US renewables hit milestone in surpassing coal output
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nationwide energy supply-and-demand patterns. Stay-at-home...
COVID-19 and its effects on the environment
As SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus pathogen that causes the illness COVID-19, sweeps across the globe,...
First-of-its-kind device prototype harnesses renewable energy from ocean waves
Our planet is a water world, covered with 70 percent oceans. For centuries, it’s been widely known that the high...
Renewable energy surpasses fossil fuels in the UK
In a first for the United Kingdom, wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable energy sources have generated...
The CO2 intensity of the US power sector just hit a record low
Renewable energy is winning again. The Power Sector Carbon Index just revealed that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions...
Tesla’s Powerwall faces stiff competition from other energy storage products
While Tesla's Powerwall may be the most well-known residential solar energy storage system, it's not the only one...
Renewable energy could face tax problems in Republican compromise
Renewable energy advocates initially breathed a sigh of relief when the Republican tax bill reworked a provision...
Google signs new contracts to offset 100% of its energy use with solar and wind power
Google just signed new contracts to offset 100% of its energy use with solar and wind power. The contracts were...
New Zealand plans to power its grid with 100% renewable energy by 2035
New Zealand's new prime minister has ambitious goals to seriously slash carbon emissions. Jacinda Ardern, who became...
New EV charging system lets Nissan Leaf owners sell power back to the grid
UK residents who plan to purchase an electric vehicle (EV) next year might want to hold out for a Nissan Leaf....
Australia now generates enough renewable energy to power 70% of homes
Renewable energy is taking over Australia. New figures reveal the sector generated enough electricity for 70 percent...
Chinese province runs entirely on renewable energy for 7 days
A province in China just showed it is indeed possible to achieve 100% renewable energy. Qinghai Province recently...
Renewables will reign supreme by 2040, latest BNEF report shows
Renewable energy is on track to take over the world, if Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF)'s predictions are correct....
The U.S. just generated 10% of its electricity from solar and wind for the first time
Would anyone still like to claim renewable energy can't power our world? It may take a while, but America is getting...
UK solar smashes record, supplying 25% of electricity demand
Solar supplied nearly 25 percent of electricity demand in the United Kingdom at 1 p.m. last Friday, according to...
The sweet moment California got a record 50% of its electricity from solar
California is showing the awesome potential of scaled-up solar power to provide the United States and the world...
6 reasons the clean energy revolution doesn’t need Trump’s blessing
President Donald Trump’s anti-environment blitzkrieg is leaving many of us struggling to catch up to and understand...
California introduces its own 100% renewable energy bill
Massachusetts recently introduced a bill to derive 100 percent of the state's energy from renewables, and now California...
The US solar market grew by a record-breaking 95% last year
The United States solar market grew an astounding 95 percent in 2016, installing an extraordinary 14.5 gigawatts...
Stanford researchers pioneer world’s first affordable urea battery
Stanford University researchers have designed a new battery that could revolutionize renewable energy storage....
New York approves nation’s largest offshore wind farm
It's official - New York just gave the green light for the nation's largest offshore wind farm. The new South Fork...
Wyoming lawmakers launch bill that would ban selling renewable energy
In a move that puts the “R” in regressive, a group of Republican lawmakers in Wyoming just launched a bill...
Hawaii bill calls for 100% green transportation by 2045
Hawaii lawmakers want the state's ground transportation to run entirely on renewables by 2045. As a majority of...
New project could see UK electric trains powered by off-grid solar
In what’s being hailed as a “completely unique” idea that could have “wide impact with commercial applications...
Obama: The United States’ clean energy transition is ‘irreversible’
President Barack Obama just published an opinion piece in the journal Science, writing that the "trend toward clean...
Elon Musk says Trump administration may be “positive on renewables”
Elon Musk, recently selected as a strategic advisor for President-elect Donald Trump, seems hopeful the next administration...
Costa Rica ran almost entirely on renewables in 2016
It’s a happy new year in Costa Rica, where the nation’s Electricity Institute has reported that 98.1 percent...
Obama administration aims for 86 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2050
Could the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines of the United States one day look like the North Sea with thousands of...
Largest US wind project will power 800,000 homes in Iowa
According to the American Wind Energy Association, Iowa ranks second in the nation for wind power with 6,365 megawatts...
Average cost of solar and wind energy could fall by 59% in the next decade
A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds that with the right policies in place,...