In China, the world's leading carbon emitter, a massive buildout of solar power is beginning to push fossil fuels into decline. Last year China saw its emissions drop, even as demand for energy rose.

Reduce, reuse, recycle even applies to old power plants. Across the world, developers are transforming old fossil fuel infrastructure into renewable energy hubs generating solar, wind, and geothermal ...

Not impressed that solar and wind energy sharply reduce health-threatening pollution and greenhouse gases compared to fossil fuels? How about that solar power will put money in your pocket? “The ...

Constellation Energy’s Eddystone Generating Station in Delaware County is one of two fossil fuel fired power plants ordered by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright to remain ready to produce electricity ...

An aerial view of tthe EDF nuclear power station (CNPE) on the banks of the Loire River, St. Laurent-des-Eaux, France. (Thierry Grun / Only France via AFP) PARIS (AFP) — France’s government on ...

The share of fossil fuels in Japan’s power supply slumped to the lowest on record in the first half of 2025, as nuclear and solar electricity generation is growing. Resource-poor Japan, a major ...

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

Energy demand from data centers, crucial in the artificial intelligence buildout, has buoyed sentiment in the otherwise flat renewables sector. Interest in fossil fuels has risen in parallel, though ...

The rush to meet AI's energy needs is going to rely on natural gas, raising worries about air pollution in the state's urban corridor.

Subsidies reached almost R200bn last year, mostly from increases in Eskom bailouts and carbon tax exemptions, while the renewables subsidy in 2024 was less than 5% of fossil fuel ...