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In a historic first, wind and solar combined overtake coal in the US
In the US in 2024, wind and solar accounted for 17% of total electricity generation, surpassing coal, which fell to a record low of 15%.
China's power grid clean-up puts several US systems to shame
China's steady expansion to coal-fired power capacity has drawn ire from U.S. power system advisers who gripe that there's ...
Top US Utility Says Gas Can Meet Only a Fraction of Power Demand
NextEra Energy Inc., the biggest US utility and No. 1 developer of wind and solar generation, believes power plants fueled by ...
US clean power investors see strong outlook despite gas plant rush
Clean power developers see opportunities from AI and other growth sectors alongside a wave of new gas-fired plants as ...
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Minnesota lawmakers reach power-sharing agreement, ending weekslong stalemate
Minnesota lawmakers settled on a bipartisan power-sharing agreement in the state House, ending a weekslong political stalemate in one of the most closely divided legislative bodies in the country.
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Standoff extended in Minnesota House with no power-sharing deal
House GOP and DFL leaders have not broken the impasse in potential power-sharing negotiations that has kept the body from doing any official work. Democrats are hopeful an agreement is coming this ...
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Nuclear power could transform the US energy grid — but decades of roadblocks and rising prices are standing in the way
"It's a huge amount of energy from just a tiny, tiny volume." Nuclear energy currently accounts for about 20% of all power in the US. Natural gas still outpaces nuclear, accounting for roughly 40% ...
China's power grid clean-up puts several US systems to shame: Maguire
LITTLETON, Colorado, - China's steady expansion to coal-fired power capacity has drawn ire from U.S. power system advisers who gripe that there's little point in cleaning up generation at home while ...