📊“Roughly three-fourths of likely voters support expanding the electric grid, the survey found. About two-thirds are in favor of adding more transmission lines to connect clean energy and strengthen grid reliability.” 🔗Source: www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra...

📣“Mars’ first three contracts with Enel are estimated to generate 1.8 terawatt-hours of clean energy annually, helping the food and snack manufacturer avoid around 700 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year” 📌Source: www.esgdive.com/news/mars-en...

🔔“The survey of 1,000 likely 2026 voters commissioned by Conservatives for Clean Energy Florida shows that 78% support clean energy initiatives, including 63% of Republicans.” 📍Source: floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/16/n...

“A novel solar power project ☀️ just went online in California’s Central Valley, with panels that span across canals in the vast agricultural region…Project Nexus is only the second canal-based solar array to operate in the United States" 📌Source: tinyurl.com/u6pzye5j

📣 Check it out! Clean Tomorrow’s Nelson Falkenburg and Alex Breckel partnered with @dataforprogress.org for our newest report: From Barriers to Breakthroughs: State Policymaker Perspectives on Renewable Energy Siting → www.dataforprogress.org/memos/9/15/f...

📚Read about our most recent Siting Solutions Project legislative insight report The State of Siting: 2025 Legislative Round-up featured in @rtoinsider.bsky.social → www.rtoinsider.com/113506-state...

NEW with @cleantomorrow.org: We talked to state-level stakeholders involved in clean energy siting to identify key barriers to building renewables. Local opposition and misinformation were reported as top barriers. www.dataforprogress.org/memos/9/15/f...

🔔 “This is the nation’s first onshore wave energy site, and on Tuesday, Eco Wave Power will officially unveil the pilot installation and begin operating.” 📌Source: abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...

📣 Check this out! “In 2023, the [Cincinnati] zoo formalized the Community Solar Resiliency Program (CSRP) ☀️, aimed at helping share the benefits of renewable energy with its Avondale and Greater Cincinnati neighbors.” 📍Source: tinyurl.com/y2hxt349

🔔 Check out @canarymedia.com’s “Chart of the week” column by @danmccarthy.bsky.social featuring our newest Siting Solutions Project legislative insight report co-authored by Nelson Falkenburg. 📍Click on the link to read the full column

🔔“A coalition of Columbus business, nonprofit and local government leaders is celebrating the beginning of a pilot program bringing solar power ☀️ to 10 low- and moderate-income Near East Side homeowners.” 🔗Source: tinyurl.com/3b5jbfey

Check out our new Siting Solutions Project legislative insight report in‪ @latitudemedia.bsky.social @maeveallsup.bsky.social www.latitudemedia.com/news/mapping...

🔔Read more about these restrictive bills and other national trends in our “State of Siting” 2025 Legislative Round-Up report → tinyurl.com/3pms3zkc

🔔 Learn more in our latest report 👉 tinyurl.com/3pms3zkc

📣“At the state level, more than a third of bills discussed this year on renewable technologies sought to make deployment more difficult, according to data shared exclusively with the FT by Clean Tomorrow” Read @fteva.bsky.social FT latest article here 👉 tinyurl.com/5d5e64m5

🔔Read more in our latest report 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3pms3zkc

Meet Claire Cody! Claire joins the Clean Tomorrow’s staff as our newest Senior Innovation Policy Analyst. Learn more about Claire here → cleantomorrow.org/our-team/

🔔 “[Mark Z.] Jacobson built from scratch what's called a "zero net energy house." It's all-electric with no gas on the property. The home generates as much energy as it consumes, and all the energy generated is clean and renewable...”♻️ 🔗Source: tinyurl.com/368k6c65

“The Ohio Power Siting Board approved construction of the 120-megawatt Frasier Solar project ☀️ late last month despite local groups’ organizing efforts.” 📍Source: tinyurl.com/5fmtfd7z

🌱“Six Northland projects received grants for clean energy projects in the latest round of the Minnesota State Competitiveness Fund.” 🔗Source: tinyurl.com/6f4uuzz6

📣“State regulators today gave final approval to a 140-megawatt solar farm ☀️ to be built on a 1,600-acre site in the town of Fenner in Madison County.” 📍Source: tinyurl.com/3r3dyb7j

"“As temperatures across New England soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in recent weeks, solar panels and batteries helped keep air conditioners running while reducing fossil-fuel generation and likely saving consumers more than $20 million.” Read more 📍Source: tinyurl.com/4kr8566p "

"The choice is stark: We can continue to fight partisan battles around which energy path the [US] should take as our global competitors pull further ahead, or we can rebuild American energy leadership on bipartisan ground." - Evan Chapman tinyurl.com/4bkm7hzh Read more 👇

👀 Check this out! Students partnered with GRID Alternatives Colorado to learn solar energy systems ☀️ and install mock panels. Funded by Denver's Green Career Grant, the program aims to develop sustainability-focused careers. 🌿 Source: tinyurl.com/mrxm6mra

Washington’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) approves Site Certification Agreement for Cypress Creek Renewables' Carriger Solar project, a 160-MW PV plant and 63 MW battery energy storage system near Goldendale🔋. 🌱Source: tinyurl.com/4whnh9hs

Ohio Power Siting Board approves Knox County solar project ☀️, Frasier Solar, involving 250,000 panels on 800 acres of farmland in Miller, Clinton, and Mount Vernon townships. 🌿 Source: tinyurl.com/49m24x2z

