Fossil fuels, including coal, oil, and natural gas, have been dominant sources of energy for the past 150 years, supplanting whale oil in the late 19th century as the top energy industry. Their ...

Renewable energy including nuclear power jointly overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year - a historic first, according to new data from the global ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The world used clean power sources to meet more than 40 percent of its electricity ...

Photo Credit: Panels on a solar farm. Solar and other renewables overtook coal to become the biggest electricity source. Unsplash In the first half of 2025, renewable sources such as solar and wind ...

A new Policy Brief from The Heartland Institute offers a comprehensive evaluation of seven primary electricity generation sources: biomass, coal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear, solar, and wind, and ...

We’re seeing some really interesting new ways artificial intelligence utilities are changing how we handle energy and ...

National Grid, which owns the high-voltage electricity grid in England and Wales, is rebuilding it in a government-backed drive to attract investment and tackle climate change. The underground London ...