Nichola Groom

US senators from both parties said on Wednesday they have reached a deal to reform laws on the permitting of large energy and infrastructure ​projects, though a vote will not occur before the midterm elections.

The US Department of Energy on Monday said it selected 21 projects for up to $99 million in ​funding to advance geothermal energy development, a source ‌of around-the-clock power that has attracted growing interest from investors and energy companies.

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed seven bills aimed at regulating the fast-growing data center industry, imposing new ​requirements on electricity costs, water use and local oversight as communities ‌push back against a surge in AI-linked development.

In ​Silicon Valley's biggest city, residents and environmental groups are organizing against a wave of proposed data center projects that officials have courted ‌in a bid to position the city as a hub for AI infrastructure.

U.S. solar panel maker First Solar Inc said on Wednesday it would withdraw a patent infringement complaint before the ​U.S. International Trade Commission and instead focus on pursuing lawsuits ‌in federal court against rivals over a leading solar technology.

The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday finalized steep duties on imports of solar cells and panels from India, Indonesia ​and Laos, finding that producers in those countries dumped ‌cheap products in the United States and benefited from unfair government subsidies.

The U.S. Interior Department is preparing to ease environmental review requirements for some oil and gas exploration activities in Alaska's National Petroleum ​Reserve as part of the Trump administration's push to speed ‌energy development in the Arctic, an Interior spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Tesla has stopped selling premium solar roof tiles on its website, nearly ​a decade after CEO Elon Musk ‌launched the product as a more attractive alternative to panels.

The U.S. Interior Department on Monday proposed a sale this year of deep-sea mining leases in U.S. waters surrounding the ​Northern Mariana Islands, the latest step in President Donald Trump's ‌push to expand domestic supplies of critical minerals.

German energy company RWE said on Thursday that ‌it had reached a $1.22 billion agreement with the Trump administration to cancel three offshore wind leases in U.S. waters and to direct the funds to LNG and natural gas power plant projects.