Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. Kern County, CA - March 23: LADWPs Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. What is an “energy transition”? You might think, given its wide ...

From heating and cooling homes, transportation, cooking and more, energy powers our lives. But our energy systems are surging with inequality. To confront the climate crisis, scientists say, we must ...

The transition from coal-dependent economies to ones driven by sustainable energy sources presents a global challenge in balancing climate action, energy access, and economic development. The “just ...

As the biggest energy consumer in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is making moves to make its energy transition a reality. Indonesia has set targets to reduce the energy sector’s greenhouse gas emissions by ...

International commitments on climate change imply bold actions to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Among them, switching energy production and industrial processes to cleaner sources ...

California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild delivered the keynote address for Stanford’s second annual Climate Week. Hochschild’s speech, which opened Climate Week on Oct. 20, emphasized that ...

The idea that the United States can quickly “transition” away from hydrocarbons—the energy sources primarily used today—to a future dominated by so-called green technologies has become one of the ...