Renewable Energy
Driven by solar, renewables are set to expand by 50% in 5 years
Global renewable energy capacity will rise by 50% in five years’ time
Environmental progress from electric vehicles hampered by growing SUV sales
More people are choosing to buy larger and more polluting cars
Renewables are gradually overtaking fossil fuels in the UK, report shows
Electricity generated from clean energy is beating out fossil fuel plants -- for the first time in 120 years.
The million-mile battery promised by Tesla is here
Elon Musk promised a battery that could take an e-vehicle a million miles and last for years at a time. Jeff Dahn, one of the pioneers of the modern lithium-ion...
Scotland will probably reach 100% renewable energy goal ‘soon’
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Power generator turns on the lights by harnessing the cold of the night
This is one cool example of renewable energy.
Blend solar panels with agriculture, new study recommends
Solar panels and plants can work well together, the research shows.
Solar is now cheaper than spot electricity prices in most of Europe
The massive decrease in the cost of solar energy doesn't show any sign of stopping.
Europe could power the entire world with wind power, study finds
It's a major challenge, but the benefits are well worth it.
Clean money, clean energy — a look at investment patterns in the energy sector
Money always talks -- and it's talking renewable.
California goes electric on school buses
California takes another step in the right direction.
Scotland produces enough wind energy to power itself twice
This year, Scotland generated enough wind energy to power nearly twice as many homes as there currently are in the country.
Tesla’s new solar roof will cost as much as a shingle roof and electricity bill
Exciting news from Elon Musk.
New method of CO2 capture is cheaper, more effective, and “a key step toward closing the carbon loop”
This process might finally allow for commercially-viable CO2 recycling.
Solar plasma observations bring us one step closer to stable fusion generators
We're basically copying off of Nature.
New electricity-based method to produce hydrogen could slash 1% of the world’s CO2 emissions
1% might sound small, but taken on a planetary level -- it's a whole lot.
Researchers create fuel from water, CO2, and artificial photosynthesis
The technology isn't yet ready for the market -- but it's not far off, either.
In April, the US used more renewable energy than coal
Good news, but let's not get over-excited by this.
