Consumers Energy outage map: Thousands without power in Michigan

More than 60,000 people in Michigan were without power, with many outages reported for Consumers Energy customers.
Politifact

No, wind and solar power aren’t ‘worthless’ when there’s no wind or sun

Wind energy infrastructure doesn’t produce power if the air isn’t moving, and solar doesn’t generate power if the sun’s not out. But that doesn’t mean that either source of energy is ...

Amazon-Backed Nuclear Tech Firm X-Energy Raises $1 Billion in U.S. IPO

In 2024, Amazon anchored a financing round of about $500 million for X-Energy, which said at the time that it was working with the tech giant to bring more than 5 gigawatts of new power projects ...
KJCT

Xcel Energy cancels Wednesday’s planned power shutoffs in several western Colorado counties

Xcel Energy has removed Mesa, Garfield, and Pitkin Counties from its planned shutoffs on Wednesday, according to the energy ...

Solar and wind account for 3% of global energy, but are a growing power source for homes, businesses

As the United States grappled with Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz — a choke point for one-fifth of the world’s crude ...