China dominates solar power supply chains, but the era of American energy dominance could change that. Recent domestic manufacturing investments in the solar industry have totaled more than $40 billion since 2022, further unleashing the industry’s potential here at home. Solar has firmly cemented itself as a key part of our all-of-the-above energy strategy and has steadily grown in...
The 2024 Global Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Census reveals an industry at the cutting edge of technological transformation. As farms scale and optimize operations, the adoption of smart technology, AI, and renewable energy is accelerating. These innovations are driving efficiency, sustainability, and profitability in an industry poised to reshape global food production. AI and Automation:...
Europe’s Baltic nations have cut themselves off from the Russian electricity grid for the first time in history, ending a precarious, decades-long energy partnership with Moscow. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will connect to the EU’s power system on Sunday, roughly 20 years after joining the bloc and cementing a westward trajectory. The Soviet-designed network will still...
As Secretary of Energy, it is an immense privilege to serve alongside each of you at such a consequential moment in American history. Energy is the essential ingredient that enables everything we do. A highly energized society can bring health, wealth, and opportunity for all. At the Department, we have an opportunity to promote energy...
The GOP has spent the many hot years of Washington’s climate wars on defense, unable to articulate a positive alternative to the left’s grim new religion. It’s offered critiques—climate change isn’t real; climate change is overhyped; climate policies are costly, ineffective, stalking horses for government control—but never a rousing alternative. Into this unholy war steps...
Put another way, while productivity gains in the economy reduce emissions by letting us consume more with fewer inputs, the taxes and regulations that accompany climate policies carry a “deadweight loss” that trades productivity improvement for direct emission abatement. This creates a tradeoff typically not included in analysis and potentially explains why having many regulations...
The U.S. Department of Energy will focus on growing baseload and dispatchable generation to meet growing electricity demand, DOE Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday in an order outlining the department’s priorities under the Trump administration. “We must … permit and build energy infrastructure and remove barriers to progress, including federal policies that make it too easy to stop...
Four small-scale nuclear reactors are to be hosted on Texas A&M University land, it was announced on Tuesday. CEOs from four nuclear power companies have committed to work with the Texas A&M System to develop prototype and commercial-ready “small modular reactors” (SMRs)—with the first having the potential to be constructed within five years. Smaller than their traditional...
President Donald Trump issued an executive order to freeze IRA funding soon after he took office, and is expected to urge the Republican-controlled Congress to make cuts to the legislation as lawmakers approach their March 14 shutdown deadline. Since Trump’s election, the clean energy industry has been pushing for the president to consider the IRA’s private...
A new recycling facility in Lodi, California, is set to enhance food and beverage carton recycling, expanding sustainable building material production on the West Coast. Developed in collaboration with the Carton Council, Elof Hansson USA Inc., and the Upcycling Group, the facility is expected to begin operations by the end of the third quarter. It will process post-consumer...
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