The Biden administration has expressed growing alarm that efforts to fight climate change could falter unless the electric grids are quickly expanded.
Tag: Alternative and Renewable Energy
Mining Giant BHP Makes $39 Billion Bid for Rival Anglo American
The deal would create one of the largest copper miners at a time when demand is soaring for the metal used in many green technologies.
Chinese Export Surge Clouds U.S. Hopes of a Domestic Solar Boom
The decision by a Massachusetts solar company to abandon plans to build a $1.4 billion U.S. factory highlights the risks amid a flood of Chinese clean energy exports.
Chinese Exports Are Threatening Biden’s Industrial Agenda
The president is increasingly hitting back with tariffs and other measures meant to restrict imports, raising tensions with Beijing.
What Can ‘Green Islam’ Achieve in Indonesia?
Clerics in Indonesia are issuing fatwas, retrofitting mosques and imploring congregants to help turn the tide against climate change.
The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution.
A rarely used technique to upgrade old power lines could play a big role in fixing one of the largest obstacles facing clean energy, two reports found.
At CERAWeek, Saudi Aramco C.E.O. Says Energy Transition ‘Visibly Failing’
The comments by a Saudi executive raised questions regarding whose predictions about the future of oil and gas are more likely to be true.
Storing Renewable Energy, One Balloon at a Time
To decarbonize the electrical grid, companies are finding creative ways to store energy during periods of low demand.
In Paris, the Olympics Clean Up Their Act
Organizers of the Games promise to slash greenhouse gas emissions by re-using historic buildings, adding bike lanes, even putting solar panels on the Seine. Will it work?
Brazil’s Clashing Goals: Protect the Amazon and Pump Lots More Oil
State-owned Petrobras could soon be the world’s third-biggest oil producer, in stark contrast to the country’s promises to fight climate change and slow Amazon destruction.