Solar topped coal in Texas for the first time ever in March
Solar topped coal’s output in Texas for the first time in any month, sending 3.26 million megawatt-hours (MWh) onto the…
Solar topped coal’s output in Texas for the first time in any month, sending 3.26 million megawatt-hours (MWh) onto the…
Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US…
Both of New Hampshire’s coal plants are shutting, making New England the second coal-free region in the US.
Renewable energy costs in Asia last year were 13% cheaper than coal and are expected to be 32% cheaper by…
The first of five planned West Virginia solar farms just came online – here’s why that’s significant for the state.
Wind and solar are mushrooming globally, but drought is throwing a wrench in the works – here’s what renewable growth…
Wind and solar, the fastest-growing sources of electricity, reached a record 10% of global electricity in 50 countries in 2021,…
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has forecast in its January Short-Term Energy Outlook that rising electricity generation from clean energy such…
Houston-headquartered renewables company EDP Renewables North America has completed a 200-megawatt (MW) solar farm in Randolph County, Indiana, northeast of…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ørsted says Block Island is offline for summer maintenance, and rumors are flying….
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The Tennessee Valley Authority implodes its oldest coal-fired power plant. The UK’s Ministry…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): A climate group report shows fossil-fuel financing continues to rise despite Paris Agreement…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Two huge infrastructure plans will power New York City with wind, solar, and…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): If just six countries took action now, it would eliminate 82% of the…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Tesla models make up more than half of US EV sales in 2021….
2021 was a record-breaking year for investment in and deployment of clean energy, battery storage, and EVs in the US,…
West Virginia’s largest solar farm will sit on the site of the 5,800-acre Hobet Mine, one of the state’s largest…
For the first time ever, renewable power generation – that’s wind, solar, hydro, biomass, and geothermal – exceeded coal-fired generation…
Wind and solar combined now provide more generating capacity and produce more electricity than coal in the US, according to…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US has enough usable rooftop space to deploy solar that would match…
Electric utility FirstEnergy Corp., which serves most of northern West Virginia, is going to repurpose a former coal ash landfill…
Nearly a quarter of the 200,568 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired capacity currently operating in the US has reported plans to…
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) – the largest utility in the United States – will launch a first-of-its-kind pilot program…
In 2021, 163 gigawatts (GW) – nearly two-thirds – of new renewable power added was cheaper than the cheapest coal-fired…