China raced ahead building renewable energy last year, installing more wind and solar power than ever before and continuing to leave all other countries in the dust. The nation put up 357 gigawatts of solar and wind, a 45% and 18% increase, respectively, over what was operating at the end of 2023, according to China’s […]
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Texas GOP bills take aim at battery storage sites as industry worries about ‘supply squeeze’
Texas battery site operators were ready to demystify grid storage for lawmakers this legislative session — but they’re facing a fight instead. With data centers, artificial intelligence, extreme weather and population growth creating a voracious appetite for power across Texas, Republicans have filed bills that would create new hurdles for the battery, solar and wind projects needed to carry the […]
American company announces game-changing battery technology with unprecedented power — here’s how it could unlock next-gen energy storage
Coast-to-coast silicon cooperation detailed in a release from PR Newswire has the potential to lower costs and improve battery performance for aviation, electronics, electric vehicles, and grid storage — all by 2027. That’s because New York-based company Sionic Energy’s 100% silicon anode leverages patented silicon-carbon composite developed by Washington’s Group14 Technologies, per the release. Group14 […]
With Trump pivot back to pro-oil and gas policies, one renewable energy finds favor
As promised, President Donald Trump began reversing the country’s energy policies his first day in office with a spate of orders largely favoring oil, gas and coal. But there is one renewable energy that did find favor: geothermal. Energy experts say that makes sense — geothermal energy makes electricity 24/7. Many people working in the […]
California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy
One of the biggest myths about renewable energy is that it isn’t reliable. Sure, the sun sets every night and winds calm down, putting solar panels and turbines to sleep. But when those renewables are humming, they’re providing the grid with electricity and charging banks of batteries, which then supply power at night. A new […]
Solar power surpasses coal in EU for first time
Solar overtook coal in the European Union’s electricity production in 2024, with the share of renewables rising to almost half the bloc’s power sector, according to a report released Thursday. Gas generation, meanwhile, declined for the fifth year in a row and fossil-fueled power dipped to a “historic low”, climate think tank Ember said in […]
Electricity from offshore wind is more promising than ever—except for the politics
A new study co-authored by a USC Price professor published in Energies finds that generating electricity with wind turbines off the coast of California is an even more attractive option than it was at the beginning of the decade. That was until the Trump Administration put a temporary halt this week to new leases for […]
Europe posts record year for clean energy use as Trump pulls US toward fossil fuels
A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc’s push for clean energy and the new U.S. administration’s pursuit of more fossil fuels. Nearly three-quarters of the EU’s electricity doesn’t emit planet-warming gases into […]
A first-of-its kind project is tapping energy beneath the ground to heat and cool homes
Eric Mauchan’s Cape Cod-style house in Framingham, Massachusetts, does not have central air conditioning. So when the summer heat bears down, his four window AC units, two dehumidifiers and fans that keep the 2,600-square-foot home cool push his electricity bill to roughly $200 a month. In the depths of winter, the monthly cost of warming […]
Supplier SK On claims solid-state EV battery “breakthroughs”
Battery supplier SK On recently gave an update on its research into solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, claiming “breakthroughs” that could bring these batteries closer to production-readiness. In a press release, SK On said it’s developing two types of solid-state batteries: one with a sulfide-based electrolyte, and one with an oxide-based electrolyte, with “commercial prototypes” […]
