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A small modular reactor (SMR) consortium is “eagerly awaiting” a government announcement that could help the U.K. regain its former leadership in nuclear technology. SMRs are under development in several markets and are widely tipped to become the nuclear…

South Korean firm Odin Energy hopes to carve out a new niche with a vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) tower designed for urban settings.  The company’s circular tower concept can have up to 12 floors, each containing a central VAWT, allowing for much…

The non-profit Solar Foundation will soon become part of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, merging two groups with a common vision for an increasingly clean-powered grid.  The organizational union announced Thursday is the latest in a series…

Ohio-based utility FirstEnergy is following the example of an increasing number of U.S. utilities in promising to reduce its carbon footprint to zero by 2050.  But its reliance on its own coal-fired power plants in a region with relatively low levels of…

Millions of retail electricity customers in the United States buy voluntary green power, meaning renewable energy beyond what load-serving entities such as utilities otherwise provide. These green power sales have surged in the past decade: according…

Building the transmission grid needed to grow U.S. renewable energy capacity is complicated enough on solid ground. It’s even more complicated for the nascent offshore wind industry.  But if East Coast states want to hit goals of nearly 29 gigawatts of…

In a significant turnaround from a spring forecast clouded by COVID-19 pandemic concerns, the International Energy Agency has revised its expectations for 2020 global renewables additions. The agency's latest report released Tuesday now expects capacity…

Midwestern utility Evergy has pushed back against a report from Reuters this week that it rebuffed a $15 billion acquisition bid from NextEra Energy, the U.S. renewable energy leader that's been seeking to take advantage of its high stock price to expand…

Remember 2010? That was the year the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded, a volcanic eruption in Iceland blinded part of the world’s air traffic and, once the ash had cleared, solar took off—on an airplane.  It was also a time when U.S. venture…

BP and Ørsted will partner on a 50-megawatt electrolyzer in Germany in the first stage of a green hydrogen partnership. The companies announced the project in Lingen, northern Germany, on Tuesday. The plan is to use electricity from an Ørsted offshore wind…

Australia has lots of renewable power, but limited high-voltage power lines to move it around the country. Now it's tapping a massive battery to help. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) last week awarded a competitive contract to developer Neoen to…

The last two years have brought a surge of plans for zero-carbon energy from some of the biggest power providers in the world. Dozens of U.S. utilities have committed to decarbonizing by 80% or more by 2050. "Two thirds of U.S. consumers are now served by…

In the last four years, federal leadership on clean energy and climate change has stalled. That’s left much responsibility to states, tribes and cities. By many measures, they’ve risen to the challenge. In 2018, California became just the second state…

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has set four top “Day One” priorities for his incoming administration: combatting the coronavirus pandemic, restoring a faltering economy, creating the conditions for greater racial equality, and taking on the…

European energy storage deployment is set to shrink compared to other global markets, even as the need for flexibility on the grid increases, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. Europe is still plotting the course towards being net-zero by 2050,…

Former vice president Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States, after securing TKTKTKTK electoral votes and beating incumbent President Donald Trump. The Democratic candidate made clean energy and climate change a central part of his campaign,…

The U.S. Court of International Trade on Friday extended a temporary block on the Trump administration’s bid to expand Section 201 tariffs to two-sided solar panels. The extension means imported bifacial solar panels can continue to enter the United States…

Spanish utility giant Iberdrola has unveiled a €75 billion ($89 billion) investment framework to 2025, with half the funds to be invested in renewable power capacity with its domestic market, the U.S. and the U.K. the main focal points of spending. The new…

Leading U.S. rooftop solar installer Sunrun has bounced back from the slump it experienced at the height of coronavirus shutdowns. The company installed 109.5 megawatts in the third quarter, up 40 percent from 78.1MW in the second quarter. That installed…

Dominion Energy marked two key milestones in its Thursday third-quarter earnings call — its exit from its interstate natural gas pipeline business, and its latest steps toward building the mid-Atlantic’s first gigawatt-scale offshore wind farm.  On…