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Scientists Stumble on New Way to ‘Hack’ Photosynthesis For Renewable Energy
A "mind-blowing" discovery in the early stages of photosynthesis has been discovered by scientists that could help improve the efficiency of renewable energy technologies.
While...
Youth Hailed for Providing Renewable Energy to 10,000 People Without Using Battery, Wind, Sun, or Water
Growing up in Sierra Leone, a young man who saw a problem and was determined to fix it has been awarded international prizes for...
Buy Some Wind Power With Your Furniture? IKEA is Now Selling Renewable Energy
As the world's premier home furnishings retailer, IKEA has for decades been forgetting to offer consumers the most important home furnishing of them all:...
Company Says its Multi-Day Storage Batteries For Renewable Energy Are the Holy Grail We’ve Been Waiting For
Unveiled after years of work, an energy startup in Massachusetts is claiming that in a few years they can produce, at scale, "the battery...
‘Future Belongs to Renewable Energy’ Says India’s Largest Oil Baron and Greenland, Which Ended Search for Oil
"The future belongs to renewable energy," is a big thing for Big Oil's fourth biggest player, and Asia's richest energy baron to say, but...
The World Has Achieved Huge Milestones in 6 Areas of Renewable Energy So Far This Year
Despite a few national governments continuing to keep their coal and oil projects afloat, market demand and private entrepreneurship is driving what can only...
Solar-Rich California Hits 95% Renewable Energy On a Recent Day Across 80 Percent of the State
For approximately four seconds on April 29, California got 95% of its power from renewable energy—with the Golden State using about 90% renewables in...
U.S. Can Run Primarily on Renewable Energy by 2050 For Cost of $1 Per Person Per Day—Says New Research
Reaching zero net emissions of carbon dioxide from energy and industry by 2050 can be accomplished by rebuilding U.S. energy infrastructure to run primarily...
More Renewable Energy Used in 2020 Than Fossil Fuels For the First Time in World’s 4th Largest Economy
For the first time in history, a combination of wind, solar, and other renewables overtook Germany's coal, oil, and gas, for use as the...
His Invention For Renewable Energy Inspired by the Physics of Northern Lights Just Won the 2020 Dyson Prize
While renewable energy uptake and solutions continue to grow, many can only generate electricity in the right environmental conditions. For example, solar panels can...
Renewable Energy Defies COVID-19 Downturn To Hit Record Growth in 2020
A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) published on Tuesday says almost 90% of new electricity generation in 2020 will be renewable,...
New Zealand Prime Minister Pledges to Reach 100% Renewable Energy Across Nation by 2030
Since Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand's prime minister in 2017, she's emerged as one of the world's climate leaders.
Government initiatives over the past few...
Kites of Renewable Energy Generate Wind Power by Flying Through the Air
A German startup is bringing the lightness of kites to green energy production by building small flying wind turbines that use 10 times less...
Unsold Beer From Australia‘s Lockdown Is Making Renewable Energy – And in Record Amounts
When Australia's bars and restaurants closed down in March because of COVID-19, huge stores of beer went stale. Those ales haven't gone to waste...
Downtown Sydney is Now Powered By 100% Renewable Energy Thanks to Historic Deal
The City of Sydney has just made history through the nation's largest purchase power agreement to meet 100% of the city's electricity with renewable energy.
For the First Time, U.S. Renewable Energy Surpasses Coal Every Day For An Entire Month
In a U.S. first, renewables from solar, wind, and hydropower generated more electricity than coal on every day during an entire month, in April 2020.
After Decade of Historic Growth, Wind Power is Now the Most-Used Renewable Energy Source in US
According to this newest EIA report, 2019 was the biggest year for wind power additions in the United States, second only to 2012.
Impelled by Reactor Meltdown, Fukushima Japan Vows to Achieve 100% Renewable Energy Use in 20 Years
More than $2.75 billion has already been invested in building several dozen new solar farms, wind projects, and geothermal stations in Fukushima.
Nine Latin American Countries Have Set Goal for 70% Renewable Energy—More Than Twice the European Union
The Latin American nations are working to achieve more than double the amount of the EU's renewable energy usage goals before 2030.
Google is Making the Largest Corporate Purchase of Renewable Energy, Investing $2 Billion
In what is being hailed as the largest corporate purchase of renewable energy infrastructure, Google has just announced that they will be spending $2...