Pumped storage hydropower could make solar and wind energy available for nighttime use and cloudy days.
The company already has virtual power plants in California and Australia.
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled SunVilla's LED umbrella last Thursday due to battery…
Once built, the futuristic system would use satellites to transmit solar energy to receiving stations on Earth.
Solar power makes most sense near the Martian equator, but nuclear power remains a smart option at the poles,…
Renewables are catching up in a country where coal is still king.
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A new report lays out the incredible untapped opportunity for carbon-free energy sitting on top of your local…
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Around 20% of public airports adopted solar power in some capacity over the past decade. Now, we just need to solve…
A 150-year-old steel mill will be the first in the world to get the majority of its energy from solar power.
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It's not just the high cost of installing solar panels that's putting solar power out of reach for low-income…
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"The world runs on fossil fuels. I mean, how stupid is that?"
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Square, the digital payments firm led by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is teaming up with blockchain technology provider…
This week’s question—could the world ever run entirely on renewable energy?—is shadowed by a much larger one:…
Last summer, powerful winds from a derecho took Iowa’s only nuclear power plant out of commission. Because it was…
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Where I live in Baltimore, utility bills can be a crushing burden. That’s especially true for the city’s low-income…
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Despite being excellent tools for harvesting the free energy the sun is blasting towards our planet all day long,…
Most solar panels capture sunlight from only one side, meaning they can capture more or less of it depending on…
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The 2010s will be remembered as the decade when we could no longer deny climate change.
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Scientists have created something of a reverse solar cell: a tool that generates electricity from the darkness of…
Yeesh. This has not been a good news week for Tesla subsidiary SolarCity. It seems Walmart isn’t the only one claimin…