1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (807+ words) Fervo Energy, a'startup that has pioneered new ways to produce electricity from the earth's heat, is officially a'publicly traded company. It's the first next-generation geothermal firm to go public. Today's initial public offering netted the Houston-based Fervo about $1. 9 billion and…...

9+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1027+ words) Pennsylvania needs more energy. Data centers are pushing demand skyward, utilities can't build new capacity fast enough, and electric bills are on the rise. Medium-sized solar installations " smaller than utility-scale farms but larger than home rooftop arrays " could help ease…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (654+ words) Millions of inactive wells are littered across the United States, the relics of earlier eras of fossil fuel production. A'large number of the sites have no official owner, and many are still polluting groundwater and leaking heat-trapping methane. The country…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (653+ words) Confusing ballot language could be the reason an Ohio county upheld a'ban on renewable energy last'week. An early analysis of exit poll responses suggests a'majority of voters likely meant to vote against Richland County's ban on most large solar and…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (634+ words) Lawmakers backing an Illinois bill that would clear the way for balcony solar have ended their push to pass the measure this year. With three weeks still to go in the legislative session, they hit a'stalemate as opponents, including the…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (463+ words) For the past 15years, onshore wind projects have followed the same process to get the Department of Defense's permission to build. Now, that familiar route has been closed off, effectively jeopardizing all new wind projects on private land " more than 250 nationwide…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (429+ words) See more from Canary Media's "Chart of the Week" column. Quick " ignore the map above and take a'guess: Which three states get the highest share of their power from wind and'solar? If you said Iowa, South Dakota, and New Mexico,…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (611+ words) For years, community solar in Maine grew at a'breakneck pace, elevating the state to the top of the list for most capacity per capita in the U. S. Now, however, development has slowed to a'standstill, and the industry faces an uncertain future....

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (998+ words) Paul Tullis has reported from 22 countries on five continents on science, technology, the environment, and their intersections for The New York Times, National Geographic, Scientific American, Bloomberg, Wired, and others. He lives in Amsterdam. When renewable electricity powers the hydrogen…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (852+ words) The stuff in modern life requires huge amounts of dirty fossil fuel to make. And lately, that's been a'liability for industries battered by the global energy shocks of the 2020s. First, the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 spiked liquefied natural gas…...