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Mapped: Carbon Offsets by U.S. StateKey Takeaways Florida leads U.S. carbon offsets in 2025, ahead of California and Ohio by credits issued. Data center electricity use is rising quickly, and AI is a key driver of that growth. Utilities are pairing offsets with...

Visualized: Offshore Wind Installations by Region (2023–2033)  In order to meet the 1.5°C trajectory outlined in the Paris Agreement, the world will need 380 GW of cumulative offshore wind capacity by 2030, expanding to 2,000 GW by 2050. But can it be achieved? The...

Ranked: The Largest Power Outages in the U.S. (2013–2023)Power outages—whether due to operational failures, extreme weather, vandalism, or fuel shortages—can have far-reaching impacts on both customers and utility companies. Created in partnership with The National...

Visualized: Countries by Grid Storage Battery Capacity in 2023?According to the International Energy Agency, 1,300 GW of battery storage will be needed by 2030 to support the renewable energy capacity required to meet the 1.5°C global warming target. But how close...

Visualized: Which Countries Capture the Most Carbon?In 2023, most carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) capacity came from only two countries, which captured 33 million metric tons combined. However, according to the IEA, we must remove one billion metric...