Utilities
Why does Duke Energy's carbon plan shortchange solar?
The utility wants to build new gas plants. Its critics want it to build far more solar and batteries. North Carolina regulators have until year's end to decide.
Fossil fuels
Hydrogen
Test shows hydrogen blending slightly reduces gas power plant emissions
The hydrogen revolution isn’t here quite yet — but now we know what happens when a certain type of gas plant burns a small amount of hydrogen.
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Electrification
As the wealthy go electric, who will pay for aging gas infrastructure?
Electrification is ramping up. Advocates say we need plans to shield lower-income people from the costs of maintaining a deteriorating fossil-gas system.
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Fossil fuels
Hawaii just got rid of coal power for good
Next up: finding new roles for coal plant workers — and keeping the lights on during a global energy crisis.
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Fossil fuels
EPA should crack down on fossil-fueled heating, climate groups argue
A coalition of activists is petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to phase out furnaces and water heaters that burn gas and oil.
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Electrification
How much money can you save under the new climate law?
Rewiring America CEO Ari Matusiak breaks down the discounts, credits and incentives available to homeowners in the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Solar
Hawaii's biggest solar+battery plant comes online — just in time
Despite supply-chain hurdles and other hiccups, developer Clearway Energy was able to get the solar-and-storage facility running before Oahu's last coal plant closes.
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Nuclear
Should California keep its last nuclear plant open? The battle is back
Is the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant vital to a clean and reliable grid, or a costly threat to environmental and energy goals? State lawmakers have less than three weeks to decide.
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Fossil fuels
Chart: Which power sources are most deadly? Hint — not solar and wind
Fossil fuels kill far more people than renewables and nuclear — and that's just counting deaths from air pollution and accidents, not climate disasters.
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Utilities
Utilities are planning to shift to clean energy — just not too quickly
CEO of electricity research group EPRI says U.S. utilities are poised to go big on solar, wind and batteries — but they aren't ready to give up their gas and coal plants just yet.
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Fossil fuels
Puerto Rico is pushing LNG when it says it's shifting to renewables
The U.S. territory has pledged to transition to clean energy, but it backed a controversial liquefied natural gas terminal and may increase LNG imports.
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