Solar Energy

Warming Trends: A Comedy With Solar Themes, a Greener Cryptocurrency and the Underestimated Climate Supermajority

A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier.

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Overwhelmed by Solar Projects, the Nation’s Largest Grid Operator Seeks a Two-Year Pause on Approvals

By James Bruggers

Utilities Have Big Plans to Cut Emissions, But They’re Struggling to Shed Fossil Fuels

By Dan Gearino

Renewable Energy's Booming, But Still Falling Far Short of Climate Goals

By Kristoffer Tigue

As Rooftop Solar Grows, What Should the Future of Net Metering Look Like?

By Dan Gearino

India Is Now Investing More in Solar than Coal, but Will Its Energy Shift Continue?

By Phil McKenna

Cities Pressure TVA to Boost Renewable Energy & One Considers Breaking Away

By James Bruggers

Entrepreneurs Built Iowa’s Solar Economy. A Utility’s Push for Solar Fees Could Shut Them Down.

By Dan Gearino

Trump's Budget Cuts Could Have a Chilling Effect on U.S. Clean Energy Leadership

By Dan Gearino

Puerto Rico Passes 100% Clean Energy Bill. Will Natural Gas Imports Get in the Way?

By Phil McKenna

New Wind & Solar Power Is Cheaper Than Existing Coal in Much of the U.S., New Analysis Finds

By Dan Gearino

100% Renewable Energy Needs Lots of Storage. This Polar Vortex Test Showed How Much.

By Dan Gearino

U.S. Solar Jobs Fell with Trump’s Tariffs, But These States Are Adding More

By Dan Gearino

What the Government's Energy Outlook Misses and Why It Matters

By Dan Gearino

A Clean Energy Revolution Is Rising in the Midwest, with Utilities in the Vanguard

By Dan Gearino

Can Illinois Handle a 2000% Jump in Solar Capacity? We’re About to Find Out.

By Dan Gearino

The Most Worrying Rooftop Solar Fight Since Nevada Cut Net-Metering Hits Michigan

By Dan Gearino

Pairing Wind & Solar for Cheaper, 24-Hour Renewable Energy

By Dan Gearino

Election 2018: Clean Energy’s Future Could Rise or Fall with These Governor’s Races

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle