Solar Power World presents the 2021 Top Solar Champions

In acknowledgement of the 10th anniversary of Solar Power World’s Top Solar Contractors list, the editorial team proudly recognizes four individuals for Top Solar Champions awards. These special awards highlight four individuals working…

Consumers Energy Dedicates Brownfield Project

Consumers Energy, the state of Michigan and the City of Cadillac have dedicated Consumers’ third solar power plant, Cadillac Solar…

Europe Plans Aggressive New Laws to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

European officials are preparing to introduce ambitious legislation designed to wean one of the world’s biggest and most polluting economies off fossil fuels far more quickly than other nations have pledged to do. The proposals could include…

Carbon Border Tax Is Proposed by Democrats

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers on Monday will make public a plan to raise as much as $16 billion annually by imposing a tax on imports from China and other countries that are not significantly reducing the planet-warming pollution that…

Europe Is Proposing a Border Carbon Tax. What Is It and How Will It Work?

Implementing a carbon border tax could face several complications.For one, companies hoping to sell certain goods to the European Union would need to monitor and verify the emissions associated with making their products. If countries can’t…

Energy Department Targets Vastly Cheaper Batteries to Clean Up the Grid

WASHINGTON — The Energy Department on Wednesday announced a new effort to tackle one of the toughest technical challenges facing President Biden’s push for an electric grid dominated by solar and wind power — namely, what to do when…

Biden to Restore Protections for Tongass National Forest in Alaska

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is moving to restore full environmental protections for Tongass National Forest in Alaska, reversing an attempt by former President Donald J. Trump to introduce logging and mining in pristine sections…

Building Solar Farms May Not Build the Middle Class

‘Like a Moving Assembly Line’On an afternoon in mid-May, several laborers coming off their shift at Assembly Solar said they were grateful for the work, which they said paid $16 an hour and provided health insurance and 401(k) contributions.…

China’s New Carbon Market, the World’s Largest: What to Know

China, the world’s biggest source of greenhouse gas pollution, opened a national carbon emissions trading market on Friday, a long-awaited step aimed at fighting climate change.The market turns the power to pollute into an allowance that…

Work Injuries Tied to Heat Are Vastly Undercounted, Study Finds

Extreme heat causes many times more workplace injuries than official records capture, and those injuries are concentrated among the poorest workers, new research suggests, the latest evidence of how climate change worsens inequality.Hotter…