The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes ...

The country installed 50 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2024. Solar dominated but faces an uncertain future.

Solar is the fastest-growing source of electricity in the U.S. with growth occurring in all 50 states over the last 10 years.

A Penn State researcher has refined a 100-year-old wind energy equation, boosting turbine efficiency and cutting costs.

In a first for the US, wind and solar produced more electricity than coal last year, according to a new report from energy ...

Wind droughts would have been the most important discovery in the 20th Century but the discovery came too late to avert the ...

The Senate Energy Committee gave its blessing on Thursday to a bill aimed at incentivizing utility companies to invest in coal, natural gas and nuclear assets over wind and solar. The committee also ...

Residents of Block Island, Rhode Island, are harnessing steady ocean breezes through a 200,000-watt wind turbine generator to power their homes, marking a significant shift from diesel generators to ...

In the US in 2024, wind and solar accounted for 17% of total electricity generation, surpassing coal, which fell to a record low of 15%.

"As demand remained unchanged for years, solar, wind and gas together worked to replace coal, transforming the US electricity system,” said Dave Jones of Ember.

The numbers are remarkable. Texas generated 169,442 gigawatt-hours from wind, utility-scale solar and small-scale solar in ...

Without significant investment in long-duration energy storage, much of the renewable energy generated—especially from solar ...