green energy

Rows of solar panels stand in a field in the distance. In the image foreground, rocks and tall vegetation is pictured.

Missouri News

Evergy says federal changes won’t affect planned solar projects in Kansas and Missouri

Missouri Independent

The Topeka-based company received approval to build two new natural gas plants, as well as a Kansas solar field.

Missouri News

Missouri House approves bill prohibiting eminent domain for solar, wind energy projects

Missouri Independent

Lawmakers are weighing multiple bills that would bar developers from seizing land to build wind and solar farms

Five industrial wind turbines form part of the Gorona del Viento power plant on the island of El Hierro. By the end of this year, the power plant is set to generate 100 percent of the energy El Hierro needs, making it the world's first energy-independent island powered only by renewables.

Science and Technology

Tiny Spanish Island Nears Its Goal: 100 Percent Renewable Energy

Lauren Frayer

El Hierro, the most remote of Spain's Canary Islands, used to import thousands of tons of diesel each year. Now a new power plant will let the island run entirely on renewable energy.