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US counties are blocking the future of renewable energy: These maps, graphics show how Across America, local bans, moratoriums and construction impediments are blocking wind and solar energy with ...
Local governments across the U.S. are blocking new clean energy plants. See the best locations for wind and solar power, and where it's being stopped.
The world’s five biggest economies—the U.S., China, Japan, Germany, and the U.K.—are home to less than half the global population. Yet they possess about two-thirds of the solar panels and ...
US counties are blocking the future of renewable energy: These maps, graphics show how Across America, local bans, moratoriums and construction impediments are blocking wind and solar energy with ...
Investment in renewable energy—wind and solar energy—is increasing globally. Businesses around the globe investing in sustainable sources of energy help combat climate change.
The renewable energy industry is causing land conflicts and faces local opposition. A new study offers ideas for how solar and wind farms could use less space.
The IEA expects similar growth in renewable-energy production in the next few years, predicting 270GW of new capacity this year and almost 280GW in 2022.
Explore how renewable energy is reshaping the U.S. electric power sector amid rising demand and policy changes.
Global renewable energy capacity more than doubled in the 10 years between 2013 and 2022. However, this progress has been quite lopsided, benefiting only a few regions.
The U.S. produced more solar power in 2023 than ever before – part of a decade-long growth trend for renewable energy. ... Click the downloadable graphic: National solar capacity 2014 to 2023.
Renewable energy made up 9.11 quadrillion British thermal units, or 9.8%, of the total energy consumption in 2020, according to Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy Outlook.
Failed solar-panel company Solyndra is the best known of the Energy Department’s loan guarantee recipients. Here are the renewable-energy sectors that benefited from the $36 billion in ...