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ENERGY SECURITYChina’s ‘Artificial Sun’: The Holy Grail of Energy
By Ajey Lele
China has achieved a major milestone in its pursuit of commercial nuclear fusion, with two domestically developed superconducting magnets designed for a fusion reactor successfully passing technical acceptance and full-load testing.
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ENERGY SECURITYAs Trump Buyouts Shake Offshore Wind Industry, States Hope Developers Stay in the Game
By Alex Brown
President Donald Trump has shown the immense power of the executive branch to stymie offshore wind development, as nearly all projects are in waters where federal agencies operate as the landlord. Federal agreements have given companies more than $2.5 billion to forfeit wind leases.
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ENERGY SECURITYNuclear in My Backyard: A Nebraska Utility Is Skirting the Public Backlash That Plagues Wind and Solar
By Anila Yoganathan
Nationally, lawmakers in both parties have begun embracing nuclear power, as have everyday people. Across Nebraska, nuclear is getting a warm welcome in communities that typically oppose large-scale clean energy projects.
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ENERGY SECURITYFor First Time, Americans Are Getting More of Their Electricity from Solar Than Coal
By Tik Root
Solar energy just provided more electricity in the United States than coal for the first time on record — marking a milestone for the rise of renewables in America. Solar provides more than twice the share of electricity it did five years ago.
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ENERGY SECURITYCoal Pollution Is Cutting Solar Power Output
Pollution from coal-fired power plants is significantly reducing the energy output of solar photovoltaic (solar PV) installations, particularly where these are expanding side by side, according to new research.
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ENERGY SECURITYSolar to Overtake Coal on Texas Grid This Year for the First Time Ever
By Julian Spector, Canary Media
The Trump administration likes to cast renewables as a socialist scam, but solar has soared in the competitive markets of the Lone Star State.
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ENERGY SECURITYThe Iran War Is Destroying Oil Demand. Could It Also Spark a Shift to Clean Energy?
By Kate Yoder
As the oil crisis deepens across the globe, households and industries are using less fossil fuel — maybe permanently.
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ENERGY SECURITYDefense Department Delays 54 Wind Projects in Texas, Citing National Security Concerns
By Brandon Mulder
After years of trying to stop offshore wind projects, the Trump administration is now pausing routine federal permits for 165 land-based projects, including dozens in Texas.
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ENERGY SECURITYWall Street Is Betting Big on Clean Energy Tech
By Tik Root
Fervo Energy’s IPO could raise $1.8 billion in one of the largest renewable energy public offerings ever, signaling growing investor confidence in clean energy.
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ENERGY SECURITYTwo Months in, the Iran War Has Changed the Global Energy System Forever
By Zoya Teirstein and Jake Bittle
The conflict may be the beginning of the end of fossil fuel dominance. Here’s which energy sources stand to win and lose.
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NUCLEAR ENERGYDOME, World’s First Nuclear Reactor Test Bed, Ready for Privately Developed Advanced Reactors
The Idaho National Laboratory’s Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) is a first-of-its-kind microreactor test bed that will enable rapid development, testing and demonstration of privately developed advanced nuclear reactors.
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ENERGY SECURITYThere’s Hope for the Offshore Wind Industry — Yes, Really
By Jake Bittle
Trump and Interior Department chief Doug Burgum have spent months in an all-out assault against the wind energy. They have frozen all new leases, repealed clean energy tax credits, and even paid off an oil company to not build a planned wind project. In December, Burgum paused work on five under-construction wind farms on “national security” grounds. But the administration’s no-holds-barred attack on wind energy has taken a beating in the courts, giving the beleaguered industry a chance to get back on stable footing.
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ENERGY SECURITYTrump’s $1B Payoff to Stop Offshore Wind Is Even Stranger Than It Sounds
By Jake Bittle and Rebecca Egan McCarthy
Last week, President Trump’s Department of the Interior announced that it will refund almost $1 billion to a French multinational oil company. The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making.
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ENERGYTrump Is Forcing Coal Plants to Stay Open. It Could Cost Customers Billions.
By Alex Brown
In an unprecedented use of federal authority, President Donald Trump’s administration has invoked emergency powers to force a series of retiring coal plants to stay open. Utilities, states and grid operators have said the aging plants are expensive, in bad repair and no longer needed to meet regional energy needs. But Trump is determined to save the dwindling coal industry — an expensive move resulting in billions of dollars in added costs for customers in dozens of states.
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IRAN WARU.S. Is Less Prone to Oil Price Shocks Than in Past Decades
By Amy Myers Jaffe
Oil is a global market, so when prices rise in one place, they rise everywhere. The current war against Iran has already raised oil prices significantly. Now, however, the United States is a major producer and exporter of oil and refined petroleum products. In addition to being less dependent on imports, the U.S. economy is much less oil-intensive than it used to be, producing more economic value with far less oil use today than in the past.
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ENERGY SECURITYChina’s ‘Artificial Sun’: The Holy Grail of Energy

ENERGY SECURITYAs Trump Buyouts Shake Offshore Wind Industry, States Hope Developers Stay in the Game

ENERGY SECURITYNuclear in My Backyard: A Nebraska Utility Is Skirting the Public Backlash That Plagues Wind and Solar

ENERGY SECURITYFor First Time, Americans Are Getting More of Their Electricity from Solar Than Coal

ENERGY SECURITYCoal Pollution Is Cutting Solar Power Output

ENERGY SECURITYSolar to Overtake Coal on Texas Grid This Year for the First Time Ever

ENERGY SECURITYThe Iran War Is Destroying Oil Demand. Could It Also Spark a Shift to Clean Energy?

ENERGY SECURITYDefense Department Delays 54 Wind Projects in Texas, Citing National Security Concerns

ENERGY SECURITYWall Street Is Betting Big on Clean Energy Tech

ENERGY SECURITYTwo Months in, the Iran War Has Changed the Global Energy System Forever

NUCLEAR ENERGYDOME, World’s First Nuclear Reactor Test Bed, Ready for Privately Developed Advanced Reactors

ENERGY SECURITYThere’s Hope for the Offshore Wind Industry — Yes, Really

ENERGY SECURITYTrump’s $1B Payoff to Stop Offshore Wind Is Even Stranger Than It Sounds

ENERGYTrump Is Forcing Coal Plants to Stay Open. It Could Cost Customers Billions.

IRAN WARU.S. Is Less Prone to Oil Price Shocks Than in Past Decades

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