Despite tariffs that President Trump imposed on imported panels, the U.S. installed more solar energy than any other source of electricity in the first quarter.

A country getting all its electricity from a combination of wind, solar and hydro sounds like science fiction. It's not.

The fossil fuel industry brings in a staggering amount of money to countries all around the world, but that doesn't mean it will last forever.

The global wind turbine industry has transformed from a collection of small companies in Denmark to corporations pulling off enormous feats of engineering.

One of the world’s largest insurers, Allianz, has announced it will immediately cease insuring single coal-fired power plants and coal mines and further plans to phase out all coal risks by

Bitcoin could consume 7.7 gigawatts by the end of 2018.

The bug in the industrial control software could leave power and manufacturing plants exposed. By Zack Whittaker.

This truck's a cutie.

For the average person, climate change is an abstract concept, an intangible truth, based on complex scientific data that is notoriously difficult to visualize.

The fossil fuel era won't last forever. And a new set of countries will find their reserves of lithium, copper and rare earth metals are in high demand. By Andrew Barron.

A rechargeable battery that works at –70° C could be used in some of the coldest places on Earth or other planets.

The turbines withstood some serious gusts.

Evo Morales’s new allies are political alliances, and they lack the revolutionary fervor of his old ones. By Jessica Camille Aguirre.

High-speed drilling and tunneling machines could revolutionize geothermal energy and enable Hyperloop trains

The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would shift $1.3 billion a year in oil and gas royalties to state wildlife conservation measures.

Dozens of people in orange shirts showed up at meetings to support Entergy's new power plant. But for many of them, it was just an acting gig. They were paid to show up and speak on the company's behalf. The Lens interviewed a few of them and reviewed messages outlining the astroturfing effort. By Michael Isaac Stein.

Family and community are the only things left in Adams County, Ohio, as the coal-fired power plants abandon ship and the government shrugs. By Alec MacGillis.

It's named after a Nordic god and drills deep into the heart of a volcano

Two billion years ago parts of an African uranium deposit spontaneously underwent nuclear fission. The details of this remarkable phenomenon are just now becoming clear. By Alex P. Meshik on (Jan. 26, 2009)

Scientists warn that hydroelectric dams in the Amazon could have a significant impact on the environment. By Rebecca Morelle.

The Science Team of the Canadian Research Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen has cancelled the first leg of the 2017 Expedition due to complications associated with the southward motion of hazardous Arctic sea ice, caused by climate change.

The long range of airborne drones helps them perform critical tasks in the skies. Now MIT spinout Open Water Power (OWP) aims to greatly improve the range of unpiloted underwater vehicles (UUVs), helping them better perform in a range of applications under the sea. By Rob Matheson.

In a windsurfers’ paradise, turbines capture gusts that pick up at exactly the right time - or the wrong time, if you're trying to sell natural gas.

A local environmental activist fights to prepare her community for life beyond mining. By Eliza Griswold.

The road to cleaner, meltdown-proof nuclear power has taken a big step forward.

or a glimpse into the future of coal power in Australia, go west. The country’s last major investment in coal-fired electricity was in Western Australia in 2009, when Colin Barnett’s state government announced a major refurbishment of the Muja AB station about 200km south of Perth, far from the gaze of the east coast political-media class.

On January 3, 1961, a nuclear reactor the size of a small grain silo exploded in the Idaho desert, causing one of the only recorded nuclear fatalities on U.S. soil. By Justin Nobel.

Extreme weather presents many threats to electricity systems – particularly on centralised grids, where outages can ripple down the line. But can we do better?

The story of oil is the story of those who helped shape the modern world, and how the oil-igarchy they created is on the verge of monopolizing life itself.

The world's busiest shipping lanes have twice as many bolts of lightning as nearby areas, and ships pumping soot into the air seem to be responsible. By Lakshmi Supriya.

The agency fudged the numbers to prove Obama's signature climate regulation wasn't worth the cost, and still came up short. By Emily Atkin.

A paper-based flexible supercapacitor that could be used to help power wearable devices.

The world is shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy in a big way right now, but a group of scientists has come up with a new kind of material that works like a renewable substitute for coal. This 'instant coal' biofuel brings the high energy efficiency of coal without the usual damaging side-effects - such as deep mining to collect it, and resulting pollution from burning it and releasing impurities.

CO₂ could soon reach levels that, it’s widely agreed, will lead to catastrophe. By Elizabeth Kolbert.

The harsh icy sea is one of Earth’s biggest gas and oil hotspots – and Russia’s sending its military to stake its claim. By David Hambling.