Bloomberg China is set to install a record amount of wind and solar power capacity this year as the country strives to meet climate goals while reducing its reliance on the rest of the world for energy. China will add 140 gigawatts of capacity from the clean energy sources, said Tao Ye, a researcher with the National Development and ...

  Bloomberg Regulators approved a $4.5 billion transmission line that will deliver Canadian hydropower to New York City, a key component of the Empire State’s efforts to eliminate carbon from its power grid by 2040. The 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express is expected to be complete in 2025, according to a statement from New York Governor Kathy Hochul. The Public ...

Bloomberg California, which aims to have a carbon-free power grid within 25 years, got a short glimpse of that possibility earlier this month. The state’s main grid ran on more than 97% renewable energy on April 3, breaking a previous record of 96.4% that was set just a week earlier, the California Independent System Operator said in a statement. “While ...