Experts say it could herald the start of a new energy age, powered by the sun and wind. In the first half of 2025, for the first time ever, renewables overtook coal as the top source of global...
Now wind and solar are posed to overtake coal on their own. The pair accounted for 16 percent of U.S. power generation through July, slightly more than coal''s share of the power...
Despite the Trump administration''s wide-ranging attacks on
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Despite the Trump administration''s wide-ranging attacks on renewables like wind and solar power, the clean-energy industry is on pace for record growth this year, according to
Solar and wind made up nearly 91% of new US power capacity to the end of May 2025, according to the latest FERC data.
New installations of generating capacity support the increase in our renewable generation forecast. Wind and solar developers often bring their projects on line at the end of the calendar year.
The extra layer of scrutiny for wind and solar contrasts with actions by the Trump administration to make it easier and cheaper for companies to produce oil, coal, gas and nuclear power.
Based on current deployment rates, it is likely that solar will surpass wind as the third-largest source of electricity. And solar may soon topple coal in the number two spot.
Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new
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