Progress through politics comes in awkward jumbles. On Aug. 7, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376). The legislation represented about a year of back-and-forth negotiations between...
There are many ways to gauge the growth of clean power in the United States. One measure is the volume of new generating capacity awaiting access to the grid. A study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab...
California’s ambitious pursuit of a green economy has made it a national leader, but developing new clean energy sources poses its own dilemma. Like many states, aging infrastructure presents a challenge for bringing that...
State governments are taking the initiative to move energy away from fossil fuels and cut carbon emissions. According to the environmental policy watchdog Inside Climate News (ICN), nearly a dozen states belong to the...
The clean energy prospects of nuclear power are earning the industry a closer look in the fight against global warming. Southern Co., Atlanta, Ga., announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to...
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...