Illinois launches clean energy training programs on Chicago’s West Side to develop residents for careers in solar energy. Source: tinyurl.com/4rp3rb9d

What we’re watching 👀: Acceleration Solar, a 90 MW and 800+ acre project, will be the first to advance through Michigan’s state siting process, which was created through PA 233 in 2023. Source: tinyurl.com/jftwythp

“Companies like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have increasingly moved toward an ‘all-of-the-above’ energy strategy,” said Evan Chapman, SR. director of policy at Clean Tomorrow. Read more how the current AI boom effects renewable energy advancements → tinyurl.com/53uybz5n

“The Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan (VCIP), developed by Golden State Clean Energy... in collaboration with the Westlands Water District, is a master-planned transmission and renewable energy project located in Fresno County.” Source: tinyurl.com/53zv76bb

Massachusetts has enacted an ambitious energy storage mandate, requiring investor-owned utilities to secure 5,000 MW of storage by 2030, aiming to modernize the grid and fully integrate renewable energy. Source: tinyurl.com/5xy2ba4p

“... [T]o maximize our investment, government bodies from Congress to local zoning boards must commit to breaking down barriers that are preventing infrastructure progress.” Read U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley’s op-ed on modernizing America’s infrastructure → tinyurl.com/msryvrwm

ICYMI: Check out our Founder and CEO, Lindsey Baxter Griffith, on Fox 5 DC's "The Final 5 with Jim Lokay,” discussing the negative impact President Trump’s proposed “Big Beautiful Bill” could have on the United States’ clean energy advantages in the future. → tinyurl.com/3uxp7djb

Our CEO & Founder, Lindsey Baxter Griffith, speaking with fellow panelists at yesterday’s Clean Energy Transition Conference.

11 Columbia University grad students completed a capstone project on behalf of our org, detailing policy mechanisms for clean energy projects, aiming to deliver economic benefits to communities through clean energy projects. Read our full blog here - tinyurl.com/yax2dd6w

"Programmatic reviews are not a silver bullet. But they can be a powerful tool to accelerate clean energy deployment if backed by clear authority, designed around market realities, and implemented on a firm timeline." Check out Nikki Chiappa's newest blog - tinyurl.com/muj2ch7n

Find out more from Clean Tomorrow’s new Siting Policy Insight Report here → tinyurl.com/mr37jpsf

Check out Clean Tomorrow’s new Siting Policy Insight Report to learn more about the rules dictating clean energy development here → tinyurl.com/mr37jpsf

Pittsburgh International Airport, in collaboration with DLC and IMG Energy Solutions, is expanding its solar field with 11,216 high-efficiency panels, aiming to generate 4.7 megawatts of clean electricity and reduce carbon emissions. Source: tinyurl.com/4v6bhnwy

My latest newsletter has the exclusive on new siting report data from @cleantomorrow.org. At least 31 states are considering reforms to siting renewable energy after upward of 15% of U.S. counties passed local ordinances restricting wind and solar development. Subscribe at kaufman.substack.com:

Want to stay up-to-date on all things clean energy siting policy? Check out Clean Tomorrow’s full Siting Policy Insight Report here → tinyurl.com/mr37jpsf

"What this bill will do is reduce the availability of energy, increase costs for energy that's coming on the grid, and make it more difficult to pull innovative American technologies that will produce clean energy." - Sr. Director of Policy Evan Chapman. tinyurl.com/2vf6wxxe

"Falkenburg said the report aims to guide states on the pathways to speed up construction of the energy sources that – once approved – typically take the shortest amount of time to get electrons on the grid.” Read @alexckaufman.bsky.social exclusive on our new report -https://tinyurl.com/y2u66994

“Other countries are rapidly scaling up investments in green steel, green cement, low-carbon manufacturing... Without a clear strategy here, we risk falling behind.” - Lindsey Baxter Griffith CEO and Founder of Clean Tomorrow. Read more → tinyurl.com/bddk4zxr

"If we're really serious about the innovation pipeline, we should be trying to rebuild the staff and capacity of the Department of Energy right now." - Lindsey Baxter Griffith, CEO of Clean Tomorrow, and a former congressional and DOE staffer. Read more → tinyurl.com/3uknf7jb

“We need that commercial muscle in our federal apparatus to be able to actually innovate technologies and then bring them to market to stay competitive" Lindsey Baxter Griffith, Clean Tomorrow CEO & Founder. Read more → tinyurl.com/9b2pwefw

Ford Motor Company's clean energy agreement with DTE Energy funded a 100 megawatt solar project in Michigan, aiming to transition 100% of its assembly plant electricity to renewable energy by 2026. Source: tinyurl.com/bcc6xytz

“We need to build and innovate on clean energy like we’re in an emergency.”- Clean Tomorrow’s CEO and Founder, Lindsey Baxter Griffith at this year’s DC Climate Week’s Energy for a New Era panel

Want to stay up-to-date with all things #cleanenergy? Check out our Siting Solutions Project monthly newsletter that identifies national trends in renewable energy siting legislation and profiles key bills to watch. Read April’s latest edition here → tinyurl.com/2f7b29fx

“Clean energy innovation isn’t just about developing new technologies – it’s about building the institutional knowledge, workforce skills, and collaborative networks that make commercialization possible.” Read more in our recent report in collaboration with Third Way → tinyurl.com/yuac2kka