The Latest Breaking News on Renewable energy

Nestled in the hills of Central Otago lies the energy silver bullet that New Zealand couldn’t afford.

After nearly two decades of stagnation, U.S. electricity demand is surging, driven by growing numbers of electric cars, data centers and air conditioners in a warming climate. But traditional power plants that generate electricity from coal, natural gas or nuclear energy are retiring faster than new ones are being built…

Greta Thunberg has joined dozens of climate activists outside a central London hotel to disrupt a meeting of oil and gas company executives

It seems odd that a group so obsessed with saving the planet is so uninterested in practical solutions that might get us there, says Heydon Prowse

It’s past time for utilities to stop making excuses and take seriously our national target of 100% clean energy by 2035, Ben Jealous writes. A new report found dozens of companies still heavily invested in fossil fuels.

We got charged for the electricity our solar panels were generating rather than being paid for it

Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy and could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power lines aren't added or refurbished in the next few years

Investment needs to double to more than $600bn a year by 2030 after ‘decade of stagnation’, says agency

TS-Genco/TS-Transco CMD Prabhakar Rao alleges that some IAS officers were creating hurdles in power utilities' functioning. He says the utilities need the cooperation of the administration to ensure uninterrupted power supply. Market purchases are up to 70 MU/day at ₹50-60 crore, to meet demand. Poor inflows into reservoirs and uneven…

Tamil Nadu witnessed underdrawal of power in Sep 2023 due to higher renewable energy generation. State's peak demand was 16,809 MW and energy requirement was 10,014 million units. 15 pumped storage projects totalling 15,000 MW are being worked out to tackle fluctuations in renewable energy.

Other lives: Senior civil servant who finished his career as managing director of the International Energy Agency