This startup says it can send electric power over long distances without copper wire.

Devices that mimic the natural process of photosynthesis, in which plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into energy, could one day help us tackle a number of environmental issues. Scientists have now demonstrated a new type of technology that can not only replicate this process to produce clean hydrogen fuel, but undergo morphological changes during use that makes it become more efficient over time.

Placing solar arrays over canals would prevent water loss and improve panels’ energy harvest.

One of the least common elements on Earth will soon be recovered at Rio Tinto’s Bingham Canyon Mine in the Salt Lake Valley through the copper smelting process. Tellurium’s main use is in the manufacturing of solar panels.

'What we need is not just these taxes or labels. What we need is impact. What we need is measurable action,' said Pedro Baiz of the Blockchain & Climate Institute.

The findings demonstrate the feasibility of using see-through solar panels in greenhouses to generate electricity. “We were a little surprised—there was no real reduction in plant growth or health,” says Heike Sederoff, a professor of plant biology at North Carolina State University and co-corresponding author of the study in Cell Reports Physical Science. “It means the idea of integrating transparent solar cells into greenhouses can be done.”

Despite all the challenges of 2020, the U.S. solar industry broke several records. The U.S. Solar Market Insight 2020 Year-in-Review report, released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, found that the industry installed a record 19.2 GW of capacity last year. That was a 43% increase from 2019 and bested the market’s previous annual record of 15.1 GW set in 2016.

China built more new windfarm capacity in 2020 than the whole world combined in the year before, leading to an annual record for windfarm installations despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Experts say the potential for rapid transformation of the world’s energy system has a parallel in the speed with which cars replaced horses in the 1900s.

What a terrible anti-renewable-power video reveals about the US energy market.

When the city of Austin drafted a plan to shift away from fossil fuels, the local gas company was fast on the scene to try to scale back the ambition of the effort. Like many cities across the US, the rapidly expanding and gentrifying Texas city is looking to shrink its climate footprint. So its initial plan was to virtually eliminate gas use in new buildings by 2030 and existing ones by 2040.

The Texas blackout is a reminder that climate-driven extreme weather stresses the U.S.'s power system in many ways. Much is needed to harden the grid for the future as the number of outages increase.

Beijing is set to power the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics with energy sourced from 100% renewable energy.

Even small systems like those that kept the lights on for some Texas homeowners could play a role in protecting the bigger electricity system, experts say.

Bill Gates says nuclear power will "absolutely" be politically palatable again. It's safer than oil, coal, and natural gas and technology is improving.

During the Texas cold snap prices jumped 30,000%. We can't allow it to happen here.

Natural gas utilities face a bleak future in a world increasingly concerned about climate change. An NPR investigation shows how they work to block local climate action and protect their business.

Many of Australia’s coal-fired generators are facing unplanned and early retirements as revenues fall to unsustainable levels, according to a new analysis that finds a surge in wind and solar investment is pushing coal out of the electricity market.

The state’s fossil fuel–based power grid failed. The Green New Deal can fix it.

Have anyone told you that a solar panel can be operational at the night? This might sound like an unrealistic tech. However, it is possible and in the future, we are able to see solar panels working at night also. The University of California (UC), Davis scientists are in the middle of inventing a prototype for an ‘anti-solar panels’ that would behave completely contrary to a classic solar panel.