Shell could walk away from offshore wind in $1 billion+ sell-off
Shell is planning to sell its offshore wind farm assets in a deal that could raise more than $1 billion, Bloomberg reports.
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Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels across Europe in 2025
Europe’s power mix hit a tipping point in 2025. Wind and solar generated more electricity across the European Union than fossil fuels for the first time last year, according to Ember’s newly released European Electricity Review. Wind and solar supplied a record 30% of EU power, edging past fossil fuels at 29%.
Expand Expanding CloseEIA: Solar + storage soar as fossil fuels stall through September 2025
US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data released on November 25 and reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign reveal that, during the first nine months of 2025 and for the past year, solar and battery storage have dominated growth among competing energy sources, while fossil fuels and nuclear power have stagnated.
Expand Expanding CloseScientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded. Now they want to silence him.
Oil-funded groups are engaging in strategic harassment to stop scientists from revealing the nature of their politically-linked disinformation networks – in what should be a surprise to nobody.
Expand Expanding CloseUS wind + solar outproduced coal and nuclear in Q1 2025 – EIA
All renewable energy sources, including wind + solar, produced more than a quarter of US electrical generation in Q1 2025 and provided nearly a third of total US electrical generation in March alone, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign.
Expand Expanding CloseFERC: Solar + wind made up 98% of new US power generating capacity in Q1 2025
Solar and wind accounted for almost 98% of new US electrical generating capacity added in Q1 2025, according to new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign.
Solar and wind also made up an impressive 100% of new capacity in March, and March was the 19th consecutive month in which solar was the largest source of new capacity.
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Renewables and nuclear provided 40.9% of the world’s power generation in 2024, passing the 40% mark for the first time since the 1940s, according to a new global energy think tank Ember report.Â
Expand Expanding CloseFirst month on record: fossil fuels drop below 50% of US power mix
Fossil fuels just hit a record low in the US electricity mix last month, while solar and wind soared to all-time highs, according to fresh data from global energy think tank Ember.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Hague is the first world city to ban fossil fuel ads by law
The Hague, Netherlands’ third-largest city, has passed a local ordinance banning fossil fuel advertisements and ads for other highly-polluting services in the city, becoming the first city in the world to do so.
Expand Expanding CloseBreaking: US, other G7 countries to phase out coal by early 2030s
In a historic agreement, the G7 just agreed to phase out coal in the first half of the 2030s, according to statements made today.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a first, the US will restrict existing coal-fired plants’ emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will require existing coal-fired and new natural gas-fired power plants to control 90% of their carbon emissions or shut down.
Expand Expanding CloseSolar to displace natural gas in the daytime + in summer on the Texas grid
Solar is forecast to displace natural gas in the middle of the day and in the summer on the Texas grid, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Expand Expanding CloseUS renewables’ installed generating capacity beats coal
Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data.Â
Expand Expanding CloseIn a US first, the oil and gas sector will pay fines for excess methane emissions
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fine oil and gas companies for emitting excess methane – the first federal government tax ever on greenhouse gas emissions.
Expand Expanding CloseGlobal coal demand is expected to drop by 2026 – but not in Asia
The International Energy Agency’s latest report forecasts a decline in global coal demand by 2026, marking a potential turning point in global energy consumption.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a first, the world agrees to the ‘beginning of the end’ of the fossil fuel era
In a historic agreement, the world has agreed to “transition away” from fossil fuels at the COP28 climate summit. Is this a success? Depends on who you talk to.
Expand Expanding CloseOPEC tells members to reject COP28 deals that target fossil fuels
The head of OPEC wrote a letter to its members and urged them to reject any COP28 deal that targets fossil fuels, as seen by Reuters today.
Expand Expanding CloseHalf the world is 5 years past a peak in fossil fuel power generation
Half of the world’s economies are already five years past a peak in power generation from fossil fuels, new analysis from energy think tank Ember shows.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a US first, fossil fuel power plant workers will be retrained for offshore wind
Labor union members at New York’s Ravenswood Generating Station will become the US’s first fossil fuel power plant workers to transition to operating offshore wind equipment.
Expand Expanding CloseNew York State just banned fossil fuels in most new buildings
New York has become the first state in the US to pass a law that bans the use of fossil fuels in most new buildings.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s the good and bad news about coal in 2022
The International Energy Agency (IEA) today released “Coal 2022,” its annual market report on the fossil fuel’s sector. Here’s where the world currently stands, according to the report, which is considered a global benchmark for the demand, supply, and trade of coal.
Expand Expanding CloseEurope’s largest bank vows to stop funding new oil projects globally
London-based HSBC, the largest bank in Europe and the 8th largest bank in the world, has announced that it will stop funding any new oil and gas developments globally.
Expand Expanding CloseOil-funded lobbyists are trying to trick you into killing more whales
The fossil fuel industry is utilizing think tanks and lobbyists in a push to oppose wind power in the North Atlantic, claiming they want to save whales, even though the largest source of whale death and disruption is transatlantic shipping powered by their own product: oil.
Expand Expanding CloseThe real reason Joe Manchin is sabotaging the US clean energy plan [update]
Coal investor and US Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV) opposes his own political party’s clean energy program. And since not a single Republican will support the infrastructure bill that contains the program, Manchin has disproportionate power to sink the US plan to decarbonize in order to slow global warming and meet the Paris Agreement target of net-zero by 2050. Why does he oppose it?
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