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Will Sutton: Should support for solar power in New Orleans communities raise costs for all?
Nearly everyone likes the idea of solar. Homeowners who have seen big savings running all or some of their households with solar panels like it. Businesses doing away with traditionally unpredictable utility costs like lower, more predictable solar…
Elon Musk wants rural Spain to power all of Europe with solar energy
Elon Musk has proposed transforming the sparsely populated regions of España vaciada (Empty Spain) into a major source of renewable electricity for Europe through large‑scale solar power. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos…
Big Power Moves Will Help Feed Artificial Intelligence
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA - AUGUST 30: One of the biggest questions around the practical side of AI is power: how are tomorrow's data centers going to run, and what will they run on? It's not a trivial concern. Already, people around the world are…
Trump administration scraps multimillion-dollar solar projects in Puerto Rico as grid crumbles
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled solar projects in Puerto Rico worth millions of dollars, as the island struggles with chronic power outages and a crumbling electric grid. The projects were…
Three hours of free solar to cut family power bill by $800 a year
Families can save up to $800 a year by switching several appliances to run in the three hours of free daytime power to be switched on from July, the Albanese government claims, as it hits back at power companies that are warning the scheme will…
From Future To Venture: Turning Innovation Into Commercial Success
An idea becomes a business when people vote with their wallets Marco Bertini is Professor at the Department of Marketing at Esade Innovation sparks possibility, but possibility alone doesn't pay the bills. At some point, every entrepreneur and…
German Emissions Fell Only Modestly in 2025
BERLIN (Reuters) — Germany's greenhouse gas emissions fell only marginally in 2025, as weak progress in cutting pollution from buildings and transport weighed on the overall climate balance, energy think tank Agora Energiewende said on Jan.
Power policy consultation 'sham', say consumers
The Electricity Consumers' Association has raised serious concerns over the consultation process for the proposed National Electricity Policy, describing it as inadequate and legally questionable.National Secretary of the Association, Sanjeewa…
Puerto Rico solar projects canceled | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled solar projects in Puerto Rico worth millions of dollars as the island struggles with chronic power outages and a crumbling electric grid. The projects were…
Trump Administration Scraps Puerto Rico Solar Projects as Grid Fails
The projects were aimed at helping 30,000 low-income families in rural areas across the US territory as part of a now-fading transition toward renewable energy. In an email obtained by The Associated Press, the US Energy Department said that a push…
Ancient Electricity? Lost Technology? Magnetic Trains in 1850, Civil War Solar Power & More
In July 2025, I wrote The Mystery Post Offices, a Substack article about these massive, glorious buildings, which we are told were post offices. By the 1930s, they were almost all torn down for being “too small.” When this article was…
Votes and Verdicts: Orsted, Equinor, Peers in Offshore Headwinds
Director of the New York Offshore Wind Alliance Alicia Artessa joins Justin Teresi on the Bloomberg Intelligence Votes and Verdicts podcast to discuss a host of recent litigation and policy challenges facing the US offshore wind sector. With the US…
India Ups Energy Clout With Renewables Surge And 40-Plus Oil Suppliers
Image courtesy Getty Creatives. One of the world's largest energy consumers - India - is upping its clout in the sector by creating multibillion dollar opportunities in both traditional as well as renewable segments to ensure its security of…
Stock Movers: Intel, Solar Stocks, Life360
Bloomberg journalists discuss today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market. Listen for analysis on the companies making news on Wall Street. Bloomberg journalists discuss today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market. Listen for…
Put north of England 'front and centre' of net zero strategy, Reeves urged
Rachel Reeves has been urged to put the north of England at the heart of the UK's net zero strategy as research shows the sector contributes a larger share of the region's economy than it does nationally. The Labour peer Julie Elliott said the…
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