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Coronavirus crisis hits clean energy jobs across the US

Half a million jobs in this sector have been lost in March and April.

Researchers develop a functional artificial chloroplast

It's not yet deployable on a mass scale, but at least we know it works.

New, ultrathin solar cell doubles the current efficiency record by reaching almost 50%

It's a huge step up, but currently quite expensive to produce.

Myth busted: electric cars don't increase emissions

Electric cars are better than petrol cars in almost all the areas in the world.

Research team develops solar panels that don't need sun

New research is allowing solar cells to work at night. Although it sounds like fantasy, Jeremy Munday, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California (UC) Davis says it’s completely possible. In fact, a new study by Munday and graduate student Tristan Deppe describes a specially-designed photovoltaic cell […]

Wind and solar energy dominate new US power

Good news... but not good enough.

Denmark generated almost half of its energy from wind in 2019

The country is well on its way to becoming carbon neutral.

Mainland Spain ran a full day without burning coal

The plan is to go fully-renewable by 2050.

The European Union can and must decarbonize its transport sector: here's how

A business-as-usual scenario is no longer viable, according to the EU's Science Advisory Council.

The UK may soon get its first cryogenic energy battery

Energy storage company Highview Power has announced its intention to build a cryogenic energy storage facility in the north of England, a first for the U.K. A decommissioned power plant will be converted to house the cryobattery, according to Highview Power. After completion, the installation will have a 50 MW/250 MWh capacity (roughly as much […]

Dumping coal-fired in favor of gas-fired plants would save the U.S. a lot of water -- switching to renewables, a whole lot more

Burning things takes a lot of water.

Careful design and placement of wind turbines can minimize the threat to birds

The size of the turbine and the length of the blades are key to reduce the impacts

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 batteries, has now delivered on that promise. In a new paper, Dahn announced that the company will soon be in possession of a battery that […]

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.

Rust and salt water -- the new way to generate electricity

A new way to produce electricity.

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.

99% of the world's electric buses are in China

They're miles and miles ahead.

In April, the US used more renewable energy than coal

Good news, but let's not get over-excited by this.

For the first time, renewable energy generated more electricity than coal in the United States

The dawn of a new era!

Vietnam to introduce at least 3,000 electric buses next year

A remarkable initiative!

Researchers figure out how coffee can boost (some) solar cells

Oh great, more competition for my morning coffee.

Two-thirds of new energy installed in 2019 was renewable

Yay!

New process can make hydrogen fuel out of seawater without destroying the devices

This was a VERY real issue up to now.

Solar and wind supply more than 10% of electricity in 18 US states

More and more states are benefitting from solar and wind.

The North Sea could become the UK's largest battery -- one that lasts for the whole winter

It would be green, too!

A third of cars sold in Norway in 2018 were purely electrical

Hybrid + electrical made up almost half of Norway's car market in 2018.

Stanford designed software to spot every solar panel in the US (there's a lot of them)

America's getting sun.

Passive sun-powered device turns water into superheated steam

It could be a game changer.

Blue-blooded crustacean could pave the way for greener biofuels

The unusual creature is able to extract sugars from wood.

Spain is poised to go fully-renewable by 2050

Está bien!

New tech transforms human poop into clean biofuel

Sanitation and energy generation in one go.

Australia opens first off-the-grid, solar-powered classroom, using Tesla battery

It's still early days, but this is a promising technology.

Newly-developed fuel can store solar energy for up to 18 years

It's like a battery, but flowy. And it works with heat.

How supercapacitors could usher in a new age for hybrid vehicles

Supercapacitors, super cars.

Melbourne solar powered canopy that doubles as work of art wins 2018 Land Art Generator Initiative

A beautiful solar array shaped like a canopy might provide 2,220 MWh of clean energy annually to Melbourne residents.

LEGO launches functioning wind turbine model to promote sustainability

Who doesn't love Legos?