The massive budget bill that President Trump signed into law earlier this month took aim at a robust system of tax credits that have aided the explosion of U.S. wind and solar energy in recent years.

Solar and wind accounted for almost 91% of new US electrical generating capacity added in the first five months of 2025, according to data released on August 20* by the Federal Energy Regulatory ...

A constellation of satellites orbiting 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and wind have taken off in recent years: Here’s what renewable energy sites looked like eight years ago. 2017 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Blackmon is a Texas-based public policy analyst/consultant. During a meeting of his full cabinet Tuesday, President Donald ...

The electric power sector — which generates and distributes electricity to homes, businesses, factories, electric vehicles, and farming operations — produces 25% of heat-trapping pollution in the U.S.

A research team led by scientists from India's Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering has developed a tree-type of PV-wind power system for off-grid applications. “A hybrid tree is a synthetic ...

EIA’s latest monthly “Electric Power Monthly” report (with data through July 31, 2025), once again confirms that solar is the fastest growing among the major sources of US electricity. In July alone, ...

Business groups and clean-energy developers are apoplectic over a last-minute provision tucked into President Donald Trump’s spending bill that will tax the solar and wind industry, making it much ...

This artist’s rendition shows NASA’s Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP Our Sun drives a constant outward flow of plasma, or ionized gas, called the ...

Yeimy J. Rivera receives funding from NASA's Parker Solar Probe project through the SAO/SWEAP subcontract 975569. Michael L. Stevens receives funding from NASA's Parker Solar Probe project through the ...