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.
These windows block the sun and produce power at the same time
There are windows in buildings and card that shut out light to lower heating and cooling costs. There are also windows that feature a coating of see-through solar cells that produce electricity. But, so far, there are no windows that do both. But Chinese scientists have now developed a new material Read More...
Battery innovation: your coffee waste can power your phone
The lithium-ion batteries that power your phone, your laptop as well as electric vehicles, use natural and artificial graphite. Graphite—a kind of carbon—is not cheap. That’s why researchers in Taiwan were searching for a replacement substance. They started experimenting with another source Read More...
The story of the battery that can change everything for renewable energy
Bill Joy is a legendary computer scientist—a co-founder of Sun, a co-inventor of Java, and a visionary who was working on the Internet of Things two decades ago. Today, he’s the driving force behind a new battery technology that could revolutionize the renewable energy economy. The new battery Read More...
The Hoover Dam 2.0: a $3 billion plan to turn the dam into a giant battery
In the 1930s, the Hoover Dam transformed the American West through powering millions of homes and businesses. Now, the dam may get a second life as a giant battery to store excess solar and wind energy. The plan is to equip the dam with a $3 billion pipeline and a pump station powered by solar and Read More...
This island nation plans to stop buying diesel and go 100 percent solar next year
Most pristine paradise islands rely on dirty diesel fuel to supply almost all of their power. The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau has now started a fast transition to clean energy while providing an example that other islands can follow. The energy transformation in Palau is driven by Read More...
… and Las Vegas plans one-billion-dollar solar investment to power the strip
A new 1-billion-dollar solar project near Las Vegas aims to help light up the Strip and other parts of Nevada, California, and Arizona as early as 2020. The proposed project on almost 44,000 acres would be one of the largest in the United Read More...
The Netherlands plans an offshore wind farm that can power a city of 20 million
The potential for offshore wind farms is massive. Here’s the latest example: The national electric company of the Netherlands is now planning a wind farm that will produce 30 gigawatts, enough to power a city of 20 million people. The size of the Dutch project is almost 50 times bigger than the Read More...
UK and Germany keep setting new clean-energy records
The British grid has not burned any coal for 1,000 hours so far, this year. In Germany this year, coal generated 35 percent of the country’s electricity but, for the first time, renewable resources generated more energy in the same period: 36.5 Read More...
The moon can solve the earth’s energy woes
Although wind and solar power increased 75 percent between 2013 and 2016, they still only provided 10 percent of the world’s electricity. Ocean energy could give renewable energy the boost it needs. The ocean energy sector is frothing with ideas, with hundreds of companies developing an Read More...
This power plant has cracked carbon capture
Carbon capture probably gets the least respect of any technology proposed to slow climate change. The basic idea—trapping emissions from fossil fuel-power plants before they’re released into the atmosphere—seems sound. But attempts to build carbon-capturing plants have all run into the same Read More...