In 2024, wind and solar accounted for 17% of total electricity generation, passing coal, which dropped to 15%, according to energy think tank Ember. Gas generation also grew by 3.3% in 2024.

Another set of twin bills, H.B. 3356 and S.B. 715, would have forced existing wind and solar companies to buy fossil-fuel based power or connect to a battery storage resource to cover the hours ...

Germany and the UK now have so much “low-cost” solar and wind that their electricity costs have become among the world’s most expensive. The latest data from the International Energy Agency ...

FTC Solar (FTCI) announced the release of its Pioneer+ High Wind tracker – an advanced variant of its proven 1P Pioneer single-axis tracker, ...

Pexels.com Solar and wind now make up more than 20% of total US electrical generating capacity, according to new data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The renewable energy mix ...

According to two recently released United Nations reports, the global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive ...

Visiting Ames, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says wind, solar tax credits should end, defends rethinking climate change.

As I wrote in these pages in January, the data have long shown that environmentalists’ vision of cheap, reliable solar and wind energy was a mirage. The International Energy Agency’s latest ...

Key tax incentives for US wind and solar projects would face a more aggressive phase-out in the Senate’s latest version of President Donald Trump’s spending package.

The Real Risk to the Electric Grid Power shortages are coming thanks to wind and solar subsidies. Here’s how they distort energy investment.

When the government began subsidizing wind and solar power in the 1990s with billions of taxpayer dollars, the public was told this costly government help would only be needed for a short time ...