Renewable Energy

The Utah Legislature passed several bills during the 2024 Legislative Session to make major changes to energy policy, including one on the final day of the session to offer incentives to keep coal plants open.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a resolution expressing the Utah State Legislature's support for bringing a Major League Baseball team to the state. In other news, two energy bills head to the state Senate and Utah's overall tax burden has increased.

Utah's legislators have proposed dozens of bills that could change our energy policy. Reps. Jack and Briscoe spoke to UPR's Tom Williams on Access Utah about energy independence and what those changes could mean.

Flywheels have long been derided as a fanciful idea — but now these contraptions are getting a second look.

Blue Sky, Rocky Mountain Power's renewable energy-focused program, also celebrated their 200th completed project Monday.

The thirteenth annual Conservation in the West Poll surveyed the views of Utahns and voters in seven other western states, and found support for conservation policies remains a top priority.

Adam Dorr, an environmental social scientist and technology theorist, explains why he's optimistic about coming disruptions to energy, transportation and food technologies. Dorr says these changes will usher in a new era of prosperity and freedom.

Utah is in the top ten US states that receive the most sunny days each year, on average, making solar energy a cheap and viable electricity option. As the market for products produced with renewable energy grows, Utah-based businesses are beginning to make the switch to solar.

Conservation groups may take the federal Bureau of Land Management to court after the agency announced its final decision on the Converse County oil and…

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has finished building a new solar farm on the eastern border of Rich County. According to the head of the company’s US…