New solar panels with built-in batteries make off-grid living easy
Solar might be the future, but few people and businesses can afford to invest in the technology. This is why SolPad’s...
Couple buys 100% sun-powered home built for the Solar Decathlon
This 100% solar-powered home has been sitting in Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Gardens for the past ten years -...
Google enters nuclear fusion clean-energy race
Nuclear fusion is the holy grail of sustainable energy -- a potentially unlimited source of pollution-free electricity...
LAGI announces location for 2018 renewable energy design competition
Energy infrastructure of the past, like oil refineries and rigs, aren't typically considered to be beautiful. But...
Self-sufficient hydrogen boat embarks on 6-year journey around the world
The world watched in anticipation as the groundbreaking Solar Impulse 2 plane circumnavigated the globe last year....
Dandelion brings affordable geothermal energy to homes in upstate New York
When you think of home renewable energy systems, geothermal probably isn't the first source that springs to mind....
Recycled plastic paving company Platio installs first 3 solar systems
We're so excited to announce that the Hungarian startup Platio, which designed a modular energy-harvesting paving...
Nebraska landowners install solar panels in the path of the Keystone XL pipeline
Many Nebraska landowners are opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline slashing through their land. So they're fighting...
Germany generated 35% of its electricity with renewables in first half of 2017
Good news! In the first half of 2017, Germany derived 35.1 percent of its electricity needs from renewable sources,...
Abandoned nuclear power plant given new life as a solar farm
Solar farms can pop up in unlikely places - like the site of an old, unfinished nuclear power plant in Tennessee....
Hong Kong’s Skypark is an urban oasis for millennials
A gorgeous green oasis has surfaced in one of the world’s most densely populated areas in Mongkok, Hong Kong....
13-year-old Ohio girl taps traffic to generate renewable energy
We may be one step closer to tackling our energy crisis if this 8th grader has anything to say about it. 13-year-old...
Renewable energy generated more power than nuclear for first time since 1984
Nuclear power has dominated alternative energy sources in the United States for decades - that is, until this spring....
World's cutest solar farm in China is shaped like a panda
Who says solar panel installations can't be adorable? The Panda Power Plant in Datong, China is shaped like the...
Trump approves new pipeline that will go “right under” the US-Mexico wall
As if President Trump’s promise to build a wall on the United States-Mexico border wasn’t controversial enough,...
