After decades of being on the back burner of energy policy, investments in nuclear power are on the rise, spurred on by electricity demands from big tech and changing federal policy.
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Missy Stults, the director of Sustainability and Innovation for the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, leads a program that will supplement current electrical infrastructure and aid energy reliability and affordability citywide.
The “big beautiful bill” that Donald Trump signed into law rolls back tax credits for things like electric cars and home EV chargers, rooftop solar panels, heat pumps and more.
In 2025, global investments in electricity are expected to be roughly 50% more than what’s spent on bringing coal, natural gas and oil to market, per recent analysis by the International Energy Agency.
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A new report from the trade group Solar Energy Industries Association says that in 2024, two-thirds of new energy made in the U.S. came from solar panels.