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The Changing Landscape of Capital Projects Capital project stakeholders in 2025 face a dual reality: booming opportunity and escalating execution risk. High demand across the United States is colliding with headwinds like labor shortages, supply chain volatility, and...

Now Aiming for Carbon Neutral by 2050 Arizona Public Service (APS), the largest electric utility in Arizona, has recalibrated its clean energy ambitions. In a notable policy shift, APS reversed its landmark 2020 pledge to achieve 100% clean, carbon-free electricity by...

What It Means for Grid Resilience and Project Planning Texas generates more wind power than any other state and has emerged as a solar energy powerhouse. But a recent shift in federal policy threatens to slow this clean energy momentum. In July, the U.S. Congress...

A Hyperscale Data Center Gold Rush in the Southwest Across the American Southwest, a boom in hyperscale data center construction is underway. Tech giants like Google , Microsoft , and Amazon are investing heavily in new campuses from Phoenix to Dallas, drawn by...

The U.S. electric grid is facing the greatest transformation in a generation, driven by the explosive growth of AI, data centers, and the relentless push for clean energy. Texas and Arizona are right at the epicenter of this change, becoming the nation’s proving...

Texas has just taken another bold step toward a more reliable and flexible power grid. Last week, Lydian Energy secured $233 million to build three new lithium-ion battery energy storage projects, totaling 550 megawatts (MW), all set to go online by the end of 2025....

Arizona’s energy landscape just reached a major milestone. As the state braces for record-breaking heat and peak electricity demand, Canadian Solar’s Recurrent Energy division has energized the Papago Storage facility in Maricopa County. At 1,200 megawatt-hours (MWh)...

The Microgrid Revolution Gets Smarter: How Next-Gen Power Converters Are Changing the Game In the world of resilient energy, the last mile of innovation isn’t always about bigger batteries or more solar panels. It’s about smarter, more precise control over every...

The Urgency Behind Community Microgrids Earlier this year, California faced a devastating wave of wildfires including the Palisades and Eaton Fires that swept through Southern California in January 2025. Fueled by drought and relentless Santa Ana winds, these fires...

Ultra-fast charging isn’t science fiction, it’s here (Tesla watch out). With innovations from CATL - Energy Storage Solution Provider , BYD , and Rivian , the electric mobility landscape is shifting under our feet. Here’s a full breakdown of where things stand, why it...

Overview Arizona’s Salt River Project (SRP) is preparing to meet surging demand driven by population and commercial growth. California’s tribal microgrids are setting new standards in long-duration storage and community resilience. Scotland’s 2025 Power Generation and...

CLEANPOWER 2025 drew nearly 9,000 attendees and over 500 exhibitors to the Phoenix Convention Center from May 19–22, 2025 (ACP). Governor Katie Hobbs opened the conference, highlighting Arizona’s achievement of over 7 GW of operating renewables and urging continued...

This Week’s Energy Roundup & Clean Power 2025 Preview Summary:Momentum is surging across microgrids, EV charging, utilities, and storage policy. Highlights include Texas’s solar-and-storage resilience during a heat wave, Gravity Technologies’ ultra-rapid chargers...

Microgrids & Resilience 1. Connecticut Creates Certified Microgrid Program On May 2, 2025, Connecticut enacted the Power Generation and Consumption Act, establishing a statewide certified microgrid program to streamline permitting and financing for onsite...

Clean Power 2025 Preview Phoenix Convention Center • May 19–22, 2025 At‑a‑Glance Who’s There: Nearly 10,000 attendees including utility execs, developers, OEMs, policymakers, and technology providers. What’s Covered: Wind, solar, storage, transmission, hydrogen,...