China has significantly increased its coal power capacity, reviving concerns about its climate-changing carbon emissions.

Laos is looking to move away from coal-based power generation, with a focus on renewables development, especially onshore wind and solar PV.

From a 3.5GW US wind colossus to a data centre hybrid complex, these are the power plants coming online in 2026 to keep an eye out for.

America’s two utility-scale offshore wind farms performed as well as gas power plants and better than coal in January — including during Winter Storm Fern.

More than 50 large coal units were commissioned in 2025, up from fewer than 20 a year over the previous decade.

On the 2nd, a wind turbine dozens of meters tall collapsed in Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang Province, covering a road. It was a harrowing moment that could have turned into a disaster had vehicles been ...

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BEIJING – Even as China's expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had in recent years — raising concern about whether the ...