For the first time, renewable sources of energy generated more electricity across the globe than coal during the first half of 2025, a new study found. The report  from the clean energy nonprofit Ember  also determined that a strong increase in solar and wind power exceeded the increase in global demand for electricity during the same time period. Solar and wind met 109% of global demand growth. The study found that demand grew by 369 terawatt-hours (TWh) during the first six

The U.S. government is entering into an $80 billion partnership with Westinghouse to accelerate the construction of new reactors across the country in order to meet increasing energy demand from AI and data center developers. The Department of Commerce, Cameco Corp., and Brookfield Asset Management jointly announced the strategic partnership  in a release. Cameco, a uranium producer, and Brookfield are both Canadian companies that purchased Westinghouse in 2023. Westinghouse,

A growing number of U.S. homes are being heated with electricity, reflecting trends in technology and policy and shifts in where people are choosing to live. A recent U.S. Energy Information Administration analysis  found that 42% of households were using electricity as their main heating fuel in 2024, up from 35% in 2010. At the same time, natural gas, which is the dominant heating fuel, still is used in 47% of homes, down from 49% in 2010. The heating data came from the U.S

The regional electric grid operator is fast-tracking development of a plan to standardize how new data centers and other large-load...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched the fifth version of its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced it had identified 16 federal sites across the country  that could be used as...

A recent set of executive orders  from the Trump administration is aimed at supporting the declining U.S. coal industry. One of the...

As the demand for AI data centers continues to grow, a new report  from Harvard’s Electricity Law Institute illustrates concerns about...

Maintaining a reliable electric supply for the Mid-Atlantic region is the mission of regional transmission organization PJM...

The new president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition outlined the multiple benefits of the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania and the...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro recently announced  that he has reached an agreement with regional grid operator PJM Interconnection that...

A community open house to learn more about the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) is now set for Jan. 22, after the original...

The White House recently set targets to triple U.S. nuclear energy output , aiming to add 35 gigawatts of new capacity by 2035. This...

A community open house to learn more about the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub  (ARCH2), originally scheduled for Jan. 7, has...

Distributed energy resources (DERs) have the potential to produce new opportunities and benefits for the U.S. electrical grid, but still...

As the United States and nations around the world work to meet net-zero carbon emission goals, upgrading the power grid is becoming a...

Two years after the global energy turmoil of 2022-23, worldwide demand for natural gas is increasing at a more rapid rate, and global gas...

Registration is filling up fast for the Pittsburgh Regional Carbon Capture Conference , set for Oct. 22 on the Washington & Jefferson...

The U.S. clean energy sector created nearly 150,000 new jobs in 2023, a rate nearly three times higher than growth in overall employment,...

Deploying floating solar panels on bodies of water is a developing clean energy technology increasing in use. The so-called...