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• Want a job drilling for geothermal? A Northeast training hub is coming. June 11, 2026
  Geothermal networks are taking off across the U.S., with roughly 30 such projects in various stages in Massachusetts, Colorado, and elsewhere. These systems — which use electric heat pumps and thermal energy from underground to warm and cool buildings — are key to weaning communities off polluting fossil-fueled…
• Clean energy and efficiency spared in Rhode Island budget process June 10, 2026
  Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee’s efforts to slash funding for energy efficiency and roll back renewable energy targets appear poised to fail after the legislature advanced the state budget on Tuesday evening. Earlier this year, McKee, a Democrat, proposed significant cuts to energy-efficiency programs in an attempt to…
• Energy-hungry aluminum plant is swept up in Oklahoma governor’s race June 10, 2026
  A power-hungry aluminum smelter planned in Oklahoma is facing a new legal challenge that aims to stop the massive project in its tracks. Last week, Oklahoma’s attorney general sued to block Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Century Aluminum from building the $4 billion facility, which is slated to more than double…
• This software firm has a plan to take grid-enhancing tech nationwide June 10, 2026
  A major grid-tech company is asking the Trump administration to fund a project it says could significantly boost the nation’s ability to move power around — without building a single new transmission tower or line. Open Access Technology International (OATI) is a Minneapolis-based firm whose software is used by…
• New Qcells plant doubles current US capacity to make solar cells June 9, 2026
  Qcells has officially begun commercial production of silicon solar cells at its factory in Cartersville, Georgia, the company said Tuesday. That factory is the largest of its kind in the country — and a long-awaited boost to the U.S. solar supply chain. For five years straight , the U.S. power sector has built more…
• In this house, an EV helps power appliances — and the grid June 9, 2026
  At first glance, Frances Bell’s home in Oakland, California, doesn't look like a postcard from the EV-powered future. But if a new program takes off, it could be a harbinger of what’s possible for homes across the state and the country. Sure, there’s a shiny new Kia EV9 in the driveway and a black charging […]
• North Carolina bill would prop up coal until new nuclear is approved June 9, 2026
  North Carolina’s Republican-led House of Representatives passed a sweeping energy bill last week called the Ratepayer Protection Act, with backers saying it would reduce energy costs for families across the state. But Democrats and other critics of the legislation, Senate Bill 730 , are skeptical of that claim, for…
• Want a deal on a heat pump? Team up with your neighbors. June 8, 2026
  Last year, Marie Tai needed a better way to keep her condo cool. Her window air-conditioning units were borderline ineffective, even running at full blast. Summers have been getting more intense in Tai’s Boston neighborhood because of a rapidly warming climate, and she had just adopted a 16-year-old cat named…
• Why is Massachusetts sitting on $64M in EV-charger funding? June 8, 2026
  For all the concern about lost federal funding courtesy of the Republican trifecta in Washington, Massachusetts still has not deployed a single electric vehicle charger through a Biden-era program that President Donald Trump has left intact. The Bay State is sitting on the roughly $64 million it was awarded through…
• Pioneering grid battery nudges California closer to 24/7 clean energy June 8, 2026
  On June 1, the Tumbleweed project in California’s Kern County became the first major battery installation in the U.S. that can discharge power for up to eight hours at a time — twice as long as typical energy-storage facilities. The U.S. power sector now builds more battery storage capacity than any other form of…