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FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
CoalElectricityEmissionsNewsRegulations

Tough rules force US power plants to capture emissions or shut down

New EPA rules on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration's most ambitious effort yet to roll back...

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Reimagining energy security for the transition to renewables: IRENA report

What will the transition to renewable energy sources mean for our understanding of energy security? The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has published...

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels from SunPower are installed on residential buildings at a model home display in the Eureka Grove neighborhood of Granite Bay, California, U.S., October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino/ File photo
BusinessNewsSolar

Solar firm SunPower to reduce workforce, shut business segments

SunPower restructuring will see 1,000 people laid off and direct sales arm shuttered.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland speaks during a briefing about the bipartisan infrastructure law at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
ElectricityNewsWind

US sets plan for 12 offshore wind auctions over five years

Wind farm auctions scheduled by US Interior Department, with four due to take place this year.

The sun sets over Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station near Nottingham (Matthew Vincent/PA)
ElectricityFuelNewsTransmission

UK share of power from gas and coal hits hour-long record low of 2.4%

Statistics show burning of fossil fuels makes up a decreasing amount of UK electricity generation as country pursues 100% zero carbon power goals.

Asia Pacific president of Danish wind farm developer Orsted, Per Mejnert Kristensen, speaks during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard
BusinessNewsWind

Orsted says Taiwan wind project to power TSMC on track for 2025 finish

Wind farm developer Orsted's Taiwan plan will supply 920MW to valuable chipmaker TSMC.

FILE - Boats sit docked around the exposed banks of the El Penol-Guatape hydroelectric dam, due to low water levels, in Guatape, Colombia, April 3, 2024. Colombia’s government on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, rolled out new incentives to reduce electricity consumption in the South American nation, which has been hit by a severe drought that has diminished the capacity of local hydroelectric plants and brought officials close to imposing power cuts. (AP Photo/Fredy Amariles, file)
ClimateElectricityHydropowerNews

Colombia rolls out new incentives to cut electricity use as drought persists

As drought hits hydroelectric plants, homes and businesses that exceed their average monthly electrical consumption will be charged additional fees.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland holds a press conference prior to tabling the Federal Budget in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Freeland says the $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in last week's budget is just a start. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
BusinessEconomyElectricityFuelIndigenousInfrastructureNewsPolitics

Canada’s finance minister: $5B just a start for Indigenous loan guarantee program

The $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in Canada's 2024 budget is just a start: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland

FILE PHOTO: A flare burns excess natural gas in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 23, 2019. Picture taken November 23, 2019.  REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File Photo
AnalysisElectricityIndustryNatural GasNews

AI boom to fuel natural gas demand in coming years: analysis

A spike in power usage from artificial intelligence data centers could significantly boost natural gas demand in the second half of the decade:...

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels from SunPower are installed on residential buildings at a model home display in the Eureka Grove neighborhood of Granite Bay, California, U.S., October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino/File Photo
BusinessFinanceNewsSolar

Solar company Sunpower flags issues with financial reporting

SunPower has identified misstatements in its results for fiscal year 2022, the U.S. solar power storage and energy service provider says in a...

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