Renewable energy is growing too slow to stop climate change
A new study published in Nature Energy shows that the growth rate for wind and solar power is lower than...
Biden plans for 700% increase in community solar by 2025
The Biden administration has announced a new ambitious target of powering 5 million American homes with community...
Severe droughts cause 14% drop in US hydropower generation
In 2021, electricity production by hydropower plants across the U.S. will reduce by 14% compared to 2020 levels....
New report shows solar could generate 40% of US energy by 2035
A report prepared by the Energy Department and National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows that the U.S. could increase...
MIT innovation may make fusion energy a reality soon
Commercially viable fusion energy may soon be a reality, following the successful trial of a new superconducting...
Siemens Gamesa makes "world's first" recyclable wind turbine
Siemens Gamesa claims to have created the world's first recyclable wind turbine blades. The RecyclableBlade turbine...
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to fund nuclear reactor in Wyoming
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are teaming up to turn an old Wyoming coal plant into a billion-dollar nuclear reactor....
Biden administration plans for offshore wind near California
The Biden administration has struck a deal with the Department of Defense to open the California coast to wind...
BLM approves solar farm construction in California desert
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has given approval for a 350-megawatt solar power plant to be constructed on...
Vertical wind turbines could make wind farms more efficient
Research carried out by Oxford Brookes University has found that vertical turbine designs could make large wind...
Blue X is a new, wave energy-harvesting prototype
Mocean Energy, a U.K.-based wave power company, has unveiled Blue X, a machine prototype that will be used to harvest...
Coal miners union shows support for renewable energy
The United Mine Workers of America has come out in favor of renewable energy, provided that miners can shift to...
Fukushima nuclear power plant to release contaminated water into ocean
Ten years after an earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japan has announced...
Biden pushes to expand offshore wind energy
On Monday, President Biden announced that he intends for the U.S. electricity sector to be carbon neutral...
Tidal turbines power electric vehicles on Scotland's Yell Island
As countries around the world increasingly embrace electric vehicles, charging is top of mind. In Scotland, the...
