Articles tagged Solar

Natural gas power burns rose to record levels in July and have so far accelerated those gains in early August, defying some forecasts that growth would flatten in the second half of the year.

FERC acted to revamp the entire U.S. transmission grid to prepare for extreme climate threats and face the challenge of growing power demand – including for natural gas-fired generation – via a rulemaking that outlines how to plan and pay for facilities. Still to come are the legal battles.

Natural gas aided electric grid operators in California and Texas in maintaining stable operations as solar generation dropped during Saturday’s annular eclipse.

Florida-based NextEra Energy Inc. is taking advantage of federal incentives to boost its advantage in renewable natural gas (RNG) and green hydrogen. 

Renewable sources of energy are collectively on track to eclipse coal as the world’s leading source of electricity, with capacity growth forecast to nearly double in the next five years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report.

Latin America doesn’t have any offshore wind today, but that could change soon as the region tries to build out a hydrogen industry.

Enbridge Inc. agreed Thursday to pay $270 million to buy Tri Global Energy LLC (TGE), a top U.S. wind and solar company with a portfolio that includes 45 generating sites in seven states.

Policymakers must ensure the supply of conventional energy sources alongside lower carbon ones as the energy transition marches on, according to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) CEO Amin Nasser.

President Biden is expected to sign into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 once it reaches his desk, legislation that Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm said would be “monumental” for clean energy investments.

While investments in the global energy industry are expected to jump 8% from 2021 to 2022, investments in fossil fuels have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).