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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump is blaming renewable energy sources for rising electricity prices, although the reality is more complex. This week, the president said that wind and solar projects are driving ...

Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and new executive orders strip financial incentives from wind and solar while boosting coal, gas, and nuclear. Federal permitting for renewables is now subject to ...

President Trump declared war on renewable energy Tuesday, vowing the federal government will block new wind and solar projects while electricity bills across America skyrocket at twice the rate 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 ...