Electricity/Gas Utilities

Investments in solar power are on course to overtake spending on oil production for the first time, the foremost example of a widening gap between renewable-energy funding and stagnating fossil-fuel industries, according to the head of the…

Big companies are winning appeals to overturn regulatory decisions that allege they violated European privacy rules, potentially carving out a path for more businesses to challenge similar sanctions.Courts in the U.K., Spain, Italy and…

The future has never been brighter for renewable energy, as some of the snags that kept wind and solar production from going full throttle this year seem poised to ease. While site- and grid-permitting delays, inflation and supply-chain…

Brazil has long been known as a renewable-energy powerhouse, thanks to a geography that’s ideal for generating hydropower. Now, with the incoming administration pledging to boost environmental policies, hopes are rising for further…

Duke Energy Corp. said it has signed a three-year deal with Amazon. com Inc.’s cloud-computing unit as the electric power and natural gas holding company…

Corporations in energy, finance and telecommunications got together last week to square off on their cyber-defense skills, a match that participants claimed was the first tri-industry exercise organized entirely by the private sector.Power…

WeWork Inc. is hoping to boost its drooping share price by joining the growing number of technology companies selling apps, data tools and other software to landlords and office tenants trying to adjust to the…

Between rising interest rates and input costs, green-minded investors have a lot to worry about these days. Their biggest concern could end up being boring old red tape. Wind and solar, which require heavy…

BERLIN—Germany will restart coal-fired power plants and offer incentives for companies to curb natural gas consumption, marking a new step in the economic war between Europe and Russia.Berlin unveiled the measures on Sunday after Russia cut…

TOKYO— SoftBank Group Corp. 9984 11.40% , one of the world’s most aggressive high-tech investors, said Thursday it lost more money in its last fiscal year than it ever has—$13.2…