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.
Stanford engineers set record for capturing and storing solar energy in hydrogen fuel
Solar energy has the potential to provide abundant power, but only if scientists solve two key issues: storing the energy for use at all hours, particularly at night, and making the technology more cost effective. Now an interdisciplinary team at Stanford has made significant strides toward solving Read More...
At just $5, this solar lamp is the most affordable in the world
When is the last time that a $5 gadget literally changed your life? OK, other than the banana slicer, that is... Most, if not all, of us have ready access to lighting anytime we need it, for as long as we need it, wherever we need it, thanks to a reliable electricity grid and lighting Read More...
Elon Musk goes beyond electric cars to cheaper solar roofs
Elon Musk likes to think big. If he’s not trying to fly to Mars, he’s focused on making your next—electric—car the centerpiece of the power distribution to your home. From that approach, it makes sense that Musk—through the Tesla/Solar City combination—wants you to use your roof to Read More...
Corporate America embraces solar energy to bolster the bottom line
The decision to install solar panels can be driven by factors like a desire to use clean energy or an interest in becoming more self-sufficient when it comes to electricity. But when large companies choose to go solar, they're doing so based on the dollars and cents of the investment. You may not Read More...
All Dutch electric trains to run on renewable energy
Exactly a year after the COP21 climate conference in Paris, Netherlands Railways (NS) has announced that all electric trains on the Dutch network will operate exclusively using power from renewable sources with effect from January 1 2017, a year earlier than originally envisaged. The move affects Read More...
Hydrogen economy hits high gear with new water splitting initiative
When it comes to the sparkling green hydrogen economy of the future, the U.S. isn’t letting any grass grow under its feet. The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory now plans to lead a collaborative effort to accelerate the development of renewable hydrogen. A Read More...
Danish energy giant plans to sell its oil assets to invest more in clean power
In a telling sign of the times, four decades after it was set up to manage Denmark’s North Sea oilfields, Dong Energy Group is considering selling its oil and gas business. The Danish company, which is the largest operator of wind farms in the U.K, says it would use the money they earn from Read More...
Improved water splitting advances renewable energy conversion
Washington State University researchers have found a way to more efficiently create hydrogen from water -- an important key in making renewable energy production and storage viable. The researchers, led by professors Yuehe Lin and Scott Beckman in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Read More...
The world installs 500,000 solar panels a day; China two wind turbines per hour
This is how fast it goes, according to new data of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a new report on renewable energy. Many future energy scenarios include dark forecasts about the increase of pollution in China through more and more coal-fired power plants. But all that coal may never get Read More...
Iceland is working on making volcanic magma a renewable energy source
Iceland has begun an initiative that will drill a 5km deep hole into the molten magma that flows through volcanoes. The goal is to use this magma to generate supercritical steam that experts say could generate up 10 times more energy than traditional geothermal wells. The hope is that by doing Read More...