Democrats won elections in Virginia and Georgia that have implications for energy policy: offshore wind and data centers in Virginia and affordability in both.

Ørsted reported a net loss for the third quarter, attributed to the continuing financial challenges for its U.S. offshore wind portfolio, but it also said those projects are progressing well toward completion.

The policy changes and financial signals of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will slow the addition of solar, storage and wind capacity, but only for a few years, BloombergNEF predicts.

State policymakers and industry leaders at the Alliance for Clean Energy New York’s Fall Conference offered messages of full support even as they acknowledged the federal roadblocks thrown in their path.

The infrastructure that supports our ability to generate and move critically needed electrons relies heavily on a regulatory environment that offers some consistent level of predictability, says columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.

Ørsted will reduce its workforce roughly 25% through the end of 2027 as it wraps up construction of offshore wind farms and remakes itself as a more competitive company.

New analyses report record growth for the global renewable energy sector in 2025 and project continued expansion through the end of the decade.