Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal

The results have been welcomed by climate and clean energy groups but could face opposition from local communities.

As the sun emerges from behind the clouds above a former farm in Germantown, Maryland, rows of solar panels begin to hum. The soft buzz is barely audible over the sounds of children and coaches shouting on soccer fields in the distance. Nestled in a grassy valley at the Maryland SoccerPlex, the nearly 6-acre solar field helps provide power and energy to dozens of Montgomery Parks facilities. There are 181 of these solar farms in Maryland, according to data from Cleanview, a clean energy tracking platform. Together, they have a total operating capacity of more than 800 megawatts — about 45% as much as the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, the state’s biggest source of electricity. These solar farms provide energy to thousands of homes. Climate experts and activists said these farms are necessary for Maryland to meet its aggressive renewable energy goals, including reaching net-zero carbon emissions in the near future. - Advertisement - “They’re never going to reach those goals by people putting panels on their roof, because just not enough people can put panels on their roof,” said Tony Napolitano, the CEO and owner of U.S. Community Solar. However, Maryland has had to balance its need for...

Protesters have accused a developer behind plans for an enormous solar farm of running its latest consultation ‘on the quiet’.

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The ostensibly barren Mojave Desert is in fact teeming with plants and animals, including a rare species known as the threecorner milkvetch. It’s a member of the pea family, splaying across the ground instead of climbing up a garden trestle...

A solar farm project on a 75-acre site at Tempsford has been put on hold by the developer to await a decision on government plans...

A new power purchase agreement by Saskatchewan’s Crown-owned utility, SaskPower, has set the stage for a 100-megawatt solar farm to be built and operated with 50% Indigenous ownership. The Mino Giizis solar project is being developed by Neoen—–a French renewable...

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3 hours ago Share Save Paul Murphy East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire climate and environment correspondent Share Save BBC Alison Taylor from Villages Against the Solar Threat says she will continue to fight against industrial-sized solar during 2026 The solar energy...