Energy

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The New York Power Authority on Tuesday approved its first-ever strategic plan for expanding renewable energy resources across the state. The plan includes details of 37 projects in every region of the state that represent a... Read More

GREENWOOD, S.C. — ES Foundry hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration on Friday at a facility it says will soon be the largest producer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic solar cells in the United States. “Today, we are not just celebrating a factory... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to pause a 25% tariff levy against Mexico after the nation’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, agreed to send 10,000 members of her national guard to tighten control of the border with the U.S.... Read More

BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels. With less than 10% of the world’s plastics... Read More

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asia's only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 40 miles from the Philippine capital Manila, was built in the 1970s but left idle due to safety concerns and corruption. It has... Read More

In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump's early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from a major project off the coast of New Jersey. Shell told The Associated Press it is... Read More

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday unveiled a package of energy-related proposals he says will bolster the state’s competitiveness while making it a leader in clean, affordable energy for years to come. The proposal, which Shapiro, a... Read More

Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden furthered his effort to establish his environmental legacy by placing a permanent ban on oil and gas drilling on much of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. Specifically, he invoked his authority under the... Read More

WASHINGTON — In just one full week back in office, President Donald Trump has remade federal policy at a head-spinning pace. While Republicans in Congress have slowly deliberated how to pass budget measures to advance his politics, Trump has also... Read More

DETROIT (AP) — While President Donald Trump took aim at the electric vehicle industry this week, there is still optimism about the industry’s future in Michigan, a state retooling from America’s most recognizable auto hub to its number one destination... Read More

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... Read More

Things have been taking a turn for the worse in America’s agricultural heartland, just as President Donald Trump takes office and the Senate moves to vote on his energy, environment and agriculture Cabinet nominees. After celebrating the inclusion of year-round,... Read More

WASHINGTON — Among the myriad executive orders and memoranda President Donald Trump has signed over the past 24 hours, one could have a significant impact on the offshore wind energy industry. The memorandum, entitled “Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on... Read More

WASHINGTON — In one of the first acts of his second term, President Donald Trump on Monday signed a national energy emergency declaration, granting himself broad new powers to foster new fossil fuel production. In the days leading up to... Read More

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that he would promote all sources of American energy, while also acknowledging the burning of fossil fuels causes climate change. Wright, a fossil fuel executive, has been... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday released a guide it says is its most comprehensive work on the subject of offshore wind energy. “There’s something for everybody — whether you want to get involved in development decisions... Read More

ALBANY — New York State Sen. Zellnor Myrie has reintroduced legislation that would make New York State the first in the country to allow its residents to sue oil and gas firms over damage caused by climate change. The Brooklyn... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to wade into a long-running climate case pitting oil and gas giants Shell and Sunoco against the city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii. As is their custom, the justices did not explain... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department on Tuesday released its long-awaited final rules for the Clean Electricity Investment and Production Tax Credits first announced when the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law in 2022. The rules for the tax breaks,... Read More

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Despite the fact the United States experiences an estimated 70,000 wildfires a year, the smoke from these blazes appears to be having little impact on the output of photovoltaic solar panels deployed across the nation, a... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden issued two memoranda on Monday intended to protect all Outer Continental Shelf areas off the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and additional portions of the Bering Sea off of Alaska from... Read More

WASHINGTON — He may have just two weeks left in the White House, but President Joe Biden is hardly coasting to a finish, particularly when it comes to his renewable energy goals. On Monday the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management... Read More

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A federal judge handed a partial victory to the state of Wyoming on New Year’s Eve, concluding that federal officials abused their discretion by failing to schedule oil and gas lease sales there in the latter part... Read More

WASHINGTON — Danish wind energy giant Vestas Wind Systems announced Monday that it is supplying 270 MW in new turbines for an undisclosed project in an undisclosed location, under the auspices of its Steelhead Americas subsidiary. Steelhead is one of... Read More

WASHINGTON — Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, is calling it “a real head-scratcher.” A week ago Tuesday, a long-sought-after piece of legislation allowing for the year-round sale of lower-cost, cleaner-burning E15 fuel was part of... Read More

2024 was another banner year for a source of electricity that is better for people's lungs, better for climate change and may be reaching your home when you turn on the lights or turn up the thermostat — large banks... Read More

DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles had another whirlwind year around the globe, driven by buyers in China, and growth in parts of Europe and the United States, despite headwinds. In a milestone for China, the world's biggest auto market, EVs... Read More

CLONDALKIN, Ireland (AP) — Dozens of massive data centers humming at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here. Now,... Read More

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — First Hydrogen Corp. is seeking small modular nuclear reactors to boost its production of green hydrogen in both Canada and the European Union. "Integrating small nuclear reactors into our clean energy strategy is intended to support... Read More

WASHINGTON — Four Puerto-Rico-based teams have been selected to install solar and battery storage systems across the island under a new program supported by the Department of Energy’s Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund.  The Programa de Comunidades Resilientes represents an... Read More