In FERC’s latest monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update” report (with data through January 31, 2025), solar and wind combined accounted for more than 98% of new US electrical generating capacity added ...

November 2025 marked the 27th consecutive month that solar was the number one source of new generating capacity in the United States. Since September 2023, solar has remained the top monthly ...

Solar provided over 11% of total US electrical generation in May, while wind + solar produced over one-fifth, and the mix of all renewable energy sources generated nearly 30%, according to data just ...

The electric power sector — which generates and distributes electricity to homes, businesses, factories, electric vehicles, and farming operations — produces 25% of heat-trapping pollution in the U.S.

Three years ago, a massive spinning blade flew off a towering turbine at Portland General Electric’s flagship wind farm in Sherman County, bringing scrutiny to the many maintenance problems, safety ...

Senate Republicans released a bill that would end tax credits for wind and solar earlier than for other sources, and make only modest changes to most other incentives, dashing hopes of those seeking ...

On Aug. 18, United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins held a press conference announcing the U.S. Department of Agriculture would no longer subsidize solar and wind energy projects on ...

In its latest monthly column for pv magazine, the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) explains how Australia’s rapid expansion of solar and wind energy has not increased wholesale electricity ...