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.
Long-awaited plan divvies up California desert for renewable energy
Swaths of public land in the California desert will be opened to solar and wind farms under a federal plan released Wednesday that preserves much of the landscape for conservation and recreation. The long-awaited blueprint finalized by the U.S. Interior Department after a years-long process seeks Read More...
India is calling on godmen to promote solar energy
India is in need of more energy to feed its economy, so to fill the void, the Narendra Modi government is asking spiritual leaders to install solar power unities in their ashrams, or hermitages, and to promote solar energy among millions of their followers. India hopes to create 40,000MW of rooftop Read More...
Artificial photosynthesis facility converts solar energy into hydrogen
We have the technology to power the world with renewables, but we’re not quite there when it comes to storing all that energy. And like the energy sources themselves, these storage technologies should be environmentally friendly and affordable. The solution: an artificial photosynthesis facility Read More...
California strengthens greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
California is on the front lines of climate change with trees dying and wildfires raging on drought-parched land. Perhaps recognizing the urgency of acting on the growing menace from global warming, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed sweeping climate change legislation that sets a more ambitious Read More...
Yet another record low price for offshore wind energy
Offshore wind has a lot of things going for it. Whether it's less intermittency, a lack of NIMBY neighbors, or the sheer room to scale, we have good reason to believe that it will play an increasingly important role in electricity production around the world. Until recently, however, there was one Read More...
First boat solely powered by renewable energies prepares for round the world trip
The first boat to be powered solely by renewable energies and hydrogen is preparing to make its a historic trip around the world. The water-borne answer to the Solar Impulse—the plane that completed its round-the-globe trip using only solar energy in July—will set sail in February. The journey Read More...
Brazil ratifies Paris deal; joins top polluters U.S., China
Brazil, one of the world's largest emitters of heat-trapping gases, on Monday ratified the Paris agreement to fight global warming, joining top polluters United States and China and bringing the deal closer to implementation. Brazil's President Michel Temer signed the ratification in Brasilia Read More...
Scotland aims for global lead in tidal energy
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The Scottish government said it was putting funding forward to help develop what it says may be the first large-scale tidal power operation in the world. Scotland is putting forward about $30 million in funding to support the development of a tidal power Read More...
Wind power is going to get a lot cheaper as wind turbines get even more enormous
In a nugget of very good news for the renewable energy sector, a survey of 163 wind energy experts has found that in the coming decades, the cost of electricity generated by wind should plunge, by between 24 and 30 percent by the year 2030, and even further by the middle of the century. Read More...
Insolight breaks solar cell efficiency record
Remember what happened with computer chips in the 80s? It seemed then like they got faster and cheaper every week. Breakthroughs were reported with dizzying regularity. Something similar is happening with solar cells and panels. Just last week, MIT and Masdar Institute announced they had created a Read More...