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Illinois lawmakers give small boost to renewable developments, delay broader reform

Lawmakers pass a modest clean-energy bill addressing budget gaps, industry hurdles, and setting up future battery storage studies.

Centrica said gas storage supplies are running lower than usual (Andrew Matthews/PA)
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Why are UK gas stores lower than usual, and how is the overall supply looking?

UK gas storage dangerously low amid freezing snap, but diverse supply sources ease immediate shortage fears.

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Rural Minnesota counties work together to simplify clean energy development and maximize local benefits

Southwest Minnesota has the state’s densest concentration of wind turbines and is increasingly attracting solar developers, too.

FILE PHOTO: Power-generating windmill turbines and power lines are seen in a rapeseed field in Nauen, Germany, April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo
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EU’s 2024 new wind capacity less than half amount needed for climate goal, industry group says

Wind power provided 20% of the electricity consumed in Europe last year.

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More than ore: The pivotal role recycled copper can play in the energy transition

Substantially increasing copper recycling will complement copper from mining and support the supply of minerals needed by the energy transition.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a news conference after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at the JW Marriott Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo
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European wind stocks take beating after Trump calls turbines ‘garbage’

Wind power stocks drop as Trump vows to block new turbines, raising fears over U.S. renewable energy market shifts.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a reception for newly elected Democratic members of Congress, in Washington, U.S. January 5, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File photo
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Biden team wraps up expanded clean energy credit guidance

Biden finalizes clean energy tax credit guidance, extending IRA benefits to diverse low-carbon power sources amid climate change push.

A view of the retired Agios Georgios power station in Keratsini suburb, near Athens, Greece, January 3, 2025. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi
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Europe’s power price divide hits southeastern economies

Greek businesses and households face soaring energy costs, as uneven investment deepens Southeast Europe's energy crisis.

Eighty percent of the fall in Germany's emissions for 2024 is thanks to record high production of renewable energy and the continued closure of coal-fired power stations (AFP)
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Pace of German emissions cuts slows in 2024: study

Germany’s 2024 emissions fell three per cent, a slower drop than 2023, hindered by stalled green investments in industry and households.

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