Solar is now bigger than coal in China — and yet still way behind
China has more solar capacity online than coal capacity. It’s a remarkable milestone, but the fossil fuel still generates far more electricity than solar does.
China has more solar capacity online than coal capacity. It’s a remarkable milestone, but the fossil fuel still generates far more electricity than solar does.
ScottishPower’s Whitelee onshore wind farm could double its capacity with far fewer turbines. It’s an example of how much wind technology has improved.
Turbines generate tax revenue and sizable payments for farmers, but development has slowed as the political winds have shifted.
The outlook for storage construction keeps getting brighter as everyone from the Trump White House to clean energy advocates to AI giants clamors for more.
Analysts are trying to measure the damage President Trump has done to the energy transition so far — and determine where federal climate policy should go from here.
China has more solar capacity online than coal capacity. It’s a remarkable milestone, but the fossil fuel still generates far more electricity than solar does.
Investors spent a record amount in the first half of 2026 on projects that combine renewable energy — mostly solar — with batteries.
Gov. Hochul, a Democrat, diluted New York’s climate law this year amid struggles to build large-scale renewables. Now, she’s looking to nuclear power.
The plant will cut CO2 emissions compared to traditional coal furnaces. But Hyundai's use of gas and resulting pollution show the messiness of cleaning up steel.
Turbines generate tax revenue and sizable payments for farmers, but development has slowed as the political winds have shifted.
The outlook for storage construction keeps getting brighter as everyone from the Trump White House to clean energy advocates to AI giants clamors for more.
The geothermal startup will supply 400 MW from its Cape Station project to a Google data center in Utah. An initial phase of the project will come online this fall.
The Demand Side Grid Support program was given no money for next year, though supporters blocked an effort that could have disbanded the VPP altogether.
Interior is using tax dollars to pay firms to ditch offshore wind leases and invest in fossil fuels instead. California just became the eighth state to sue to stop it.
Some city residents went two weeks without power following storms. The federal program, ended by Trump, would have enabled many to access solar and batteries.
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