Category: Solar Energy

In a Warming World, Clean Energy Stocks Fall While Oil Prospers

The market is focused on making money now and isn’t heeding urgent warnings about climate change, our columnist says.
China Is Winning in Solar Power, but Its Coal Use Is Raising Alarms

China is building as much clean energy capacity over four years as it had promised to build in 10 years, but continues to add coal-fired power plants.
Biden to Travel to Minnesota to Highlight Rural Investments

The president’s push to focus attention on the domestic economy comes as his administration has been dealing with events overseas after the terrorist attacks in Israel.
Chasing Big Mergers, Oil Executives Dismiss Peak Oil Concerns

Exxon Mobil and Chevron are spending tens of billions of dollars buying oil and gas assets, betting that the International Energy Agency’s predictions of declining oil demand are wrong.
Energy Firms, Green Groups and Others Reach Deal on Solar Farms

The agreement could help speed up the development of large solar projects that are often bogged down by fights over land use and environmental concerns.
Vermont Utility Plans to End Outages by Giving Customers Batteries

Green Mountain Power is asking state regulators to let it buy batteries it will install at customers’ homes, saying doing so will be cheaper than putting up more power lines.
Can the U.S. Make Solar Panels? This Company Thinks So.

First Solar kept producing them in Ohio after most of the industry moved to China. President Biden wants many more domestic manufacturers.
At 30%, Solar Panel Tax Credits Are at a High Point for Now

For about the next decade, homeowners can take advantage of the U.S. tax code to save on installation and reduce their electric bills.
First Solar Finds That Forced Labor Was Used in Its Malaysian Ops

The company, First Solar, said an internal review had found that subcontractors used unethical recruitment tactics and withheld pay from workers.
Solar Supply Chain Grows More Opaque Amid Human Rights Concerns

The global industry is cutting some ties to China, but its exposure to forced labor remains high and companies are less transparent, a new report found.
China’s Addiction to Coal Deepens in the Heat

While pledging to reduce carbon emissions, the country is greatly increasing its use of the fossil fuel to generate electricity.
How Europe’s Electric Grid Is Coping With the Heat

Greater energy efficiency and renewables are easing some of the pressure from air-conditioning.