Brian Eckhouse

Big surprise: Ohio and Indiana, two red states home to communities that may not be predisposed to the climate benefits of clean energy, are suddenly top-5 states for solar. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Microsoft is in exclusive talks with Chevron and investment fund Engine No. 1 over a long-term deal that would underpin a giant energy complex in West Texas, providing electricity to power a large data center campus. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

On the eve of its critical snowpack measurement, California finds itself with a problem: too much dirt and not enough snow in its mountains. Read the latest edition of the Weather Watch newsletter here: bloom.bg/4sS6KRC 📷️: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg

The state’s snowpack is the lowest in years, after an unusually warm winter. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

The Trump administration is talking with some offshore wind developers about buying back the leases they purchased from the federal government years ago to develop energy projects along the US coast bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

FEMA had cancelled a program that helps communities prepare for disaster. Here's why it's now restoring it bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US President Donald Trump's war against Iran, now entering its fourth week, is threatening to derail some of his oil-industry backers' longer-term plans, even as they benefit from the recent surge in crude and natural gas prices. Read more: bloom.bg/3NiJj4L 📷️: Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Getty Images

Nearly 9.5 million people across the US Southwest face extreme high temperatures, as an ongoing heat wave topples records and raise wildfire risks as far away as the Great Plains. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Geothermal energy is a rare bright spot in clean tech in the US, and more stories on today’s Green Daily newsletter bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Fervo Energy is benefiting from surging power demand and the Trump administration's support for the geothermal industry as it prepares to go public bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Tech giants are making big bets on Geothermal energy plants that will produce 12,000 megawatts hours of electricity every day. Bloomberg's Michelle Ma explains bloom.bg/4bjGE3V

Fervo Energy might be the one clean tech startup having a good time in Trump's America. The company's commercial geothermal pilot came online in 2023, just as ChatGPT became a household name and the AI race took off in earnest. And tax credits have remained intact.

The US now has the production capacity to supply 100% of its energy-storage systems domestically bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Los Angeles and the US Southwest are set for a second record heat wave in two weeks as temperatures soar, potentially straining electric grids, melting snowpack and raising health risks. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US data center development has slowed because the power grid is reaching its limit to accommodate more large facilities, according to research from energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Terra Energy Center is pouring $1 billion into a deal for a planned coal project in Alaska, marking the first investment in new US coal power in more than a decade. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The high temperatures will cut into California’s snowpack, raising the risk that drought will return. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Plug Power is planning to offer hydrogen electricity in a potential special auction by the biggest US power grid in the scramble to feed the AI boom. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Before New York's biggest snowstorm in years hit the East Coast, forecast models disagreed. A traditional US system signaled a major storm, while some newer AI tools pointed to a lower risk bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

When facing fire risk, US power companies use data, technology and human judgment to weigh whether to turn off transmission lines. Read more: bloom.bg/4kpDLkP 📷️: Bloomberg

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