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Former Vice President Al Gore said he is encouraged by the growing international adoption of renewable energy sources.
A free, solar-powered charging station, or “solinera” as it’s known, has opened in Cuba’s central region.
Ford Motor has written off $20 billion in electric vehicle investments but says it is forging ahead with an electric pickup that will sell for $30,000 next year.
Fervo Energy's upcoming IPO could expand the financial and market potential of large-scale geothermal businesses.
An expert in the state’s energy grid explains how the state is faring amid federal cuts.

Rural co-ops and a city utility will save big with a collection of 5-MW batteries, which are easier to site and faster to get up and running than megaprojects.

At world-first Santa Marta climate meeting, delegates say it was ‘euphoric’ to finally be focusing on concrete solutions.

By using solar panels to control where shade falls on agricultural lands, growers can save water, reduce plant stress, increase crop yields, all while producing electricity.
Countries have wrapped up a first-of-its-kind summit in Colombia on phasing out fossil fuels with no binding commitments but a growing momentum to shift from pledges to action.

Officials see progress, but critics say the state is not on course to hit a pollution reduction target in 2030.

For more than a century, the world has run on coal, then last year, it lost the lead.

Even as the electric vehicle market has slumped, there are more long-range E.V.s under $40,000 than ever before.
More than 50 countries will gather in Colombia to try to develop real-world timetables to phase out oil and gas amid global energy shocks and petrostate stalling.
The wide-ranging order said opponents of the administration’s actions are likely to succeed in legal challenges.

A new, AI-powered model beats the International Energy Agency's forecasts — and it says 2°C is still on the table.

Scientists long believed it would take more than a century for animals to return to deforested land. New research shows that’s not always the case.
Record growth in solar, especially in China and India, was a driving factor for clean energy sources surpassing the world’s strong demand for electricity in 2025.

Tandem PV has built an automated factory line in California to produce glass coated with materials that it says can improve solar panel efficiency by one-third.

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