The world is rapidly shifting to clean energy, and this is changing how we power our lives. Technologies like solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles (EVs) need a lot more minerals than traditional fossil fuel systems. For example, EVs use six times more minerals than regular cars. Onshore wind farms need nine times more […]
Paladin Energy saw a 17% jump in uranium production in the March 2025 quarter, which sent its stock price up. The company produced 745,484 pounds of uranium oxide (U3O8) at its Langer Heinrich Mine in Namibia. It’s the highest amount since the mine restarted last year in March. The company is supplying safe and steady […]
China made big progress in clean energy during the first three months of 2025. The country produced 951 terawatt hours (TWh) of clean electricity between January and March. That’s 19% more than during the same period in 2024, according to energy think tank Ember. Clean energy now makes up 39% of all electricity in China, […]
The U.S. government has imposed steep tariffs on solar panels and cells imported from four Southeast Asian countries: Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand. These new duties come from a yearlong investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce. It found that solar manufacturers in these countries unfairly benefited from government subsidies. They sold their products for […]
Google has made a major step forward in its clean energy journey by signing its first offshore wind power purchase agreement (PPA) in the Asia-Pacific region. The deal is with the Fengmiao I offshore wind project in Taiwan, being developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). It is a milestone for both Google and the Taiwanese […]
Tesla kicked off 2025 with major operational wins, but its financial performance didn’t quite match up. In the first quarter, the electric vehicle giant pulled off an industry first: it updated Model Y production lines simultaneously at all four of its global factories. Despite the bold manufacturing feat, the company saw profits tumble, revenue shrink, […]
The United States is facing a major challenge in its clean energy journey. In April 2025, the U.S. federal government ordered a pause on construction of Equinor’s Empire Wind project, a $5 billion offshore wind farm planned to supply clean energy to New York City. This decision, led by U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum under […]
Microsoft is aggressively taking steps to meet its climate goals. The tech giant just signed a deal to buy 1.4 million tonnes of carbon removal credits from Living Carbon, a nature-based solutions company focused on restoring degraded land through reforestation. These carbon credits will come from Living Carbon reforesting 25,000 acres of damaged land in […]
The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) took a major step to speed up approvals for domestic mineral production. In response to President Trump’s executive order, Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production, the Council named 10 mining projects that will now benefit from a faster, more transparent federal permitting process. These projects, targeting […]