Renewable power advocates often claim wind and solar are less expensive energy sources than coal, natural gas and nuclear power. Such a claim begs the question of why the heavily subsidized Ivanpah ...

Solar is forecast to displace natural gas in the middle of the day and in the summer on the Texas grid, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Texas’s electricity mix of energy ...

While solar power is growing at an extremely rapid clip, in absolute terms, the use of natural gas for electricity production has continued to outpace renewables. But that looks set to change in 2024, ...

According to the EIA’s numbers, about 20 GW of new capacity was added in the first half of this year, and solar accounts for 60 percent of it. Over a third of the solar additions occurred in just two ...

Drawing energy from the sun is a growing way of providing electricity across the United States. NWS employee from Morehead City, N.C. National Weather Service South Carolina’s effort to build a large ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to add more nuclear power to a state energy grid that’s increasingly dependent on natural gas as electric bills are surging. Climate goals the state established for renewable ...

Regarding “Texas leads the U.S. in renewable energy. Next up: Your home. | Opinion,” (Aug. 26): I am a proponent of wind and solar energy and generally agree with Matthew Boms' premise. As a former ...