China’s Spending on Green Energy Is Causing a Global Glut
Listen to article(1 minute)China’s newest solar-energy manufacturers include a dairy farmer and a toy maker.The new entrants are examples of...
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Electricity Use Booms in Texas, a Harbinger for the Country
Updated Nov. 13, 2023 7:18 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)Everything is bigger in Texas, including its electricity use, which is...
PG&E’s $6 Billion Plan to Prevent Wildfires Is in Peril
California regulators are likely to significantly restrict the number of power lines the company can bury in the coming years...
Utilities Face a Growing Dilemma: Shut Off Power or Risk Wildfires
As wildfire risk spreads from Oregon to Hawaii, utilities weigh whether to leave customers in the dark when winds pick...
WSJ News Exclusive | PG&E Scraps Tree-Trimming Program Once Seen as Key to Fire Prevention
The California utility spent more than $2 billion on an effort it says was ineffective. Its focus now is on...
Europe Unveils Clean-Tech Plans in Bid to Rival U.S., China
The European Commission’s proposals are aimed at making its industries more globally competitive in emerging environmental sectors. Source link
Adani Offshore Investor Has Links to Adani Family
BusinessAsiaA short seller’s allegations of fraud by Gautam Adani’s conglomerate center on whether his family wielded influence over Mauritius-based investors...
Tourism and Manufacturing Fight for the Future of Power in Europe
The Ukraine war has spurred the EU to accelerate the shift away from natural gas to wind and solar power,...
After a Bumpy Year, Renewable Energy Looks Poised for Boom Times
The future has never been brighter for renewable energy, as some of the snags that kept wind and solar production...
U.S. Opens First Auctions for California Offshore Wind Rights
BusinessProjects, which would bring floating wind turbines to West Coast, face challenges due to deep waters off California’s coast Source...
Germany to Nationalize Ailing Uniper After Russian Natural-Gas Cuts
BERLIN—Germany will nationalize Uniper, UN01 -29.89% seeking to save the country’s largest gas importer that was hit hard by Russian...
Droughts Hurt World’s Largest Economies
Severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere—stretching from the farms of California to waterways in Europe and China—are further snarling supply...
U.S. Natural-Gas Exporter Completes First Deal With German Buyer
Venture Global LNG Inc. has struck the first binding deals by a U.S. natural-gas exporter to supply natural gas to...
Germany Steps Up Measures to Conserve Gas as Russia Slows Supply to Europe
BERLIN—Germany will restart coal-fired power plants and offer incentives for companies to curb natural gas consumption, marking a new step...
Tariff Probe Casts Shadow on U.S. Solar Build-Out
American utilities are anticipating a significant slowdown in the build-out of new solar farms amid a U.S. probe into Asian...
Consumer Brands Push for Clean-Energy Tax Credits
More than 40 companies, including consumer brands such as Airbnb Inc., ABNB 1.47% Lyft Inc., LYFT 2.26% Sierra Nevada Brewing...
A Different Kind of Solar Power Attracts Attention
When you think of solar energy, you probably picture the photovoltaic panels that capture sunlight to be converted to electricity....
Europe’s Industrial Firms Flash Warning on Energy Costs
Steelmakers, glass manufacturers and other energy-hungry businesses in Europe are calling on governments to take action to stop record gas...
SoftBank Suffers $54 Billion Bruise From China’s Tech Crackdown
TOKYO— SoftBank Group Corp. took a more than $50 billion beating from Beijing’s tech crackdown, but its leader said he...
Wind Manufacturers Blown Off Course
Wind turbine makers continue to struggle due to supply-chain woes and uncertainty over the future of federal tax credits, so...
