As Europe turns its back on Russian gas, the US is stepping up to meet the challenge, with Trump’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export policies set to unlock a new era of energy dominance. Having declared an ‘energy emergency,’ the newly minted US President banned offshore wind and withdrew […] Click here to view original […]

The Trump administration has frozen approvals for wind and solar projects on federal lands and water for at least 60 days. Walter Cruickshank, the acting head of the Interior Department, issued the order on Monday, which blocks the government from issuing any leases, rights of way, contracts, or “any […] Click here to view original

Clockwise from top left: A wind farm on China’s Bohai Sea; solar in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Britain’s last coal-burning plant in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, now shuttered; a car dealership in Oslo, Norway.. President Trump’s repudiation of renewable-energy technologies stands to make the United States an outlier in the world. Many of […] Click here to view original

Photo: HANSAINVEST Real Assets Solar generated 11% of EU electricity in 2024, overtaking coal which fell below 10% for the first time, according to the European Electricity Review published today by think tank Ember . EU gas generation declined for the fifth year in a row, and total fossil […] Click here to view original

China to launch one-kilometre-wide solar farm into space Construction of a giant celestial solar farm is underway in China , with a scale comparable to creating a "Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth". The solar farm, which would be launched into space using heavy-lift rockets, is expected to […] Click here to view original

FILE – The five turbines of Block Island Wind Farm operate, Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I., during a tour organized by Orsted. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File) President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday temporarily halting offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and […] Click here to view original