Maybe you’ve heard of a solar updraft tower, a tall, hollow cylindrical tower where sunlight heats the air at the base of the tower and creates a chimney effect, causing air to rapidly shoot upward ...

The president’s executive orders don’t single out solar energy, but his freeze on climate spending could affect the industry as solar growth stagnates globally. Solar power has been setting annual ...

In FERC’s latest monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update” report (with data through January 31, 2025), solar and wind combined accounted for more than 98% of new US electrical generating capacity added ...

President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on wind and solar power from the rhetorical to the tangible, mounting a rapid-fire campaign that exceeds the industries’ worst fears. In just the past ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Llewellyn King has been a player in the energy space since 1970. Jul 29, 2025, 11:59pm EDT AT SEA - JULY 07: A wind turbine ...

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said the US won’t approve solar and wind projects that hurt farmland, claiming they are inflating electricity prices. The post on Truth Social, Trump’s latest ...

New wind and solar power installations, and the cheap, clean energy they provide to America, may not survive the Trump administration. Instead, the administration is promoting energy production from ...

In his first term, President Donald Trump promised to save coal, but he got a renewable energy boom instead. Now, six months into his second term, he’s trying to avoid a repeat. Trump has unleashed a ...

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ends long-standing federal support for solar and wind power, while creating a friendly environment for oil, gas and coal production. The House of ...

For nearly a decade, President Trump has promised “energy dominance” — a vague but alluring slogan hinting at a world in which the U.S. is king. A world in which other nations depend on us for their ...

Texas startup Janta Power has secured $5.5 million in seed funding to expand its next-generation solar power towers, a vertical alternative to flat solar farms. The funding round was led by MaC ...