Renewable Energy

The proposed act would require Washington, D.C., to source 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2032.

• By Emily Moon

Governor Jerry Brown has signed multiple pieces of legislation that codify California's ongoing transition away from relying on fossil fuels for energy.

• By Sarah Kurtz

Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation on Monday setting a goal of 100 percent renewable energy for the state by 2045.

• By Rebecca Worby

California is moving to require that the state gets 100 percent of its electricity from carbon-free sources—such as wind, solar, and nuclear power—by 2045.

• By Francie Diep

Caribbean countries must transform their energy systems by creating new, greener sources of power.

• By Masaō Ashtine

But getting there will require investment in better energy storage technologies.

• By Candace Butera

A leaked budget proposal from the White House cuts funding to renewable energy research programs by 72 percent.

• By Kate Wheeling

The tariffs could eliminate up to 88,000 jobs on the installation side, according to one estimate.

• By Kate Wheeling

Here's why that's bad news.

• By Kate Wheeling

A recent report warns that Indonesia's coal-based electricity strategy risks wasting $76 billion over the next 25 years.

• By Keith Schneider

Most of the world could run on renewable energy by 2050 at a quarter of the cost of the current energy system, all while saving lives.

• By Bob Berwyn

A new report authored by the Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee lays out the barriers to a transition to renewable energy.

• By Kate Wheeling

While investment in renewable energy is up in developing countries, it's actually down in developed economies, according to a U.N. report.

• By Nathan Collins

As the Roberts court issues a stay on Obama's Clean Power Plan, the future of U.S. climate commitments remains uncertain.

• By Jonathan M. Katz

How India builds its energy grid could decide the fate of humanity. Maybe we should help the country out.

• By Brian Palmer

The federal government's new moratorium on mining leases is just one of many setbacks for Big Coal.

• By Madeleine Thomas

The International Renewable Energy Agency's sixth annual meeting this weekend in Abu Dhabi laid out an ambitious path for doubling renewables as a way to meet mitigation goals—and to create millions of new jobs.

• By Ted Scheinman

The fact that corn-based ethanol is renewable doesn’t make it sustainable. When will presidential candidates stumping in Iowa admit as much?

• By Jeff Turrentine

Are you alarmed, concerned, or disengaged?

• By Lisa Wade

While others work on improving batteries and turning air compression into an energy-storage solution, the ARES team is re-purposing the simple ideas behind water towers to address a gap in our solar-power infrastructure.

• By Daina Beth Solomon

Inside the California Independent System Operator, a high-security complex where a handful of operators are working to find ways to secure the state's electrical grid before it's too late.

• By David Hodari

Until we find a way to effectively store energy, the power on California's electricity grid will rise and fall with the sun.

• By Sinduja Rangarajan

Philip Anschutz wants to turn his 500-square-mile cattle ranch into the world’s largest wind farm. The project would generate four times more electricity than the Hoover Dam, enough to power all of the households in Los Angeles and San Francisco. It would also make Anschutz the nation’s most unlikely environmental hero—if he can ever get the thing built.

• By Gabriel Kahn

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

• By Pacific Standard Staff