The coronavirus pandemic has presented an opportunity to reboot the American economy in a way that is cleaner and helps to mitigate climate change for…
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Even for an offshore wind industry that is accustomed to all things being supersized, last week was a big week. On Wednesday the U.K. released…
Through upheaval and social discord, the celestial orb traces its seasonal journey nonetheless. Now, November wanes, slow-motion coups bed down for the winter, and temperatures…
IBM has spent the past decade advancing smart meter and digital grid technologies around the world, including playing a key role in designing the “Smart…
Leading global wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has launched a venture capital unit as it looks to stoke the energy transition. Vestas Ventures will focus on…
President-elect Joe Biden has promised to rejoin the Paris agreement, an international climate accord adopted in December 2015, on his first day in office. Under…
Plug Power has raised about $1 billion in a bought equity transaction to fund its plan to build what could be the first U.S.-wide network of green…
William Demas didn’t choose to work in renewables — at least, not at first. But as it’s said, “With great power comes great responsibility.” As one…
For all of the idyllic visions of solar blanketing the globe, sun glinting off the glass like modernist amber waves, there’s comparatively little consideration of…
The next round of the U.K.’s contracts for difference (CFD) program will support up to 12 gigawatts of renewable power projects, the government has said. An…
Green recovery funds offer a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to tackle climate change, according to former U.N. climate chief Christian Figueres. Countries around the world face a moral imperative not…
California utility regulators want to avoid a repeat of the rolling blackouts that hit during August’s record heat wave. The trick is finding meaningful interventions in time for…
Justin Guay is director for global climate strategy at the Sunrise Project. * * * On the heels of an historic election that saw Joe…
Over the course of the Trump administration, the nonpartisan nature of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been called into question by clean energy advocates…
The evolving investigation into an alleged $61 million bribery scheme involving Ohio lawmakers and new revelations from utility FirstEnergy have led to the resignation of the state’s…
Thursday’s meeting of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission started off with expressions of comity between its three commissioners. It ended with another round of dissents…
The global peak in oil consumption may already be past us, according to a new report from Carbon Tracker — and China and India’s rapid transition to…
Every pathway toward economy-wide decarbonization drives straight through a dramatic transformation in the electricity sector. But so much of the discussion in that sector focuses…
In the 1960s, scientists who worked for General Motors and Ford discovered that the exhaust from their cars was very likely changing the climate. They…
Spanish utility Iberdrola is aiming to become one of Europe’s top green hydrogen producers with a 200-megawatt electrolyzer project and plans for 600 MW more. The 100-million-euro…