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The loan, the biggest-ever commitment from the Loan Programs Office, is intended to fund the California utility's grid and climate resiliency projects. The Energy Department plans to offer a record [...]

Carrboro accused Duke, one the nation's largest utility companies, of ignoring data about climate change while increasing use of fossil fuels. A North Carolina town filed a lawsuit on Wednesday [...]

Electricity has become our most critical resource. Oil is still coveted. The drive for energy has taken one Times reporter all over the map. Times Insider explains who we are [...]

Residents say Mr. Musk's data center for artificial intelligence is compounding their pollution burden and adding stress on the local electrical grid. Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is building [...]

Byline: Ivan Penn and Kate Conger Residents say Mr. Musk's data center for artificial intelligence is compounding their pollution burden and adding stress on the local electrical grid. Elon Musk, [...]

Federal and state researchers said there might be five million to 19 million tons of lithium, more than enough to meet the world's demand for the battery ingredient. Researchers at [...]

Byline: Ivan Penn and Karen Weise Large technology companies are investing billions of dollars in nuclear energy as an emissions-free source of electricity for artificial intelligence and other businesses. Technology [...]

Large technology companies are investing billions of dollars in nuclear energy as an emissions-free source of electricity for artificial intelligence and other businesses. Technology companies are increasingly looking to nuclear [...]

More than 1,400 feet below an Arizona pine forest, miners are blasting tunnels in search of a radioactive element that can be used to make electricity. Two states north, in [...]

More than 1,400 feet below an Arizona pine forest, miners are blasting tunnels in search of a radioactive element that can be used to make electricity. Two states north, in [...]

The collapse of a giant wind turbine blade off the Massachusetts coast confirmed Peter Kaizer's worst fears about the dangers a new clean energy business could pose to fishermen like [...]

Byline: Stanley Reed and Ivan Penn The collapse of a giant wind turbine blade off the Massachusetts coast confirmed Peter Kaizer's worst fears about the dangers a new clean energy [...]

Byline: Ivan Penn and Tim Gruber The past and the future of electricity in America are perhaps most visible in a Minnesota town surrounded by potato farms and cornfields. Towering [...]

The past and the future of electricity in America are perhaps most visible in a Minnesota town surrounded by potato farms and cornfields. Towering over Becker, a community of a [...]

With outages expected to last days, a top state official promised to look into whether the utility company could have done more to prepare for Hurricane Beryl. The sun felt […]

The company said it effectively got all of the electricity it used last year from sources that did not produce greenhouse gas emissions. Some experts have faulted the company's calculations. [...]

The company said it effectively got all of the electricity it used last year from sources that did not produce greenhouse gas emissions. Some experts have faulted the company’s calculations. [...]

With outages expected to last days, a top state official promised to look into whether the utility company could have done more to prepare for Hurricane Beryl. The sun felt [...]

Los cortes de energía eléctrica, que se espera que duren días, han generado malestar y frustración entre millones de habitantes, que se han visto obligados a tirar comida a la [...]

CenterPoint Energy said more than two million customers lost power in the storm, and that those in the hardest-hit areas should prepare for an extended period without electricity. With millions [...]

Byline: Ivan Penn and Ruth Fremson In February, the United States did something that it had not done in many years - the country sent more electricity to Canada than [...]

In February, the United States did something that it had not done in many years -- the country sent more electricity to Canada than it received from its northern neighbor. [...]

Electrical utilities said they weathered earlier conditions as persistent geomagnetic storms were expected to cause another light show in evening skies. Night skies in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere [...]

Officials said the decision would lower bills and encourage people to use cars and appliances that did not use fossil fuels, but some experts said it would discourage energy efficiency. [...]

Officials said the decision would lower bills and encourage people to use cars and appliances that did not use fossil fuels, but some experts said it would discourage energy efficiency. [...]

Shell and others say they plan to drill for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico in part because doing so releases fewer greenhouse gases than drilling on land. [...]

Appomattox, a deepwater oil platform, floats about 80 miles off Louisiana, in the Gulf of Mexico. Run by Shell, it's one of several offshore operations that oil companies are continuing [...]

Byline: Ivan Penn Shell and others say they plan to drill for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico in part because doing so releases fewer greenhouse gases than [...]

The automaker led by Elon Musk is no longer planning to take the lead in expanding the number of places to fuel electric vehicles. It's not clear how quickly other [...]

Byline: Jack Ewing and Ivan Penn The automaker led by Elon Musk is no longer planning to take the lead in expanding the number of places to fuel electric vehicles. [...]

California's largest utility said its proposed deal with the global investment firm KKR could reduce customer rates by $100 million over 20 years. Pacific Gas & Electric announced plans on [...]

California’s largest utility said its proposed deal with the global investment firm KKR could reduce customer rates by $100 million over 20 years. Pacific Gas & Electric announced plans on [...]

REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019. A factory in Moses Lake, [...]

REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019. A factory in Moses Lake, [...]

The conditional loan from the Energy Department is part of a broad effort to revive the use of nuclear energy in the United States. The Biden administration announced on Wednesday [...]

Grid managers say they are well prepared to handle a sharp drop in the energy produced by solar panels as the eclipse darkens the sky in North America on April [...]

Climate change is raising the risk of blazes that are started by power lines and other utility equipment in many parts of the U.S. besides California. After a utility pole [...]

Grid managers say they are well prepared to handle a sharp drop in the energy produced by solar panels as the eclipse darkens the sky in North America on April [...]

The conditional loan from the Energy Department is part of a broad effort to revive the use of nuclear energy in the United States. The Biden administration announced on Wednesday [...]

Byline: Ivan Penn Climate change is raising the risk of blazes that are started by power lines and other utility equipment in many parts of the U.S. besides California. After [...]

Electric utilities, which designed their system to meet peak demand in sizzling weather, are straining to keep up during the cold. For decades, managers of electric grids feared that surging [...]

Byline: Ivan Penn Electric utilities, which designed their system to meet peak demand in sizzling weather, are straining to keep up during the cold. For decades, managers of electric grids [...]

Byline: Ivan Penn California has long championed renewable energy, but a change in the state's policies last year has led to a sharp decline in the installation of residential rooftop [...]

California has long championed renewable energy, but a change in the state's policies last year has led to a sharp decline in the installation of residential rooftop solar in the [...]

The Biden administration has deployed various programs to try to increase access to clean energy. But systems that could help lower bills are still out of reach for many low-income [...]

Byline: Madeleine Ngo and Ivan Penn The Biden administration has deployed various programs to try to increase access to clean energy. But systems that could help lower bills are still [...]

Byline: Ivan Penn, Stanley Reed and Brad Plumer A few years ago, interest in offshore wind energy was so strong that developers proposed spending tens of billions of dollars to [...]

A few years ago, interest in offshore wind energy was so strong that developers proposed spending tens of billions of dollars to plunk hundreds of turbines the size of skyscrapers [...]

The deal, valued at $1.9 billion, would further consolidate the airline industry and is likely to face close scrutiny by federal antitrust regulators. Alaska Airlines said on Sunday that it [...]

The deal, valued at $1.9 billion, is likely to face close scrutiny by federal antitrust regulators. Alaska Airlines on Sunday announced plans to acquire Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion [...]