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Energy

Chris Wright and Donald Trump.
AM Briefing

‘Messy’ at Energy

On Detroit layoffs, critical mineral woes, and China hawks vs. cheap energy

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Major Renewables Nonprofit Cuts a Third of Staff After Trump Slashes Funding

The lost federal grants represent about half the organization’s budget.

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Spotlight

How a Giant Solar Farm Flopped in Rural Texas

Amarillo-area residents successfully beat back a $600 million project from Xcel Energy that would have provided useful tax revenue.

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All For Solar

On the cobalt conundrum, Madagascar’s mining mess, and Antarctica’s ‘Greenlandification’

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A standoff.

Madagascar’s Coup Has Complicated America’s Critical Minerals Backup Plan

Denver-based Energy Fuels was poised to move forward on the $2 billion project before the country's leadership upheaval.

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Chris Wright and a pigeon.

How the Loan Programs Office Became the Energy Dominance Financing Office

In a press conference about the newly recast program’s first loan guarantee, Energy Secretary Chris Wright teased his project finance philosophy.

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AM Briefing

Atoms on Prime

On a new loan guarantee, a Nord Stream 2 revival, and AI-aided oil recovery

Amazon's nuclear plant.
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Current conditions: As Tropical Storm Lorenzo looks likely to dissipate over water by Friday, AccuWeather has slashed the season’s forecast to six hurricanes from nine • Severe thunderstorms near Little Rock, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee, are likely too spotty to relieve long-standing drought in the Mississippi River Basin • The Netrokona district of northeastern Bangladesh is scorching in temperatures nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

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1. Amazon unveils plans for X-energy’s debut nuclear plant

A rendering of the future Cascade Advanced Energy Facility. Amazon

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China Is Making a Major Offshore Wind Push in Europe

It’s already conquered solar, batteries, and EVs. With a $2 billion new turbine factory in Scotland, it may have set its next target.

A Chinese flag and a wind turbine.
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Batteries, solar panels, electric vehicles. The story of renewable energy deployment globally is increasingly one of China’s fiercely competitive domestic industries and deep supply chains exporting their immense capacity globally. Now, it may be wind’s turn.

The Chinese turbine manufacturer Ming Yang announced last week that it plans to invest $2 billion in a factory in Scotland. The facility is scheduled to start production in late 2028, churning out offshore wind equipment for use in the United Kingdom, which has over 15 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity, as well as for export, likely in Europe.

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