New Renewable Energy Cheaper Than 99% of US Coal
It would be cheaper to build new renewable energy capacity than it is to continue operating nearly every existing coal plant in the U.S., a new report from Energy Innovation finds. Of
It would be cheaper to build new renewable energy capacity than it is to continue operating nearly every existing coal plant in the U.S., a new report from Energy Innovation finds. Of
Climate denial, conspiracy theories, and other misinformation run rampant across social media can foment opposition to renewable energy development in rural communities, but for Mariah Lynne, in Freeborn County, Minnesota (pop. 30,749),
Misinformation about renewable energy projects is a major barrier to the expansion of renewable energy, NPR reports. "It can really slow down the clean energy transition, and that has just as dire
Employment in renewable energy and battery-related sectors was far more resilient to the shock of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to an annual DOE report released Monday. Overall, one in 10 U.S.
The American renewable energy sector shone brightly in 2020, blowing away previous records for new installed capacity, according to Bloomberg NEF and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, which released their Sustainable
Clean energy and energy storage go together like peanut butter and jelly. But the falling cost of renewable energy threatens to break up this indispensable pair. According to a new paper in
Monya’ (pronounced “Monet,” like the French artist) Chapman, 53, lives with her 77-year-old mother in a house she rents in West Baltimore, a neighborhood she describes as moderate- to low-income. She earns
Turkana County in northwest Kenya endured malicious neglect by colonial powers and now sits on the frontlines of a climate crisis, Atmos reports. British colonizers described Turkana as "the most worthless district
Extreme weather fueled by climate change is making the investments crucial to cutting climate pollution more expensive — sometimes prohibitively — to insure, Bloomberg reports. From solar panel-pummeling baseball-size hail to flooding,
The Bureau of Land Management will seek to further reduce leasing rates for wind and solar energy projects on federal lands and formalize those rates in regulations. The Interior Department cut renewable
Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than coal for the first time ever last year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced Monday. Wind and solar energy produced 14% of U.S.-produced electricity in
San Giovanni a Teduccio is a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Italy. Once an industrial center, today it’s home to abandoned factories that sit in ruins by the sea. But
An increasing number of workers are leaving the fossil fuels industry to produce renewable energy, the New York Times reports. Many find their skill sets transfer easily to the renewable energy sector,
The day after being accused of misleading its investors over its renewable energy plans, Shell posted a record $39.9 billion in 2022 profits as it benefitted from the global upheaval caused by
Renewable energy generation overtook methane gas, limited coal's resurgence, and helped Europe save more than 10 billion euros in gas costs, a report from Ember finds. Renewables produced 22% of EU electricity
Clean energy investments hit $1.1 trillion in 2022, roughly matching fossil fuels investment for the first time ever, according to a BloombergNEF analysis released Thursday. Clean energy investments, which include investments in
Renewable energy sources are on pace to double in the next five years and are set to supplant coal as the largest source of global electricity generation by early 2025, according to
Fossil fuel prices have risen worldwide since Russia invaded Ukraine last February, but investments in renewable energy are helping the Public Service Company of New Mexico keep customers' costs down. Unlike in
Mozambique's burgeoning methane gas export industry shows the consequences of industrialized nations' failure to fund developing countries' expansion of renewable energy, Bloomberg reports. Only one-third of Mozambique residents have access to electricity
Extremely poor nations, including those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, are being locked out of financing to develop renewable electricity resources essentially because they have no fossil fuels to
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