solar power

Chinese solar power company Hoshine Silicon Industry was targeted by U.S. sanctions in June 2021 for allegedly using forced labor to create its products. A little over a year later, Hoshine stock is up 111 percent, the personal fortune of founder Luo Liguo has doubled, and the Luo family is spending a billion dollars to expand the company’s presence in Xinjiang province, home of the enslaved Uyghur Muslims.

All-day blackouts, skyrocketing gasoline and diesel prices, and an unreliable, nearly absent government are fueling demand for solar power in Nigeria, the local This Day newspaper reported on Wednesday, as businesses seek ways to continue to function without relying on the state-run power grid.

China’s state-run Global Times on Monday reversed a good deal of spin from Beijing by admitting that U.S. demand for Chinese goods is falling sharply enough to damage the Chinese economy. 

Lightyear, a Netherlands-based electric vehicle startup claims its new car, the Lightyear 0, can travel 43 miles per day using energy from built-in solar panels. The Lightyear 0 costs $263,000, or more than the houses of many Americans.

The Prime Minister of Denmark has said that in order to take on Vladimir Putin, her country will need to focus more on green energy.

The UK government will seek to construct eight nuclear power plants and expand domestic oil production in order to ensure energy security.

Half of backbenchers in the Conservative Party have joined a green agenda group to push ahead with Boris Johnson’s Build Back Better vision.

President Joe Biden’s Department of Commerce has sided with Chinese solar manufacturers who produce in Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, denying a request to investigate the manufacturers for evading United States tariffs on Chinese products. 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday that his country will target “net zero” carbon emissions by the year 2070. However, Modi said this goal was only attainable if wealthy countries contributed at least a trillion dollars toward international climate change programs.

According to former Tesla employees, the company’s solar power unit Tesla Energy has a dedicated team for hunting down complaints on social media and convincing customers to delete negative comments.

An Arizona-based solar panel maker has announced a $680 million investment to open a new factory in Lake Township, Ohio, creating 500 American jobs in the community with likely many more jobs created in supporting industries.

The Heartland Institute said AOC’s effort to help Texans during the recent deadly winter storm was a cover for promoting the Green New Deal.

The image of energy-rich Texas is under challenge as a historic polar vortex slows or shuts down power sources like wind and natural gas.

‘Green jobs’ in the German renewables sector have collapsed by 50 per cent in less than a decade. No prizes for guessing where they’ve gone…

Solyndra is one of the worst scandals of the Obama era – and Ron Klain, President Biden’s chief of staff, is right in the middle of it. The issue is fresh again given the new administration’s plans to fund more Solyndra-type companies with countless tax dollars.

During an appearance on Birmingham, AL radio 105.5 WERC’s “Alabama’s Morning News,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) lamented the drastic shift in energy policy under President Joe Biden.

Rebecca Mansour warned Joe Biden’s energy policy proposals would facilitate further offshoring of U.S. auto manufacturing jobs to China.

Rebecca Mansour joined Dan Proft to explain how Joe Biden’s proposed energy policies could destroy millions of jobs in the automotive industry.

California residents were warned Saturday evening of the imminent possibility of rolling electricity blackouts due to high demand in the middle of a another heat wave.

Trump told the RNC: “How can Joe Biden claim to be an ‘ally of the Light’ when his own party can’t even keep the lights on?”

California’s recent blackouts are a warning that Joe Biden’s version of the Green New Deal cannot be achieved without suffering power shortages.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that the state had to “sober up” about the fact that renewable energy sources had failed to provide enough power for the state at peak demand, and needed “backup” and “insurance” from other sources.

If Joe Biden and the Democrats win, and implement their Green New Deal, the nation will be stuck with the rolling blackouts California is experiencing today.

California suffered a second day of rolling electricity blackouts on Saturday evening, with wind power and solar power unable to provide needed backup.

Drew Bond and John Hart believe that conservatives have the right solutions to address climate change through free market capitalism.

A UK developer is considering building the world’s largest solar power farm, but campaigners warn that the project poses significant risks.

An artificial depression created around the coronavirus outbreak will kill thousands of Americans, explained Jacki Pick.

According to a recent report, Tesla solar panel owners across Massachusetts have had issues receiving customer support for their panels, with some left waiting almost a full year without any help from Elon Musk’s company.

Following reports of Tesla solar panels catching fire at Walmart and Amazon locations, residential owners are now claiming that Tesla solar panels on their homes are now causing fires.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in the U.S. on Wednesday after a solar-powered sailing trip from England to attend a U.N. summit.

E-commerce giant Amazon has backed up claims by retailer Walmart that Tesla solar panels caught fire at multiple Walmart locations across the United States by claiming that it experienced its own fire related to the solar panels at a warehouse in California.

Greta Thunberg took a sailboat instead of flying to a U.N. summit to fight climate change, but some people on her team will take planes.

Goldsmiths, University of London announced this week that they are banning all beef products from campus in an effort to fight climate change.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — What if alternative energy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? That’s the provocative question explored in the documentary “Planet of the Humans,” which is backed and promoted by filmmaker Michael Moore and directed by one of his longtime collaborators. It premiered last week at his Traverse City Film Festival.

Michael Bloomberg is giving away more of his personal fortune to advance his radical environmental agenda, this time pledging $500 million to shutter every coal mine in the United States and slow the production of cheap, clean, and plentiful natural gas.

Tesla’s solar ambitions are in deep trouble according to reports. Solar cells designed to replace roofing shingles are reportedly not working out well for the company, with the majority of solar cells being exported overseas. The company is facing fresh scrutiny about its factory in Buffalo, New York, and the promises it made to the state to employ a certain number of workers at the facility.