Republicans’ tax and policy bill could give China a bigger lead in the race to develop renewable energy technologies.

The sprawling Republican budget bill approved by the Senate Tuesday removes a proposed tax on solar and wind energy projects but quickly phases out tax credits for wind, solar and other ...

Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.

BEVERLY — President Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time when he installed solar panels on the White House in 1979. As was Beverly, where a site born from Carter’s ...

1979, the Carter administration installed 32 solar panels at the white house. Decades later one of those panels has made its way to Vermont, now sitting at the heart of NRG Systems headquarters in ...

Jimmy Carter had an underappreciated role in Colorado’s story. It started in May 1978 when he announced that the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden would get $100 million in federal funding.

Although they’re no longer operational, the fate of Jimmy Carter’s solar panels is getting renewed attention following his death on Dec. 29. The college, now known as Unity Environmental ...

When Carter installed those solar panels in 1979, he wanted the nation to get 20% of its power from the sun by the year 2000. Many experts believe if we had done that, we'd be living on a much ...

Jimmy Carter’s White House solar panels are a symbol — not so much of a road not taken but of a road not taken fast enough in America.

In June 1979, President Jimmy Carter announces his new solar energy policy while standing in front of solar panels placed on West Wing roof of the White House. Glasshouse Images/Alamy Stock Photo ...

Carter's efforts in renewable energy began the very same day he took office in 1977. The newly elected president had solar panels installed to warm the reviewing stand near the White House, where ...