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At California’s Lost Hills oil field, 65,000 solar panels generate most of the power that pumps the crude, and the clean energy only deepens the extraction

Drive west on Petroleum Highway through Kern County and pumpjacks nod against dry hills for miles. Then the horizon changes. Rows of dark glass stretch where wellheads once…

By Hugo Rojas · November 6, 2026

Solar panels powering oil field pumpjacks at Lost Hills, California, california s lost

Solar panels powering oil field pumpjacks at Lost Hills, California, california s lost

At California’s Lost Hills oil field, 65,000 solar panels generate most of the power that pumps the crude, and the clean energy only deepens the extraction

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 6

Energy

Vistra acquires Cogentrix Energy’s 10 natural gas plants, bringing total U.S. generation capacity to nearly 50,000 MW

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 5

Shenandoah floating platform above a 30,000 foot deep Gulf reservoir, reservoir buried 30

Off the coast of Louisiana, a reservoir buried 30,000 feet down gave up oil, and the wells that reached it run at a pressure no deepwater project had tapped before

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 5

Scorched crater where the Jennings Louisiana gas line burst along a rural road

Near Jennings, Louisiana, a 16 inch gas line burst along Parish Road 211 on September 18, and the fire that followed forced 20 homes out before crews capped both ends in under an hour

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 4

Platform Holly's steel legs encrusted with marine life off Goleta, rig off goleta

A rig off Goleta pumped oil for 49 years, and the 60 year old reef it accidentally grew has regulators deciding whether to tear it down

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 3

Utah

Utah regulators issue draft license and discharge permit to Anfield Energy for Shootaring Canyon uranium mill

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 2

Illuminate USA 10 GW of solar

Illuminate USA hits 10 GW of solar module production at Ohio factory

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 5

Rooftop panels on San Juan airport parking garage power system, san juan 4

In San Juan, 4,000 rooftop panels atop a parking garage began feeding Puerto Rico’s busiest airport in April, and the array covers about 5% of its power

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 5

DTE Energy 132 MW Michigan

DTE Energy brings 132 MW Michigan solar farm into commercial operation

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 5

California solar project with bighorn sheep buffer

California approves 300-MW desert solar project with bighorn sheep buffer after finding no significant biological impacts

By Lindi Miti · Nov 4

Solar panels on parking canopies covering Disneyland Paris lot, 82 000 solar panels

At Disneyland Paris, 82,000 solar panels shade 11,200 parking spaces across the resort grounds, and every watt they generate bypasses the park entirely to feed the French grid instead

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 4

Ocergy 3 MW floating wind platform

Ocergy pushes 3 MW floating wind platform toward North Sea deployment

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 6

Europes aging wind turbines are getting a health check from the ground and it could keep them spinning for years longer

Europe’s aging wind turbines are getting a “health check” from the ground, and it could keep them spinning for years longer

By Daniel Garcia · Nov 5

Greek researchers found that wind turbines standing still can tremble like a tuning fork and built a model to catch it before they break

Greek researchers found that wind turbines standing still can tremble like a tuning fork and built a model to catch it before they break

By Daniel Garcia · Nov 5

Snowflake wind project

Arizona’s 340-MW Snowflake wind project is on hold while developers reconsider its location

By Bronwyn Marcus · Nov 5

Scientists taught a computer to feel a wind turbine s stress and strain before a single blade is ever built

Scientists taught a computer to “feel” a wind turbine’s stress and strain before a single blade is ever built

By Daniel Garcia · Nov 4

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Cameco

Cameco posts lower Q3 2026 earnings amid Key Lake maintenance outage and reduced Westinghouse equity income

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 5

Jellyfish clogging cooling intake filters at Gravelines nuclear plant, along france s

Along France’s Channel coast, three 900 megawatt reactors shut down within an hour after jellyfish swarmed the cooling intakes, and the fleet lost a fifth of its nuclear output

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 5

Lightbridge

Lightbridge secures South Korean patent allowance for its mixed-grid nuclear fuel assembly design, expanding IP protection in a key reactor market

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 5

NANO Nuclear

NANO Nuclear subsidiary STS completes cesium-137 removal from Brazilian medical facility in NNSA-led security operation

