renewable energy

The EIA forecasts that wind and solar will together account for 16% of total electricity generation in 2023, up from 14% in 2022 and 8% in 2018.

An alliance between SunPower and Wallbox is one of several deals suggesting there's a big future for EVs and home solar functioning together.

Americans now see electric cars as better for the environment, and more than 8 out of 10 want more solar, but Republican support has dropped.

Volkswagen plans to turn the island of Astypalea into a hub for green mobility and climate-neutral infrastructure.

The solar array was recently approved by the Trump administration and will offset the greenhouse gas emissions of 83,000 cars.

The supply of materials—and specifically minerals—could be tightened due to restrictions aimed at the coronavirus pandemic.

The economic effects of the pandemic might drive a shift to renewable energy, suggests a recent report from the IEA.

A company aims to make the driveway a very productive part of your home—enough to power your whole house, potentially.

A report suggests that it makes no financial sense to continue to support coal as it's not more expensive than wind and solar. That's good news for electric cars.

European factory is expected to make Model Y, Model 3, and energy products for the EU and beyond—perhaps as soon as late 2020.

A transition to 100 percent renewable power would require huge investments in energy storage and may need new financial systems to trade energy.

The past couple of weeks have seen the convergence of two troubling trends. Perhaps most troubling, the Scripps Institute of Oceanography released data last week from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere have reached record levels...

If electric cars are supposed to clean up the environment and reduce global warming—and they are—EV drivers would like to rely on 100 percent renewable energy to do charge. And charging networks are striving to provide it. Many, including Tesla with its Supercharger stations, are...

A new transmission line between Wyoming and the Hoover Dam could help solve some of the issues regarding renewable energy production and demand.

Researchers find that there are many more sites conducive to pumped hydro for encouraging renewable sources.

There's nothing like a good polar vortex to put the power system to the test—unless maybe it's a summer heat wave. Energy consulting firm Wood Mackenzie used the opportunity of this event as a chance to measure demand on the power grid. In a detailed study of power demand during the severest...

Last week, two prominent Congressional Democrats released an outline of a "Green New Deal" that they hope will spur discussion and even commitment to eliminating fossil-fuel use. The Resolution picked up support from a wide range of other Democrats in Congress, while others expressed caution. The...

For electric-car drivers looking to emit less pollution as the drive, 2019 could be a banner year. The U.S. electric grid has been getting gradually greener as utilities replace coal fired powerplants with primarily wind and natural gas. That trend is due to reach a tipping point in 2019, according...

Sit down before you read this. Good. With all the dire warnings about climate-change coming from the most recent studies—from the Fourth National Climate Assessment released on Black Friday to an October report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which showed that catastrophic...

Americans want renewable electricity, and they want it now. That's the conclusion of a new study that has large power providers buzzing with nerves, according to a recent report on Vox. The report, done for the Edison Electric Institute and presented at a recent meeting of the utility trade group...