Oct 10, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
A coal plant cannot switch off when the sun comes out. Below roughly a third of its rated output the boiler runs too cool to burn cleanly and the turbine starts to complain, so the plant holds a floor of generation through the brightest, lowest-demand hours of the...
Aug 27, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids, Solar, Wind
US wind and solar generated roughly 420 terawatt-hours in the first half of 2026 — about a fifth of the country’s electricity, and marginally more than its nuclear fleet’s 390 TWh, on Energy Information Administration figures. Their combined share climbed...
Aug 22, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind
In the first half of 2026, US wind and solar generated about 420 terawatt-hours — 20% of the country’s electricity, up from 18.6% a year earlier — and passed both coal and nuclear for the first time in a comparable six months, according to federal generation...
Aug 2, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Solar
Coal supplied 49.7% of China’s electricity in the first half of 2026 — the first half-year on record below half. China’s National Energy Administration announced the figure on 30 July, alongside renewables at 41.2% and coal generation of 2.5 trillion kWh....
