NREL has been renamed and given a new remit beyond renewables. Image: National Laboratory of the Rockies The US Department of Energy (DOE) has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) ...

Public outcry over individual renewable energy projects increased 32% last year, in many cases succeeding to delay a project’s approval, scaling down its size or achieving its cancelation, according ...

Lengthy and complex permitting processes are a major obstacle to expanding renewable energy projects, often taking as long or longer than the actual construction. The effectiveness of Energy Attribute ...

The twelfth edition of the International Renewable Energy Agency’s Renewable Energy and Jobs report, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), provides the latest data and ...

You might not know it from the headlines, but there is some good news about the global fight against climate change. A decade ago, the cheapest way to meet growing demand for electricity was to build ...

Accurately predicting solar irradiance and wind flow patterns is requisite for renewable energy forecasting—but precision alone simply isn't enough. The data must be actionable, fast, and seamlessly ...

The renewable energy sector, despite market growth, faces a significant talent gap across both white-collar and blue-collar positions that threatens its continued expansion. The labor shortage is ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... More than 100 employees at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Golden campus were laid off Monday following federal energy funding cuts under the ...

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently published an 85-page report about the cost of residential and commercial photovoltaics, offering a variety of suggestions for lowering the ...

Austen Erblat is a digital producer and assignment editor at CBS News Colorado and is Covering Colorado First. Originally from South Florida, he's been working as a journalist in Denver since 2022.