A constellation of satellites orbiting 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and wind have taken off in recent years: Here’s what renewable energy sites looked like eight years ago.

For two decades, ‘wind’ was the leading renewable energy source (not counting large hydro projects), until the solar movement started in 2010-11. Solar power, which unlike wind can be set up ...

Over the past decade, wind turbine use has increased more than 25 percent per year. Still, it only provides a small fraction of the world's energy. Most wind energy comes from turbines that can be ...

Propel NY Energy project promises grid benefits but faces community concerns over electromagnetic fields in public meetings.

Wind power remained Germany's largest source ... due to the rapid expansion of solar capacity. Fraunhofer ISE's “Energy Charts” report shows that 12.4 TWh of this total was used for solar ...