Renewable energy has generated more electricity than coal for the first time in history, signaling a major global shift toward clean energy. According to a report by climate think tank Ember, wind and ...

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, according to a new analysis. Plus, for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power ...

Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than coal worldwide in 2025 for the first time in over a century, according to IEA and Ember reports. Solar power drove most of the growth, with ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than coal globally for the first time in the first half of 2025, driven by rapid growth in China and India, a report by think tank ...

Arizona's Coronado Generating Station will convert from coal to natural gas by 2030. While cleaner than coal, natural gas is still a fossil fuel. The move faced opposition from some environmental ...

President Donald Trump has ordered his Cabinet to find coal resources that can be used to power artificial intelligence data centers. Miners argue that coal plants need to ramp up power generation to ...

India saw record-high power generation from solar plants between January and April, with solar electricity output soaring by 32.4% from a year earlier and keeping coal-fired generation essentially ...

Moneypoint in County Clare, Ireland, joins the ranks of other European nations exiting coal by shutting off power generation at its sole remaining coal plant. Industry observers say Ireland’s ...

In recent years, coal-fired generation has reduced significantly in relation to other energy generation. As recently as 2014, according to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, coal produced ...

Coal-fired generation across the Lower 48 surged from roughly 70 gigawatt-hours to approximately 130 during Winter Storm Fern, providing massive, dependable power when electric heating demand spiked.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Blackmon is a Texas-based public policy analyst/consultant. The arctic blast which put a vast swath of the continental ...