CleanTech Docs

09/30/2026

USDA sued over limits on rural energy program's solar funding

A coalition of farmers, a solar company, grant consultants and agricultural and energy groups are suing the Agriculture Department, alleging the agency illegally sought to limit solar projects' eligibility for grants and loan guarantees through changes to its Rural Energy for America program.

09/30/2026

Renewables boom faces a Trump-era cliff

Renewable growth could fall off a "cliff" as soon as 2028, the industry's top trade group warns.

09/23/2026

Michigan Loses Oil Giant Anti-Renewable Conspiracy Case

Michigan on Tuesday lost its bid to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for allegedly conspiring to impede renewable fuels in order to sell more of their own products.

08/25/2026

This Washington Post piece is 11 years old — and utilities are still running the same "cost shift" playbook against rooftop solar.

"Utilities make their money by building big, new infrastructure projects and then sending ratepayers the bill, which is exactly why utilities want to eliminate solar." — Matthew Kasper, Energy & Policy Institute

This is exactly why Action exists — refuting the flawed studies utilities lean on and putting accurate, independent data in front of the people making these decisions.

The fight hasn't changed. Neither has our resolve to fight it with facts.

Sensing a threat in rooftop panels, the utility industry and its fossil-fuel supporters are waging a determined campaign to raise the cost of solar power.

08/17/2026

Sonoma State University’s Microgrid Graduates to Operational

08/17/2026

We have everything we need to save the world. So why won’t we?

As the climate crisis, political division and concentration of wealth expose the weaknesses of the systems we have built, perhaps humanity should look beyond itself for answers, says Natalie Kyriacou

08/12/2026

Power Systems in Transition: Integrating Renewable Energy, Storage, and Flexibility

This Collection invites research on renewable integration, energy storage, and flexibility solutions for reliable, resilient, and low-carbon power systems.

08/12/2026

Can Government Contractors Use AI? A Legal Guide to AI Compliance and Disclosure Requirements

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how government contractors develop proposals, manage contracts, write software, analyze data, and perform countless other functions. Tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini promise significant gains in efficiency and product...

08/12/2026

How PJM’s Plans for Meeting Data Center Energy Needs Make Deploying Microgrids and DERs Difficult

The Natural Resources Defense Council and clean energy industry members argue that PJM’s plan to meet data center energy needs is biased toward fossil fuels, but believe that ...

07/09/2026

The Iran war has pushed some countries away from oil and toward clean energy

The new round of bombing in the Middle East has underscored the precarity of relying on fossil fuels. The war is speeding up the global transition to EVs, solar and batteries, experts say.