Energy and Power

The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial

The administration is not only allowing more greenhouse gases. It is undermining the nation’s ability to understand and respond to a hotter planet.

By David Gelles

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How Spain’s Success in Renewable Energy May Have Left Its Power Grid Vulnerable

The Iberian Peninsula’s widespread blackout raises questions about the resilience of the electric power infrastructure in the two countries — and to an extent, the rest of Europe.

By Stanley Reed and Jenny Gross

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Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy.

Coal has been displaced by cheap and plentiful natural gas and the rapid growth of wind and solar energy — forces that President Trump will struggle to do away with.

By Ivan Penn

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Why a Plane-Size Machine Could Foil a Race to Build Gas Power Plants

Wait times for the hulking turbines needed to turn natural gas into electricity have doubled in the past year as companies scramble to build data centers for A.I.

By Rebecca F. Elliott