MWh) of battery storage.
Hitachi Energy has plans to create 825 new jobs at its South Boston facility. With those new jobs comes the need for additional housing in the community. Developers at Monday evening’s Halifax County Board of Supervisors meeting outlined a plan to build 136 new workforce housing units a mile down the road from the Hitachi plant off U.S. 58.
Startup NineDot Energy just raised $431 million to build batteries in New York City’s vacant nooks and crannies — an endeavor that will help the metropolis fend off looming electricity shortages. The debt financing announced Monday will support the Brooklyn firm’s plan to develop 28 battery projects totaling 494 megawatt-hours of energy storage capacity over the next two years. NineDot estimates that’s enough storage to meet the peak energy needs of about 100,000 households.
In December, the Trump administration issued a sweeping stop-work order to every single offshore wind installation underway in America. But, as of today, all five projects have either resumed construction or received the green light from judges to do so. A federal judge ruled Monday that the 924-megawatt Sunrise Wind project, located off the coast of New York, can resume construction. The wind farm is nearly halfway complete and, before the stop-work order, was expected to begin producing electricity this year. Ørsted said in a statement that it will “restart impacted activities immediately.”
Episode 1: Develop of Building Green Communities explores how development decisions shape healthier, more equitable neighborhoods. This episode spotlights Humboldt Park Passive Living, a 60-unit affordable family housing development on Chicago’s West Side, and features A.J. Patton, Founder & CEO of 548 Enterprise, sharing how energy-efficient strategies can align with sound financial decision-making. Through this project, we break down the developer’s role in delivering high-performance buildings and show how sustainable development benefits underserved communities—reducing utility costs for residents, strengthening neighborhood resilience, and making green buildings visible and accessible where they matter most.
The Denver Regional Council of Governments, whose members include area cities, towns, and counties, launched the new Power Ahead Colorado initiative in early 2026 using the nearly $200 million federal grant awarded by the EPA in 2024.
Tech company Epic Systems uses over 6,000 boreholes to help heat and cool its office buildings, making its Verona, Wisconsin campus one of the largest geothermal networks in the world.
In Tempe, Arizona, dozens of kids make their way to school on an unusual "bus." Rather than the traditional yellow, diesel-run vehicle, a "bike bus" consists of children and parents traveling to school on bicycles and is becoming more frequest across the West as parents and schools look for ways to get students moving their bodies.
At the nonprofit Center for an Ecology-Based Economy (CEBE) in the Appalachian foothills of western Maine, stories of weather extremes and the economic pain of recovery serve as real-life prompts to work with communities on climate resilience and green-energy approaches.
On Tuesday, August 13, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched a new video series spotlighting clean energy workers and the communities being transformed by historic clean energy investments. The first video in this series, A New Iron Age, centers on Weirton, West Virginia, a historic steel town. After breaking ground in May 2023, Weirton will soon begin producing iron-air batteries to power homes and lower families’ energy bills. The new facility is one of over 800 new or expanded clean energy manufacturing projects announced on American soil since the Biden-Harris Administration entered office.