The Biden administration on Wednesday released a plan to produce almost half of the nation’s electricity from the sun by 2050 as part of its effort to combat climate change.Solar […]
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Back to news homeHurricane Ida Exposes Grid Weaknesses as New Orleans Goes Dark
Most of New Orleans went dark on Sunday after Hurricane Ida took out transmission lines and forced power plants offline. It was an all too familiar scene in a city […]
California’s Plan to Make New Buildings Greener Will Also Raise Costs
But in other locations like San Bernardino, a far less affluent city east of Los Angeles, where the typical home sells for about $529,000, the cost of solar panels and […]
Cruise is buying solar energy from California farmers to power its electric, self-driving fleet
Cruise, the self-driving car company under General Motors, has launched a new initiative called Farm to Fleet that will allow the company to source solar power from farms in California’s […]
Tesla’s solar and energy storage business rakes in $810M, finally exceeds cost of revenue
Tesla’s primary source of revenue comes from the sale of its electric vehicles, but its latest quarterly earnings report showed growth in its energy storage and solar business. The demand […]
In Fighting Climate Change, What’s an Individual to Do?
Brooklyn Solar Works, which installed Mr. Ross’s array, said it had put in place just over 1,000 sets of solar panels in New York City. On average, federal, state and […]
Building Solar Farms May Not Build the Middle Class
‘Like a Moving Assembly Line’On an afternoon in mid-May, several laborers coming off their shift at Assembly Solar said they were grateful for the work, which they said paid $16 […]
More Power Lines or Rooftop Solar Panels: The Fight Over Energy’s Future
The nation is facing once in a generation choices about how energy ought to be delivered to homes, businesses and electric cars — decisions that could shape the course of […]
Shell Gets Greener, Even as Climate Advocates Say, ‘Go Faster’
MINETY, England — On a clearing at the edge of a farm field, 40 big rectangular boxes the size of shipping containers sit behind a tall fence. Packed inside are […]
Colonial Pipeline Hack Shows Risk to US Energy Independence
HOUSTON — When OPEC barred oil exports to the United States in 1973, creating long gasoline lines, President Richard Nixon pledged an effort that would combine the spirit of the […]