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Minnesota’s largest coal plant is being transformed into a 600-MW battery energy storage hub, alongside new solar and additional storage across the state. Xcel Energy’s Sherco Energy Hub shows how legacy fossil sites can become clean power anchors that lower costs, support reliability, and bring new jobs to local communities.

A new study from CUNY found imported solar panels prevented 600 premature deaths and saved $28 billion in health and climate costs between 2014 and 2022. But tariffs since 2017 have blocked over 10 GW of new capacity, reversing gains and leading to preventable pollution-related deaths. True energy security means scaling clean energy, not restricting it.

With Corning’s new wafer plant in Michigan, the U.S. can now produce every part of a solar panel domestically, from silicon to finished modules. It marks the first fully onshored solar supply chain in American history, boosting energy security, jobs, and manufacturing independence. The next challenge is keeping this momentum stable.

South Korea now requires all public parking lots with 80+ spaces to install solar canopies, turning everyday infrastructure into power generators. The policy could add 3 GW of new solar by 2030, showing how urban spaces can double as clean energy hubs without using new land.

Entergy Arkansas and Google are teaming up on Project Pyramid — a 600 MW solar farm with 350 MW of battery storage to power Google’s new $4 billion data center in West Memphis. The project boosts Arkansas’s solar capacity by nearly 20% and signals how clean energy is becoming essential infrastructure for the AI-driven economy.

Spain has broken the link between fossil fuel prices and electricity costs. By doubling wind and solar capacity in six years—adding 40 GW—and bringing renewables to nearly half its power mix, Spain now has some of Europe’s cheapest electricity. But with grid bottlenecks and curtailment challenges, the next test is whether modernization can sustain that success.