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 5

Nuclear

Westinghouse receives ARPA-E HORNIG funding to develop PowerBlock advanced nuclear fuel technology

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 4

Energy

U.S. Energy Secretary visits Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan to mark progress on historic restart effort

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 4

coho salmon at Wells Dam

After passing eight dams, 175 coho salmon climbed Wells Dam’s fish ladders on the Columbia River in seven October days

By Bronwyn Marcus · Nov 6

Proposed mountain pumped storage energy battery

California’s proposed 750-MW mountain water battery enters federal review, with construction approval still pending

By Anke Maree · Nov 6

Jim Woodruff Project interim federal wholesale rate

Jim Woodruff hydropower project gets interim federal wholesale rate of $9.02 per kilowatt monthly, plus energy charges

By Lindi Miti · Nov 5

Rockfish swarm the submerged steel legs of an oil platform habitat, off santa barbara

Off Santa Barbara, divers counted rockfish thick around a 60 year old rig’s steel legs, so an oil platform awaiting removal turned into one of the ocean’s most productive habitats

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 5

Brookfield’s Brunswick-Topsham hydropower dam on Androscoggin River

About 3,000 young alewives were found dead along Maine’s Androscoggin River, prompting a hydropower plant to stop its turbines

By Anke Maree · Nov 5

hydropower plant in New York

A New York hydropower plant has generated no electricity since 2006, and federal regulators may revoke its license

By Anke Maree · Nov 5

Renewable Innovations federal hydrogen

Renewable Innovations joins federal hydrogen fuel-cell push for AI data centers

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 2

Amogy

Amogy to deploy ammonia cracking module on Singapore’s Jurong Island in 2027 to produce up to one ton of hydrogen per day

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 1

Hydrogen

JERA Ventures invests in natural hydrogen exploration company Koloma to advance low-carbon energy research

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 30

SunHydrogen 12.3% solar-to-hydrogen

SunHydrogen reaches 12.3% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency as its Austin pilot keeps moving forward, pushing the panel technology closer to real-world deployment

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 25

Nel Hydrogen US $12 million PEM electrolyzer

Nel Hydrogen US lands a $12 million PEM electrolyzer order from a U.S. technology company, adding another large commercial win to its hydrogen pipeline

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 22

Energy

Bloom Energy says solid oxide fuel cells can close the gap between surging U.S. data center power demand and slow grid expansion timelines

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 20

Oregon State scientists found a way to pull clean hydrogen from sunlight

Oregon State scientists found a way to pull clean hydrogen from sunlight using a crystal that acts as its own “spark plug”

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 15

Oregon State researchers found a shortcut to clean hydrogen that skips the expensive ingredient the whole industry

Oregon State researchers found a “shortcut” to clean hydrogen that skips the expensive ingredient the whole industry thought was unavoidable

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 12

Latest News

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After passing eight dams, 175 coho salmon climbed Wells Dam’s fish ladders on the Columbia River in seven October days

Nov 6

2

California’s proposed 750-MW mountain water battery enters federal review, with construction approval still pending

Nov 6

3

Ocergy pushes 3 MW floating wind platform toward North Sea deployment

Nov 6

4

Vistra acquires Cogentrix Energy’s 10 natural gas plants, bringing total U.S. generation capacity to nearly 50,000 MW

Nov 5

5

Illuminate USA hits 10 GW of solar module production at Ohio factory

Nov 5

6

Cameco posts lower Q3 2026 earnings amid Key Lake maintenance outage and reduced Westinghouse equity income

Nov 5

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Europe’s aging wind turbines are getting a “health check” from the ground, and it could keep them spinning for years longer

Nov 5

8

Along France’s Channel coast, three 900 megawatt reactors shut down within an hour after jellyfish swarmed the cooling intakes, and the fleet lost a fifth of its nuclear output

Nov 5

Editorial Voices

Carlos Albero RojasCEO

Daniel GarciaChief Editor

Hugo RojasTech Editor & Advisor

Kelly LippkeStaff Writer

Prince SibandaStaff Writer

Anke MareenStaff Writer

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