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.
German company powers Puerto Rico with Internet-connected batteries
A German startup is offering its energy storage systems without charge to about a dozen blacked-out schools, churches, health-care facilities, and community centers in Puerto Rico that is still dealing with large areas without power. The equipment links solar- and battery-powered buildings to Read More...
UK sets new wind power record as turbines deliver 37 percent of electricity
Wind power in the UK set a new record by generating 14 gigawatts for the first time – nearly 37 per cent of the the country’s electricity. The National Grid control room confirmed that 13.9 gigawatts was the highest ever metered wind Read More...
How cow poop can help us produce natural gas without fracking
There’s a limitless supply of natural gas on this planet, and we’re not talking about the gas stored beneath the Earth’s surface. We’re talking about cow manure, which can be refined into natural gas. Although burning natural gas does cause emissions, getting it from gas provides a big Read More...
Energy storage: the power of cold air
Highview Power Storage is using tried and tested technology to store energy in an innovative way. It cools air down to around minus 200 Celsius, where it becomes liquid. When power is required, the process begins to release that stored Read More...
Diu becomes India's first city to run entirely on solar energy
In the last few years, India has been prioritizing the growth of solar energy throughout the country. Now it looks as though these efforts are paying off as the city of Diu has become India’s first municipality to receive 100 percent of its energy needs from solar power. The switch to solar has Read More...
Why developing countries could soon see a boom in solar projects
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) was formed during the Paris Climate Change Conference in 2015 in order to help sunshine-rich countries harness solar energy at an affordable cost. At the ISA’s first meeting in New Delhi, French President Emmanuel Macron announced France would commit an Read More...
China’s battery repurposing business is great for the environment
The quirky thing about lithium-ion batteries is that they remain useful long after the device they power is retired. Letting them go to waste is, well, wasteful, and only spurs more lithium mining, which is terrible for the environment. That’s why repurposing—putting old batteries to use in new Read More...
What’s a proton battery? Three things you need to know.
Most of your everyday electronics run off of lithium batteries — you know, the ones that you can never seem to find in your drawer when the remote is dead? Yet the days of the double-A may be ending. Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia have created a prototype of an alternative Read More...
MIT scientists aim to bring nuclear fusion energy to the grid within 15 years
The promise of harnessing safe, zero-carbon energy from nuclear fusion may soon become a reality thanks to a newly available superconducting material. The problem thus far with fusion energy is that it only produces net energy at temperatures too hot for any solid material to withstand. With this Read More...
Why California is a taking a break from generating new solar energy
California is well ahead of state targets for sourcing 25 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2020. In fact, the Golden State is producing so much renewable energy, particularly from solar, that it's taking a break from new renewable projects. California is regularly shunting electricity Read More...