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.
Home energy system produces electricity, heating, cooling, hot water, and more
This is not an easily understandable new technology, but it has game-changing potential as it shows how stand-alone systems can revolutionize the centralized energy world as we know it today. Imagine a fridge-sized box in your home that not only generates and stores electricity on-site but heats Read More...
China shows why renewable energy is the future, not coal
The problem with change is it takes so damned long to get here. China built its incredible industrial might by using thousands of cheap laborers to build cheap fuel coal-powered generating plants. Then it reaped the whirlwind of air that was unsafe to breathe. Now it is focused on renewable energy. Read More...
The Swiss choose clean energy future and ban new nuclear power plants
Switzerland has its eyes set on a clean energy future. On Sunday, Swiss voters backed the government’s plan to provide billions of dollars in subsidies for renewable energy, ban new nuclear plants and help bail out struggling utilities. The Swiss initiative mirrors efforts elsewhere in Europe to Read More...
Charging ahead: Welsh battery scheme may aid growth of green energy
Nestling alongside rows of conifers and wind turbines in a Welsh valley, a pioneering project will materialise this summer that could prove a blueprint for unlocking Britain’s renewable energy potential. The Upper Afan Valley near Swansea is already home to the biggest windfarm in England and Read More...
Solar rise: It’s smarter to invest in renewable energy in India than the US
India has passed the U.S. to take the second spot on a list of the world’s most attractive renewable energy markets. China is number one on the list. The U.S. fell to the third position from number one last year mostly due to a shift in domestic energy policy under President Donald Trump. India Read More...
Microbial fuel cell converts methane to electricity
Transporting methane from gas wellheads to market provides multiple opportunities for this greenhouse gas to leak into the atmosphere. Now, an international team of researchers has taken the first step in converting methane directly to electricity using bacteria, in a way that could be done near Read More...
UK renewables break records, coal drops to 6 percent
The first quarter of the year was an impressive one for the UK’s renewable energy fleet, with wind farms, biomass, and hydro all recording their highest ever quarterly output and solar power reaching a new high of its own for peak power output. According to Drax Electric Insights, with data Read More...
Oil platforms as part of large-scale North Sea renewable energy generation
The more than 1400 oil and gas platforms currently located in the North Sea might eventually be used to fight the problem they helped to create: unsustainable energy generation. By revamping these installations, they could become part of the energy revolution as hydrogen production and storage Read More...
Researchers report new, more efficient catalyst for water splitting
University of Houston physicists have discovered a catalyst that can split water into hydrogen and oxygen, composed of easily available, low-cost materials and operating far more efficiently than previous catalysts. That would solve one of the primary hurdles remaining in using water to produce Read More...
'Artificial blowhole' generates electricity from ocean waves
Solar and wind power are amazing sources of energy, but the issue is that there isn’t always a shining sun or gusty breeze. There are, however, always waves on the coast. And with the help of a new device made by an Australian company, harnessing the endless motion of the ocean becomes very Read More...