The Biden-Harris administration has announced $521 million in grants to go toward further development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure as well as infrastructure for alternative fuels. The funding will help deploy more than 9,200 EV charging ports, and the grants will be applied to projects across 29 states, eight Federally Recognized Tribes and Washington, DC. […]
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, the country has installed 20.2 gigawatts utility-scale electric generating capacity from January through June 2024. Of the newly installed generating capacity, solar and battery storage have taken the lead. The report determined that new solar utility-scale operations made up the largest […]
From January through July of this year, wind and solar in the U.S. generated more net electricity than power from coal, according to recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). According to the EIA’s Monthly Energy Review for July 2024, electricity net generation from renewable energy outpaced coal for the first seven months […]
The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced $775 million in funding via the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda for the purpose of plugging orphaned oil and gas wells. Orphaned oil and gas wells are considered legacy pollution sites, according to the department. The remnant pollution from these sites […]
Ofgem, the United Kingdom’s energy regulator, has approved a multi-billion-dollar low-carbon “electricity superhighway” to carry green power 300 miles from wind farms in northeast Scotland to northern England. The Eastern Green Link is the longest undersea power cable in Great Britain and will be able to transmit enough renewable power for two million residences in […]
The biggest cruise ships in the world today have more than doubled in size compared to the biggest cruiseliners in 2000, according to a new report by Transport & Environment. The report, “‘Cruisezillas’: How much bigger can cruise ships get?” determined that the biggest cruise ship in the world today, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the […]
A new study has found that large energy companies in Europe hide 47 percent of the damage they cause to biodiversity through their activities. The researchers analyzed nearly 50 events related to 30 major European energy companies — from deforestation and habitat destruction to the electrocution of birds — and discovered that 22 of them […]
According to a new study, global methane emissions are “rising rapidly” — at the fastest pace in decades — with immediate action needed to help curtail a dangerous intensification of the climate crisis. The study outlines three “imperatives” for reducing methane emissions, as well as a new tool to assist nations with optimizing cost-effective methods […]
As renewable energy soars worldwide, solar and wind have overtaken fossil fuels, generating 30 percent of electricity in the European Union during the first half of 2024, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember. During the first half of this year, the electricity generation from oil, gas and coal was down 17 […]
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