Placing turbines behind hills may help improve wind power efficiency
Finding ways to increase the efficiency of windmills has been on scientists’ innovation agenda for some time. While some innovators are working on radically different designs to achieve that goal, a recent study yields a rather unexpected finding — placing wind turbines behind hills could Read More...
These floating Windcatchers aim to revolutionize offshore wind power
As our transition towards renewables marches on, engineers and designers around the world are working on redesigning the conventional wind turbine in a bid to harness wind power in a more efficient and aesthetically pleasing way. One of the latest of these solutions comes from Norway’s Wind Read More...
Vermont utility partners with personal powerwalls to boost grid resilience
Now that we’ve developed renewable energy technology that can successfully meet our power needs, the next step in a green energy future is determining how to most effectively and reliably get renewable energy to consumers. Green Mountain Power (GMP) in Vermont believes that distributed energy can Read More...
Big banks set to fund more green energy than fossil fuel projects in 2021
Big banks have traditionally been supporters of the fossil fuel industry and even after the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, large financial institutions continued to pour $3.6 trillion into fossil fuel projects. It seems like 2021 might finally be the year that large banks get on board with Read More...
This offshore floating solar platform can withstand hurricane winds
As the threat of climate change intensifies, countries are beginning to take a serious look at the logistics of stepping away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy sources. Building offshore renewable energy infrastructure is a key aspect of this transition, and engineers are now working Read More...
Scientists use human hair from barbershop to improve solar cell efficiency
In recent years, perovskite solar cells have emerged as a promising technology in the field of renewable energy, showing potential to outperform the monocrystalline silicon solar cells widely used today. One of the main challenges that have so far restricted them from large-scale adoption is that Read More...
2020 Coal consumption was lowest in US since 1965
2020 marked an important milestone in our transition away from coal as a means of producing electricity. In the US, coal power plants experienced the country’s lowest annual coal consumption since 1965, and the fossil fuel is expected to reach levels last seen in the 19th century in coming years, Read More...
The EU signs historic deal that makes its climate goals legally binding
The European Union has signed a major climate deal with ambitious new targets to curb climate change, pledging to make them legally binding. Under the new law, an agreement between member states and the European Parliament, the bloc will cut carbon emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030, Read More...
This underwater kite generates electricity using water currents
Some time ago, we introduced you to KiteKraft, an innovative kite design that uses the power of the wind to generate clean electricity. Now, a similar kite system aims to do the same, but by using tidal and river currents instead. Called Manta, the system was developed by scientists at the Read More...
This wave energy machine is part of Scotland’s plan to fight climate change
Wave energy has a huge potential to help move our economies towards a post-carbon future, but progress around the world to bring the appropriate technologies to a commercial scale has been rather slow. In Scotland, however, the situation is quite different. Home to many islands and tidal currents, Read More...