Aug 10, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Wind
The United States is now spending public money to make its own electricity scarcer. On 6 August the Interior Department agreed to pay RWE $1.22 billion to surrender every offshore wind lease it holds — about 5.8 GW of planned capacity off three coasts. It was the...
Aug 7, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
Gas did not win the AI power race. In 2026 the US grid will add a record 86 GW of capacity, and 6.3 GW of it is natural gas — 7% of the total, behind solar, batteries and wind. The turbine order books everyone points to are real, but the first slots GE Vernova is...
