Clean Energy News June 2026 Archives - Arizona Technology Council

Arizona congressional lawmakers advance bills to boost geothermal energy production

Image: Kirsten Dorman | Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari at Phoenix Sky Harbor on April 22, 2025. KJZZPhoenix As geothermal energy interest has grown in Arizona, congressional lawmakers have advanced measures in Washington to give the industry a boost. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Yassamin Ansari that would set standards for geotherma...

Arizona adds 337 megawatts of solar capacity in first quarter amid national slowdown

Image: Solar panels at Salt River Project’s Solar Energy Center near Buckeye. Salt River Project Phoenix Business Journal New solar energy generation capacity continues to be added at a robust pace in Arizona, bringing the state to No. 4 in the nation for total capacity. Arizona’s solar energy capacity increased by 337 megawatts in the first quarter of this year, the eighth-highe...

Arizona Takes First Steps Toward Its Nuclear Future

Image: InBusiness PHX inBusinessPHX Arizona Public Service (APS), Salt River Project (SRP) and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) continue to work together to explore adding nuclear generation in Arizona, including through a preliminary siting study now underway. New nuclear generation will take time to develop, which is why it’s essential that Arizona’s leading energy providers begin th...

SRP doubles heat-relief funding

Image: SRP employees assemble heat-relief kits for distribution through nonprofit partners. Earlier this year, volunteers prepared 3,250 kits containing items such as cooling towels, sunscreen, bottled water and hydration supplies to help residents cope with extreme summer temperatures. (Salt River Project/Submitted) PeoriaTimes Salt River Project is increasing its support for heat-reli...

SRP Completes 200 MW Battery Storage Facility in Coolidge

Image: inBusiness PHX InBusinessPHX EDP Renewables North America LLC and Salt River Project, a not for-profit public power utility serving more than two million people in central Arizona, today celebrated the completion of Flatland Energy Storage, a 200 megawatt (MW) / 800 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) in Coolidge, Arizona. Flatland Energy Storage has the capacit...