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New York Hits Solar Energy Goals a Year Ahead of Schedule Adding Enough to Power a Million Homes
The state of New York recently met its goal of installing 6 gigawatts of solar power one year ahead of schedule.
Outlined in a 2019...
Old Coal-Fired Power Plant Found the Key to Solving America’s Biggest Clean Energy Challenge
Researchers at the Berkeley National Labs have determined that oil, coal, and gas power plants still have a major role to play in America's...
World’s Largest Battery to Revolutionize Renewable Energy Storage in Maine with ‘Reverse Rusting’
In northern Maine, a company is planning the largest battery ever made by humans with 8,500 megawatt-hours of storage.
The purpose is to store renewable...
Michigan’s Robust Renewable Energy Powered 1 Million Homes in 2023 from Wind and Solar
Michigan, a state once famous for carbon-heavy automotive manufacturing, is now among the leaders of renewable energy installation in America.
A recent report shows that...
Sand Batteries Could Be The Next Frontier In Renewable Energy–And it’s Already Heating Homes in Finland
Reprinted via EarthTalk®, From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine
Could plain old beach sand be the next frontier in renewable energy?
In the...
MIT Makes ‘Astonishing’ Discovery That Light Can Vaporize Water Without Heat–for Clean Energy and Desalination
It's not every year that a major discovery is made in the basic natural sciences of Earth, but using painfully precise measurements, MIT has...
California Battery Plant Is One of World’s Largest and Will Store Solar Energy for LA’s High-Use Evenings
In California, a renewable energy storage system will be one of the largest in the world when it comes online this summer.
The Nova Battery...
Waste Heat Generated from Electronics to Warm Finnish City in Winter Thanks to Groundbreaking Thermal Energy Project
Heat stored underground in caverns can be set aside in Finland's summer months to be re-used during frigid winters thanks to a state-of-the-art 'seasonal...
Incredible 60% of Europe’s Electricity Was Powered by Clean Energy in the First Two Months of 2024
According to an energy think tank, Europe's generation of 516.5 terawatt hours of renewable electricity in January and February satisfied 60% of overall power...
‘A Beautiful Idea’: This French Town Is Making its Cemetery a Source of Solar Energy
A community on the Loire in France has come up with a solar-powered idea that will clear two hurdles in a single leap.
The town...
A Coal Billionaire Is Building the World’s Biggest Clean Energy Plant to Power 16 Million Homes in India
The Khavda solar and renewables park in a barren salt pan in India's state of Gujarat is going to be big; really, really big.
Its...
Microsoft Campus Set to Use Geothermal Energy to Heat/Cool Millions of Sq Ft. of Office Space
It's been four years now, but Microsoft's Redmond campus modernization is almost finished. The massive 72-acre rebuild includes dozens of hopefully planet-saving designs and...
This New Mud Home Built of Hemp and Earth Demonstrates Super Energy Efficiency in the UK
This modern British home with its thick mud walls was built as part of an EU project to pioneer the construction of more energy...
World’s First Magma Observatory Poised to Monitor Volcanoes While Generating Tons of Energy
Reprinted with permission and alterations from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering world news, conflicts, travel stories, conservation, and science news.
Theorized as...
Ireland Sets Renewable Record of 70% Energy from Wind
The Emerald Isle is greener than its reputation holds, as it turns out, since more than half of electricity on some days is generated...
New Google Geothermal Electricity Project Could Be a Milestone for Clean Energy
An advanced geothermal project funded and developed by Google has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto the Nevada grid to power the company's data centers...
After Fracking is Halted, the Site’s Drill Hole is Now A Source of Clean Geothermal Energy
In England's North Yorkshire, locals opposed a fracking project vigorously enough to get the whole thing canceled, but the almost 2-mile deep borehole had...
Old Coal Mine Filled With Warm Water Has Been Heating a Town with Green Energy for 6 Months
Britain's deep coal mines have become a surprising source of green energy, one that's been heating the town of Gateshead successfully for 6 months.
The...
NASA May Have Just Cracked the Code for Replacing Lithium in Batteries: ‘Double or even triple the energy’
Along with routinely launching robots across the final frontier, NASA is also involved in sustainable aviation research, and this division may have cracked the...
Discovered Enzyme Turns Air into Electricity, a New Clean Way to Make Energy Dreams Come True
Australian scientists have discovered an enzyme that converts air into energy by using the low amounts of hydrogen in the atmosphere to create an...