JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Vickie Cavey has resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Jacksonville Energy Authority (JEA) effective September 25. Serving as CEO since 2024, Cavey first undertook an extended leave of absence in July following intense public scrutiny and investigations by the JEA Board of Directors and … [continued]
“Swift,” the supercomputer purchased by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office, is located in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) HPC Data Center in the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF). (Photo by Werner Slocum / NREL)
AUSTIN, Texas — Ahead of today’s public hearing of the Texas Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs, the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter is urging legislators to require data centers to report their water usage and to pay close attention to the water used by fossil fuel power plants that keep these … [continued]
Coal is falling rapidly as a source of Polish electricity, but dependable coal capacity remains part of the reliability calculation through the transition.
Poland’s coal transition is moving much faster than the country’s reputation suggests. Coal supplied 72.5% of Polish electricity in 2021. By 2025 it was down to 52.7%, while renewables reached 31.4%. Coal supplied less than half of generation in five separate months, and in June renewables generated more electricity than … [continued]
I was going to say that one of the craziest things Trump has done as president is cancel billions of dollars of wind power leases and pay off companies to not build wind farms. But then, yeah, it quickly hit me this isn’t even close to one of the craziest … [continued]
By Josh Gabbatiss, Molly Lempriere, Simon Evans In a new report, the opposition Conservatives argue that UK electricity prices are too high and that it would be better for the climate to have cheap electricity, even if that means using more gas. The idea is that cheap power would encourage people to use … [continued]
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Washington Post reported that one of Trump’s recent secret deals to cancel offshore wind projects and bolster fossil fuels will result in a pay day for one of Trump’s million-dollar donors to the tune of $900 million. In August, the Trump administration announced a deal with German … [continued]
WILMINGTON, Delaware — Today, Sierra Club celebrated Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signing into law a suite of legislation that will protect families in the state from having to pay for Big Tech’s pricey artificial intelligence data centers. The legislation being signed into law today is a first-of-its-kind bill that ensures … [continued]
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority approved its 2026 Integrated Resource Plan, setting the stage to overbuild risky gas power plants to serve A.I. data center interests. TVA’s 2026 IRP lays out a dangerous and expensive roadmap for the people of the Tennessee Valley, where our power grid … [continued]
95 foundations now installed at East Anglia THREE offshore windfarm, off the coast of Suffolk The £4 billion project is a joint venture between green energy company, ScottishPower and Masdar, a global clean energy leader Milestone marks major engineering feat for project that will generate 1.4GW of clean power, boost … [continued]
The ambitious push by the Department of Energy (DOE) in the Philippines to accelerate clean energy transitions is encountering major friction on the ground. As developers race to build onshore wind facilities to hit national decarbonization targets, projects are running directly into complex regulatory frameworks, environmental constraints, and strong organized … [continued]
