Renewables, Nuclear Neck And Neck For Electric Generation In First Half Of 2019
Photo © iStockphoto.com/DrAfter123 Renewable energy sources – biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind – accounted for more than...
E.P.A. Finalizes Its Plan to Replace Obama-Era Climate Rules
Loading coal at the Spring Creek Mine in southern Montana. The mine’s owner, Cloud Peak Energy, declared bankruptcy in May. CreditCredit...
GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES ADOPTION OF FINAL REGULATIONS TO MAKE NEW YORK POWER PLANTS COAL-FREE BY EN
New York is First in Nation to Advance Regulatory Phase Out of Coal-Fired Power Plants State Will Require All Power Plants to Meet...
America's renewable energy set to surpass coal for the first month ever
America's clean energy revolution is on the verge of a tipping point. The renewable energy sector is projected to generate more...
U.S. coal consumption in 2018 expected to be the lowest in 39 years
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review October 2018 and Short-Term Energy Outlook November 2018 EIA...
Almost all power plants that retired in the past decade were powered by fossil fuels
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory Note: Includes reported...
Rick Perry’s Plan to Rescue Struggling Coal and Nuclear Plants Is Rejected
Energy Secretary Rick Perry had sought to guarantee financial returns for plants that stockpile at least 90 days’ worth of fuel. Credit...
Two-thirds of world's new energy capacity in 2016 was renewable: IEA
Tesla Kauai solar-energy generation and storage project [photo: The Verge] For years, renewable energy has been cast as the most...
EIA: Power sector coal consumption drops to lowest point since 1984
Dive Brief: Power plants in the United States consumed 677 million short tons of coal last year, the smallest amount since 1984,...
For First Time Since 1800s, Britain Goes a Day Without Burning Coal for Electricity
The coal-fired Ferrybridge C power station in Northern England closed last year. Credit Oli Scarff/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images...