Energy
Transitioning to a world powered by renewable energy is key to tackling climate change. Here you can find the latest good news related to our clean energy transition, covering wind, solar, green hydrogen, hydropower, and more.
This generator turns gravity into renewable energy
Dutch inventor Janjaap Ruijssenaars has built a gravity energy generator that harnesses the force of gravity to produce a new kind of renewable energy. See the video about this remarkable Read More...
Tesla: green light to create world’s largest virtual solar plant in Australia
The government of South Australia, which changed hands after an election this March, just announced that it would move forward with the previous regime’s agreement with Tesla to install solar panels on 1,100 Read More...
The era of electric planes is set to begin in 2022 thanks to this new deal
Zumum, the electric plane startup backed by companies like JetBlue and Boeing, has just announced it has made a deal with JetSuite to sell 100 electric planes with deliveries expected to commence in 2022. That means that for the first time, electric planes will become a part of commercial travel. Read More...
India is beating China in the race to build massive solar power projects
Since its big entry a decade ago, China has led the global solar energy industry. A massive manufacturing sector that has driven down costs, coupled with supportive government policies, have helped it commission multiple large-scale projects and become the world’s largest producer of solar Read More...
Breakthrough solar panel can harvest power from raindrops — day or night
In a truly remarkable feat of innovation, scientists have figured out how to create “hybrid” solar cells that generate power not just from sunlight but also from raindrops. This means we may soon see all-weather solar panels that work when it is cloudy and even at night, if it’s Read More...
India has plans to construct hybrid solar-wind power plants across the country
In India, the government has released a draft policy for setting up wind-solar hybrid plants to strengthen the country’s booming renewable energy sector. One of the major drawbacks of both wind and solar farms today is that power is produced only during certain intervals—when the sun shines Read More...
Germany’s energy model lets utilities earn money even when power stations are at negative prices
On some days in Germany, there’s so much supply of electricity that it outstrips the nation’s demand. The result in the market is a price below zero, which means factories can then earn money for taking the surplus off the hands of producers. So, how do generators still make money if they have Read More...
Solar beats coal on U.S. jobs
For all the talk about coal-industry employment, solar energy accounted for more than twice as many jobs last year, about 350,000 workers, according to a report Wednesday from the Energy Futures Initiative, a Washington-based nonprofit headed by former U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. Solar Read More...
Paul Krugman explains why there’s no future for the coal industry
In an exclusive interview, Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman explained to ThinkProgress why “coal is not coming back,” despite President Trump’s promises to the contrary. Krugman described Trump’s efforts to “desperately force clean energy to subsidize dirty energy” as “bad Read More...
These extraordinary bricks reflect sunlight into dark streets
In 2013, French designer Nathanaël Abeille started working with material expert Carlos Muniagurria to develop a way to turn common, inexpensive bricks into highly reflective objects capable of illuminating streets, apartments, and buildings that don’t receive direct sunlight–especially in Read More...