This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at an audacious plan for floating, ocean-powered data centers and GM’s ...

Most Americans think the U.S. should prioritize the development of renewable energy over fossil fuel sources. At the same time, most say they are not ready to stop using fossil fuel energy sources ...

Solar and wind are the fastest-growing energy sources in the U.S., expanding 1,914% and 391%, respectively, between 2010 and 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA). Natural gas is ...

A report from UK-based climate and energy think tank Ember notes that clean energy sources accounted for 40.9% percent of electricity produced around the world in 2024. The finding comes from data and ...

Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are critical to sustaining our planet, but they come with a big challenge: they don't always generate power when it's needed. To make the most of them, we ...

Artificial Intelligence and data centers have been blamed for rising electricity costs across the U.S. In December 2025, American consumers paid 42% more to power their homes than ten years ago. "When ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. NOCHTEN, GERMANY - APRIL 30: In this aerial view the Boxberg coal ...

President Bush, in his January 31, 2006, State of the Union address, proposed an Advanced Energy Initiative to reduce American dependency on foreign energy sources. The following is a summary of U.S.

Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains ...

For decades, the search for a truly inexhaustible energy source has been more science fiction than policy plan. That is starting to change as scientists converge on two frontier candidates, fusion ...

America needs affordable and reliable energy sources to power our economy, provide prosperous personal living standards, and compete with global competitors. We also want to produce and use energy ...

Imagine a source of energy that produces no carbon emissions, lies beneath our feet, and could power human civilization for millennia. A growing body of research now suggests that such a resource ...