Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging utilities.
Tag: Solar Energy
How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid More Reliable
An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.
After Hurricane Melissa, Solar Power Kept the Electricity on for Some Jamaicans
People with rooftop solar panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said.
China’s High Ambitions for Clean Energy
Our Beijing bureau chief Keith Bradsher reports on new solar and wind projects on the Tibetan Plateau.
At U.N. Summit, China Promises to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
President Xi Jinping told a U.N. climate summit that China will reduce emissions across its economy, expand renewables sixfold and make electric cars “mainstream.”
At U.N., Trump Says Green Energy Is a Scam and Attacks Climate Science
In a remarkable United Nations address, the president lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change.
Sunday Was Also Sun Day
Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, climate activists organized a nationwide celebration of solar power.
Climate ‘Ideology’ Hurts Prosperity, Top U.S. Officials Tell Europeans
Chris Wright, the energy secretary, said he would push Europe to loosen environmental rules and buy more gas. Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, tied fossil fuels to a need to win the A.I. race.
China’s Renewable Energy Investment Helping Stem Fossil Fuel Growth, Report Says
Its vast investment in solar, wind and batteries is on track to end an era of global growth in the use of coal, oil and gas, the researchers said.
China’s Renewable Energy Investment Helping Stem Fossil Fuel Growth, Report Says
Its vast investment in solar, wind and batteries is on track to end an era of global growth in the use of coal, oil and gas, the researchers said.