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Puerto Rico Falls Victim to Trump's War on Solar Power
Nearly 40,000 poor and working-class people in Puerto Rico were promised accessible solar panels and battery storage from the U.S. government following massive blackouts after Hurricane Maria in 2017 and Hurricane Fiona in 2022. Within a year of…
Countries are turning to 'structurally more resilient' energy sources as oil and gas crisis deepens, UN renewables chief says
The story of the energy transition in 2025 was one of fast-paced growth and global adoption. That trend was always likely to continue this year, but the war in Iran may be giving it a fresh geopolitical push. Renewable power accounted for 85.6% of…
Middle East crisis exposes global energy fault line as UN urges shift to renewables
The Hormuz Strait in the Persian Gulf, through which one fifth of the world's supply of oil and gas passes, has been largely closed to shipping since the conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel, as well as, to a lesser extent, other…
I swapped my heavy power bank for this £99 folding solar panel
Heading off-grid on a multi-day hike or cycling trip usually involves some strategic battery management, While a heavy power bank is the usual safety net, a reliable portable solar panel allows you to generate your own free electricity on the move…
Renewables dominate 2025's newly installed generating capacity
On Wednesday, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released its numbers on what was built in 2025. And much as we saw in the US, solar power is the primary driver of change. The numbers show that the world installed an average of 1.4…
Renewables generated record share of UK electricity in 2025, data shows
Renewables generated a record share of the UK's electricity in 2025, according to provisional figures from the Energy Department (Desnz). The data, released on Thursday, shows that output from renewable technologies such as wind and solar accounted…
Renewables generated record share of UK electricity in 2025, data shows
News from The City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Renewables generated a record share of the UK's…
Tesla's first-quarter deliveries miss estimates as tax credit expiry weighs
Tesla missed Wall Street expectations for first-quarter deliveries on Thursday, as the expiry of US tax credits on the purchase of electric vehicles weighed on demand, sending its shares down nearly 4 percent in premarket trading. SCROLL TO…
Trump's rotten Easter egg will doom oil's future too
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. It's hilarious to think that, in the lead-up to Easter in 2019, then-prime minister…
Watching sunlight turn into fuel and oxygen, in real time
Solar-power photocatalysis - turning sunlight into energy - holds promise for sustainable and cost-efficient energy and chemical production. Advancing the technology, though, has been hindered by a lack of understanding of exactly how the process…
Lidl to sell £400 plug-in solar panels - here's everything you need to know
The solution to rising electricity costs might soon be found in the middle aisle of your local supermarket, with news that Lidl is set to start selling cheap, plug-in solar panels. Following a regulatory shake-up by the UK government, smaller…
After the Iran war, the electrostate will rise
Amid the noise from the war in Iran, as oil and gas prices soar then fluctuate, and physical scarcity looms round the corner, you may have missed some other global energy news. In India this week, the government announced that in response to the…
Aggreko Signs PPA with Mining Group for Hybrid Power Facility in Australia
Aggreko has finalized a landmark power purchase agreement (PPA) with international mining company Harmony Gold for the Eva Copper Mine Project in Northwest Queensland, Australia. The PPA announced April 2 supports development of Australia's largest…
Solar Installations Fell 22% In 2025
Solar developers installed 26.5 GW last year, down 22% from the 33.8 GW they installed in 2024, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The decline in solar installations took place despite the ongoing rush to bring projects…
US adds 26.6 GW of solar in 2025 as renewables dominate
The US solar industry installed 26,556 MW of new utility-scale capacity over the course of 2025, representing the vast majority of the 36,551 MW in total new builds for the year, said data from the FERC. While the annual total dipped slightly…
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