While California is home to some of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas, the state includes many smaller communities tucked into remote mountain and desert locations. Greenville—the town largely destroyed in August’s Dixie...
In May, federal officials gave final environmental approval for the nation’s first major offshore wind project, Vineyard Wind, to be located 14 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, and opened two areas off the California...
Emission-reduction targets are pegged to 2005 levels. So President Joe Biden’s plan to cut total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50%–52% by 2030 is based on percentages compared to 2005 emissions levels. A report from the...
When the lights went off in Texas during February’s storms, some politicians were quick to blame wind turbines. An overreliance on the intermittent resource was the root cause of the catastrophic power failure, they said...
As President Joe Biden’s administration settles in, we can expect to see a very different approach to climate change. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, vehicles and power plants is sure to become a priority...
As impacts from climate change become more obvious, an alliance has formed between groups from opposite sides of the hydropower debate. A joint statement signed in October between hydropower developers and several...
When it comes to battery-based energy storage, lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology owns the market, from laptops up to utility-scale projects meant to offset the need for natural gas peaking plants. Other chemistries simply haven...
While many of the most ambitious climate-change proposals, including the Green New Deal, call for getting to a carbon-neutral economy by 2050, a new report suggests a path for getting almost that 15 years sooner. By pairing...
Like just about every other business in the nation, solar installers are taking a major hit from the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic fallout. A Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) survey found that almost 80% of...
Across the world, energy use is likely down in every country that has a lockdown due to COVID-19, as most office towers, factories, restaurants and bars have either shut down or have few workers on premises. Now, in the U.K...
According to a new report from Wood Mackenzie, energy storage is expected to develop from approximately 4 gigawatts (GW) of annual deployments in 2019 to more than 15 GW by 2024. Reasons for this growth include falling costs...
As commercial- and utility-scale solar operations have moved from niche electricity-market players to major generating resources, some utilities and developers are finding it more difficult to gain approval for new projects...
Despite rising popularity and growing market share, renewables still face delays. A massive wind farm project proposed for Wyoming has been in the works for over 10 years. On Oct. 21, Chokecherry and Sierra Madre project took...
Renewable portfolio standards (RPS) have helped drive the adoption of solar, wind and other renewable energy technologies for almost two decades, but there is a twist in the newest generation of these mandates. As fears of...
Federal support of solar power has been an unpredictable ally over the years, as politics have more than once cast a long shadow over the renewal of tax credits. This year, members of Congress have taken steps to remove that...
In a historic first, wind power generated more energy for the state of Texas than coal, according to a new report from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Electricity generated from wind power has been steadily...
Offshore wind generation is becoming a reality along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, but exactly how that electricity will make it to shore is currently up for debate. Up and down the coast, states and developers are working out...
According to data released each month by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), there is good news for electrical contractors involved in utility-scale renewables projects, especially wind and solar. According to...
Renewable energy has achieved tremendous gains in recent years. Much of that growth can be attributable to government standards that require utilities to move away from fossil fuels. Many states have adopted renewable energy...
If the United States completely decarbonizes by 2030, it could cost north of $4.5 trillion, according to a Wood Mackenzie report. However, if the country chooses one of several alternative routes—including stretching the...
