As triple-digit temperatures engulf much of the United States, the Trump administration wants grid managers to require the use of backup power that often goes unused. By Ivan Penn and Hilary Howard ...

India nears 50% domestic coal use in import-based power plants Domestic coal is currently used for operating 5.7 gigawatts capacity this year, of the total 18.7 GW capacity, at imported coal-based ...

The American steel industry is reaping the benefits of the AI data-center construction boom. But now, steelmakers are warning of a high-stakes competition with their data-center customers for a ...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday will begin consideration of a bill to force tech companies to pay for artificial intelligence's strain on the power grid, as voters across the country express ...

Analysts said the plan’s renewable energy targets were conservative relative to the sector’s recent growth trajectory, suggesting actual ⁠renewable deployment may outpace the official goals China is ...

OpenAI published economic research today documenting what may be the fastest large-scale shift in professional tool usage on record: enterprise non-developer workers adopted its agentic AI platform ...

Hydro Ottawa is facing surging power demand from big customers, especially data centres, an "extraordinary pressure" that's only expected to grow. CEO Bryce Conrad said customers are now seeking ...

UK obtaining emergency supplies from Continent after surge in air conditioning use Jonathan Leake is the Telegraph's Energy Editor. He has previously worked for other publications covering science, ...

Texas has been flooded with data center requests to join its power grid. The state seeks to sort out who actually wants to do business in Texas — and which projects are purely speculative. Data ...

BEIJING, June 25 (Reuters) - China is aiming for half of its electricity to come from non-fossil sources by 2030, up from a 42.3% target for 2025, in a new five-year plan for the energy sector.