Solar hit 9% of US electricity in the first six months of 2025 as wind + solar topped 20% and renewables surged past 27%, ...

Missouri officials aim to “elevate the discussion” around how to meet the prospect of rising power demand while also decreasing carbon emissions.

Rising electricity demand, in part due to AI needs, along with the increasing cost of alternatives should cushion the impact ...

And in Missouri, Republican legislators are pushing a bill that would raise taxes on farmers who lease their land for wind or solar energy projects.

Several planned projects would have brought solar to communities in the Midwest and Great Plains for the first time. Others ...

Wind + solar produced over one-fifth of total US electrical generation in May, according to data just released by the US EIA.

Wind projects take up approximately 30,000 acres to produce the same amount of electricity as a 2,500-acre coal plant. Solar is also land-intensive, requiring about 5,000 acres for equivalent output.

New data from a constellation of satellites 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and wind have taken off in recent years.