EIA projects that renewables will provide nearly half of world electricity by 2050
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook 2019 In 2018, 28% of global electricity was generated from...
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...
New York to Approve One of the World’s Most Ambitious Climate Plans
The state would pledge to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with all its electricity coming from carbon-free sources. New...
U.S. renewable electricity generation has doubled since 2008
Renewable generation provided a new record of 742 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity in 2018, nearly double the 382 million MWh...
EIA: Wind to beat hydro as leading US renewable resource in next 2 years
Dive Brief: Hydroelectric facilities have historically generated the largest share of United States' renewable energy, but according to...
Wind Power Surpasses Hydroelectric in a Crucial Measure
A wind turbine farm in Colorado City, Tex. Credit Spencer Platt/Getty Images The wind industry crossed an important threshold in the...
Wind Power Could Blow Past Hydro’s Capacity Factor by 2020
Legacy hydroelectricity -- clean, dispatchable and cheap -- has long dominated the renewable energy sector as a dependable workhorse. But...
This Country Generated So Much Renewable Energy It Paid People to Use It
Germany aims to become 100 percent reliant on renewable energy by 2050. On May 8—a particularly sunny and windy day—Germany’s renewable...