Energy

The $35 billion nuclear project is an investment in the future or a cautionary tale, depending whom you ask.

Per the Department of Energy, 10 percent of electricity could be generated by geothermal systems by 2050.

When an eclipse blocks out the sun, we get a glimpse of how our grid uses fossil fuels to compensate — and a future where it won’t have to.

The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country.

Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation’s disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Nearly a quarter of the nation’s grid now runs on renewables, bringing the country closer to its climate goals.

This article was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans—and engages with them—about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. STARR COUNTY—In 2009, on a plot of shrub-covered cattle land about 45 miles northwest of McAllen, Shell buried and abandoned a well it drilled to look for gas. […]

This article was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans—and engages with them—about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. JEFFERSON COUNTY—A concrete platform with fading blue paint marks the birthplace of the modern oil and gas industry in southeast Texas. Weather-beaten signs describe how drillers tapped the […]

Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source.

Federal incentives for clean energy are struggling to overcome old-school planning.