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US renewable boom passes key milestone in April

When last we looked at the state of the US grid, the ongoing explosion in solar energy had turned it […]

On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced his administration’s latest attempt to prop up the US coal industry during an incoherent […]

Last year, the first few months of data from the US grid suggested that fears of a data-center-driven surge in […]

Regional differences The researchers note that aerosols can also contribute to cloud formation, which also causes further losses. But the […]

A World War II-era policy is stopping old coal plants from closing. At one time, the US electricity grid ran […]

In the US, the economics of coal power generation are marginal at best, and a large number of coal plants […]

On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced that a large collection of tech companies had signed on to what it’s calling […]

Skip to content Coal makes a bit of a comeback, if only by accident. Solar panels have gotten so cheap […]

Today’s executive order takes a different route to propping up coal: artificially inflating demand. “The Secretary of War, in coordination […]

On Tuesday, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued a now familiar order: because of a supposed energy emergency, a […]