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Mike Sherrill and Donald Trump.
Sparks

New Jersey Admits Defeat on Offshore Wind (at Least for Now)

The state has terminated an agreement to develop substations and other necessary grid infrastructure to serve the now-canceled developments.

AM Briefing

Et Moi?

On Chinese solar exports, Blue Energy’s nuclear reactors, and GE Vernova stock

Blue
Podcast

Everything We Didn’t Know About the World’s Buzziest Geothermal Startup

Rob dives into Fervo’s S-1 filing with Princeton professor Jesse Jenkins and Heatmap’s Matthew Zeitlin.

Octopus and Lunar Energy.

Exclusive: Octopus Energy Launches Battery-Powered Electricity Plan With Lunar

The companies are offering Texas ratepayers a three-year fixed-price contract that comes with participation in a virtual power plant.

Blue
Pollution.

Blowing the Whistle

On Trump’s renewables embargo, Project Vault, and perovskite solar

Red
Energy

The Hormuz Closure Is Driving a Shortage of Battery Ingredients

Just as demand for batteries is intensifying.

A jam in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The energy impacts of the continued crisis in the Persian Gulf are obvious. Countries that rely on the natural gas and oil from the region are dealing with higher prices, and in some cases are trying to tamp down their demand for fuel and electricity to keep prices under control, not to mention maintain basic energy availability.

But it’s not just gas-fired power plants and internal combustion engines that are feeling the pinch.

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Sparks

Federal Judge Breaks Trump’s Permitting Blockade

The opinion covered a host of actions the administration has taken to slow or halt renewables development.

Donald Trump, clean energy, and columns.
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A federal court seems to have struck down a swath of Trump administration moves to paralyze solar and wind permits.

U.S. District Judge Denise Casper on Tuesday enjoined a raft of actions by the Trump administration that delayed federal renewable energy permits, granting a request submitted by regional trade groups. The plaintiffs argued that tactics employed by various executive branch agencies to stall permits violated the Administrative Procedures Act. Casper — an Obama appointee — agreed in a 73-page opinion, asserting that the APA challenge was likely to succeed on the merits.

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