Rural Kansas counties see renewable energy as an economic lifeline, but local pushback is stalling wind and solar projects.
The ordinance, which passed on a 2-1 vote, prohibits commercial wind farm projects in the county. Commissioners Chad Whetzel and Tom Handy approved the ordinance, while Commissioner Art Swannack voted ...
Converting wave motion into electricity holds enormous potential as a renewable energy source, but a lack of standardized prototyping is holding back technological development. A research team led by ...
At a site near Redruth called United Downs, in Cornwall, a company called Geothermal Engineering Ltd has started producing geothermal electricity. To generate power (electricity), this project is ...
As Democrats and climate activists seize on energy costs as a political issue, new data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. The figures were much higher in some states.
Human activities like burning fossil fuels and farming livestock are the main drivers of climate change, according to the UN’s intergovernmental panel on climate change. This causes heat-trapping ...
Writing for The Conversation, Dr Mark Ireland discusses what the UK’s first geothermal power plant means for the nation’s electricity supply.
Have you ever experienced running out of battery in the middle of nowhere? What a bummer, right? At that moment, it would be great to be able to use wind to ...
Civil war has broken out within the environment movement over growing fears the push for net-zero emissions by 2050 will ­endanger wildlife and biodiversity conservation.
Solar, wind, and battery storage are projected to add 62% more generating capacity in 2026 than in 2025, assuring ...
The change in government in July 2024 brought about a significant change in the direction of energy policy, one which is far ...
The small, South American country of Uruguay is an energy transition success story. Once importing most of its fuel, the country now generates almost all of its electricity from renewable resources.