Green power is helping the United States wean itself off fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is also creating jobs. According to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), Washington, D.C., so...
On July 16, wind farm developer Vineyard Wind and the Southeastern Massachusetts Building Trades Council signed a landmark agreement that guarantees local union jobs on the Vineyard Wind 1 project. The parties describe it as...
As the energy industry changes, employment opportunities grow. California has announced a series of grants to help build a workforce for carbon-neutral energy technology. The program offers funding for job training in a...
The end game of energy innovation has always been to end fossil fuel use. Questions remain about how long that will take and if the country can make a complete transformation. A new report says that could be sooner rather...
BP recently announced plans to cut its oil and gas production by 40%. The company will instead invest billions of dollars into low-carbon technology, bioenergy, hydrogen and other renewable-energy sources, as well as carbon...
Scientists have warned of irreversible damage to the planet if global warming is not stopped quickly enough.The prospect of avoiding that dark fate is not entirely gloomy. A new study reveals that clean energy could account...
The movement toward clean energy requires more than just government regulation. The private industry, and more than just utilities and energy users, has to embrace the cause. Recently, a clean energy advocacy organization...
Green power has been building momentum for many years, but it still needs help from policy makers. Virginia has been a state that has long relied on one of the most notorious of fossil fuels, and lawmakers have made a bold...
This month, three members of the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce released the legislative framework of the draft Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act, with the goal of...
According to the latest annual report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), “Seventh Annual Energy Report: Clean Energy Opportunities and Dirty Energy Challenges,” the nation’s electric utilities have emerged as...
In 2002, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Taos, N.M., began implementing solar energy for its distribution grid, which serves three counties in the state. At the time, board members voted to move toward a goal of 100%...
While solar-powered airplanes may turn more heads, other equally important changes are in the works in the space where energy and air travel meet. In October, the Allegheny County Airport Authority announced that the...
Electric vehicles amount to a fraction of total U.S. auto sales, but they represent a potentially lucrative market for electric utilities. Still, few have developed strategies to ease their adoption; the availability of...
For electrical contractors involved in building-related energy management, such as sensors, analytics, and smart controls, a new opportunity in a burgeoning technology, according to a new report published by the National...
Institutions of higher education are large energy users. Campus buildings house and feed countless students, and fleets of university buses and shuttles move students and faculty members around campus. To combat this high...
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...
When it comes to covering advances in renewable energy technologies, the focus has primarily been on new ways—and incremental improvements—for bringing down cost. With prices for electricity from solar and wind now reaching...
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...
According to a new study by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), U.S. cities are ramping up their clean-energy efforts, though less than half of surveyed cities with city-wide climate goals are on...
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, released last week, provides states with the flexibility to determine their own power generation supply sources, meaning fossil fuels can...
