In a world first, solar and wind generated 10% of power for 50 countries in 2021
Wind and solar, the fastest-growing sources of electricity, reached a record 10% of global electricity in 50 countries in 2021,…
Wind and solar, the fastest-growing sources of electricity, reached a record 10% of global electricity in 50 countries in 2021,…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Baltimore-based US Wind announces a new offshore wind farm and other major developments….
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 Florida solar boot camp provides guaranteed jobs for young adults. The Swiss…
Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) wants to fight Biden’s clean energy plan, despite being the No. 1 state in the US…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Dubuque may adopt a pilot program to help low- to moderate-income households install…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The International Energy Agency’s new report details the global transition to clean energy…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The final floating turbine is connected at the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): In 2020, due to the pandemic, US energy emissions fell to the lowest…
In its latest ‘World Energy outlook’ report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) found that fossil-fuel subsidies dropped sharply by 35%…
The biofuel and oil industries, which were both heavily subsidized over the years, are now working together to lobby against electric…
In 2020, 26% of US households – that’s 32.25 million out of 123.53 million homes – used electricity as their…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): From 2019 to 2020, petroleum consumption decreased in every energy-consuming sector. 25 fossil…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US Department of the Interior suspends oil and gas leases in the Arctic…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): 6.1 GW of global offshore wind was installed in 2020, down slightly from…
Electricity from solar is cheaper than sourcing it from coal-fired power plants, according to a new article published in the journal Energy and…
The solar industry in Illinois is reaping the rewards of the state’s Climate and Equitable Jobs Act that passed five…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Battery electric cars now account for 11% of the UK market – tied…
Atlanta-based Southern Co., the US’s third-largest utility, will terminate around 55% of its coal fleet by 2030. Southern Co. is…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, the Kincardine Offshore Wind, is now…
Coal investor and US Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV) opposes his own political party’s clean energy program. And since not a…
Coal production is forecast to reach an all-time high in 2022, and then after a couple of years, plateau as…
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday for oil…
The world’s largest-ever report about climate change was published today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations…