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.
Wind energy leader ventures into solar and batteries
Vestas is the world’s biggest manufacturer of wind turbines. It is now offering solar power and storage (batteries) as well as it seeks to sell hybrid renewable plants to generate electricity around the Read More...
Life beyond oil: Saudi Arabia is spending billions on renewable energy
There are not so many examples of “empires” successfully transitioning to new eras with new technologies. The companies that ran the shipping lines around the world, were not the same as the one pioneering the new airline industry. Oil made—and still makes—Saudi Arabia very wealthy. But the Read More...
We can now harvest electricity from Earth's heat using quantum tunneling
Researchers have come up with a way we could harvest energy from Earth by turning excess infrared radiation and waste heat into electricity we can use. The concept involves the strange physics of quantum tunnelling, and key to the idea is a specially designed antenna that can detect waste or Read More...
Why farmers should swap tobacco plants for solar panels
Tobacco has been a key cash crop since America was first discovered, but a new analysis says that the tobacco farmers of today could make even more money harvesting sunlight. Researchers looked at tobacco farms and calculated the point at which farmers could make more money farming energy given the Read More...
How lithium-ion electric car batteries could still power your home once they've run out of zap
Less than five per cent of lithium-ion batteries sold in Australia are currently recovered and recycled. The rest end up in landfill. That's prompting the question — what will happen when the volume of battery waste grows as more electric vehicles (EVs) start driving on our Read More...
Britain is dominating the offshore wind industry with bigger and better turbines
When it comes to offshore wind energy, the UK is by far Europe’s leading country. In total, Britain installed 53 percent of the net capacity of all new offshore wind farms installed across Europe in 2017, beating the previous record from 2015. Not only is the UK installing more wind farms, but Read More...
New York's $6 billion plan for offshore wind shows that oil drilling is on the way out
New York is getting serious about offshore wind. Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a plan earlier this month to develop $6 billion of offshore wind projects off the southern coast of Long Island by 2028 and predicted that the industry would bring 5,000 jobs to the state. The plan calls for developing Read More...
Tesla to create world’s largest ‘virtual power plant’ in Australia
Looks like Tesla isn’t done bolstering Australia’s power grid just yet. After installing a giant battery in South Australia, the company announced it will provide solar panels and Tesla Powerwall batteries to “at least” 50,000 homes in a bid to create the largest-ever “virtual power Read More...
Chile is saying goodbye to coal
Chile currently gets between 35 and 40 percent of its electricity from coal. That’s why environmentalists were thrilled when Chile’s government announced it is phasing out coal. Initially, this announcement means ending the development of new coal plants, but the country’s big energy players Read More...
Teen delivers hundreds of solar lamps to Puerto Ricans without power
More than four months after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, 15-year-old Salvador Gomez Colon is shocked by the poor living conditions that persist in many of the towns throughout the island. Just days after Maria slammed Puerto Rico, the ninth grader launched a crowdfunding campaign on Read More...