Clean Energy News July 2025

Credit: Yuma County Credit: Yuma County         The Yuma Pioneer Sandhills Energy’s solar energy project on the City of Yuma wastewater treatment facility property continues to progress. Mechanical completion and commercial operation of the project are anticipated to occur in September, according to Raphael Martinez, director of business relations for Sandhills Energy. ...

          KJZZ Phoenix is set to receive nearly $180 million in federal funding to help build a new advanced water purification facility — a project city leaders say is critical to both economic growth and long-term water resilience. The funding, announced by Arizona Congressman Greg Stanton and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, will support the design and constructi...

          KJZZ If you’ve wanted to install rooftop solar panels or buy an electric vehicle in recent years, you’ve probably been able to get federal money for them in the form of tax credits. But those incentives are going away now that President Trump signed what he’s called the “One Big Beautiful Bill” into law on July 4. That means i...

    Daily Independent The massive tax and spending cut bill that Congress passed Thursday ends federal tax incentives for electric vehicles. Buyers have until Sept. 30 to qualify for the federal tax credits on EVs before they are terminated. But experts say there are still strong financial reasons to consider buying the vehicles even without those incentives. Before the bill...

    Acara Solutions Arizona stands at a pivotal moment in its economic evolution. As the state transitions from an agricultural economy of the five C’s – Cattle, Citrus Copper, Cotton, and Climate to a clean energy powerhouse, industry leaders gathered recently at the Clean Energy Summit at Arizona State University’s Innovation Center Sky Song to discuss the workforce ch...

        City Sun Times Electric vehicles (EVs) tend to stir up a lot of opinions—and, often, a lot of misconceptions. In Arizona, those myths are especially common. From questions about how these vehicles perform in the heat to concerns about charging infrastructure and range capabilities, I’ve heard plenty of doubts about electric vehicles. As someone who works for F...

ENGINEERING MARVEL: Central Arizona Project manages a 336-mile canal system that brings Colorado River water to Central and Southern Arizona, accounting for 36% of the state’s water supplies. Photo courtesy of Central Arizona Project.                 AZ Big Media From its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains until it runs dry in Mexico, the Colo...

          inBusiness PHX Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. , and a leading global developer, owner, and operator of solar and energy storage assets, announced that the 1,200 MWh Papago Storage facility in Maricopa County, Arizona, has reached commercial operation. The project is now dispatching stored energy to Arizona Public Service (AP...

          Arizona Business Leaders and City of Phoenix Mayor Speak Out on Repeal of Clean Energy Tax Credits PHOENIX, AZ — A webinar hosted today by Arizona Forward, business leaders from across the state’s clean energy and economic development sectors made it clear: the repeal threatens not only Arizona’s position as a national clean energy hub, but also billi...