Offshore wind projects can bring hundreds of new jobs to their host states, as illustrated by the Sunrise Wind project in New York (cropped, courtesy of Sunrise Wind).
Offshore wind projects can bring hundreds of new jobs to their host states, as illustrated by the Sunrise Wind project in New York.
The French firm TotalEnergies will not build offshore wind farms in the US, but it's a big world out there...(Seagreen wind farm in Scotland courtesy of TotalEnergies)
NORTHEAST — Today, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont sued the Trump administration over the U.S. Department of the Interior’s $1 billion buyout of TotalEnergies’ offshore wind leases, a move that led the company to abandon its U.S. offshore wind projects in exchange for doubling down on … [continued]
As bulk power costs reduce in Australia’s eastern states due to high renewable energy inputs, the price reductions are finally reaching the household and small business consumer. As well as grid-scale wind and solar, we have the highest penetration of rooftop solar, and now home batteries are being added to … [continued]
Grid scale and residential Battery storage in Australia has increased so much the energy regulator will supply free electricity next month.
Solar power has grown to enormous levels in California, and that solar power is keeping wholesale prices low. Wind power, water power, and solar power all mean free fuel, and free fuel means low wholesale electricity prices. This is not news, but given how much people love to exclaim “California … [continued]
People in southeast New Mexico are concerned about a data center that will add 10 million tons of carbon emissions to the air.
With many gigawatts’ worth of wind power surging along the West Coast, California is forging new ties with the global floating wind industry.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Sierra Club released a new analysis and interactive dashboard that shows the staggeringly high energy burden low-income households are facing across the country. Sierra Club’s analysis shows that low-income households face the heaviest energy burdens. The Department of Energy defines a high energy burden as spending 6 percent or more of income … [continued]
ChatGPT generated infographic showing the gap between Africa’s reported solar additions and module imports, where much of the real market may be hiding.
At the start of 2026, I predicted that Africa would surprise a lot of observers with solar deployment this year. That was in my 2026 energy predictions article, and the prediction was not based on one giant solar park, one government announcement, or one development bank programme. It was based … [continued]
Many parts of the world are sweltering in record heat, but research shows people don’t want to hear about the causes.
