The shutdown of California’s $2.2 billion Ivanpah concentrated solar power (CSP) plant highlights the rapid rise of cheaper, more efficient photovoltaic technology rather than a failure of solar ...

The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in February 2025. Tell the class how you spent your last vacation. Excited about this particular assignment, Kaeya Gautam (14) began her ...

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission, which sets utility rate changes in the state, issued a ruling Thursday that will see solar generators in the state who are customers of Idaho ...

Beginning operations in 2014, the Ivanpah Solar plant in California cost $2.2 billion to build. It is now closing operations, but the plant’s closure is not an indication cost problems for the solar ...

Africans are rapidly taking up solar power, a grassroots transformation led by individuals and businesses, rather than governments or power companies.

New Hampshire's Merrimack Station, a coal-fired power plant that shuttered last month after more than six decades online. (Wikimedia Commons) Even as the federal government attempts to prop up the ...

Solar generators need perfect conditions, but portable wind solutions like the Shine Turbine keep your devices running - even when the sun isn't out.

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at using virtual power plants to curb blackouts and Jane Goodall’s call to action on protecting the natural environment.

Portable power stations keep getting smarter, smaller, and more practical – and Bluetti’s new Elite 100 V2 is no exception. Essentially an updated version of the 1,800-W AC180 unit we road tested a ...

Genesis Energy and FRV Australia, owned by Saudi Abdul Latif Jameel Energy and Canadian pension fund Omers, have terminated their joint venture (JV) agreement that was to deliver up to 500 MW of large ...

The German solar industry has urged the government to target at least 100 GWh of battery capacity by 2030 to reduce curtailments of excess renewable energy supply – yet battery build-out undermines ...

Xcel purchased 10 large gas turbines from Siemens Energy, which will go toward the construction of two power plants and increasing energy capacity.