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Company Mimics Spiders to Create Lustrous Faux Silk That is 1,000x More Energy Efficient
By mimicking how a spider spins silk at room temperature, an Oxford University venture has created a high performance, biodegradable textile that is 1,000...
This Self-Healing Cement Automatically Fills Any Cracks That Form, To Save Energy and Money
How much easier would our lives be if, like our bodies, our possessions could regenerate their own material to fix any damages they sustained?
Well,...
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...
Biodegradable Algae Solar Panels Clean The Air While Growing Green Energy
What can generate clean energy, biomass for fertilizers, convert CO2 into oxygen, and be used in space? Algae.
Pursuing this incredible organism's potential is young...
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...
Arkansas Schools Install Solar Panels to Save Millions on Energy and Pay Teachers More
An Arkansas school district saved so much money from switching to solar power for their buildings, they were able to bump up their teachers'...
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,...
7-Year-old Boy Who Was Bullied Opens a Huge Food Pantry, Making His Life All About Positive Energy
If living well is the best revenge, then Cavanaugh Bell may just be having the best life ever.
After facing bullying at school, rather than...
Mini Wind Turbine Can Generate Energy Made From the Breeze You Make When Walking
Most of the wind available on land is too gentle to push commercial wind turbine blades, but now scientists have designed a kind of...
New Developments in Clean Energy and Carbon Capture Are Making Real Progress in Climate Crisis
The mainstream media is covering the climate crisis infinitely more than they used to. However, they often report dramatically more on the negative—focusing on...
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...
Zero-Emission Trucks Set To Make New Zealand A World Leader In Hydrogen Energy
The roads of New Zealand will soon be worked over by long-distance trucks powered entirely by ultra-sustainable hydrogen-powered electric fuel cells.
Capable of traveling 310...
This Game Boy Doesn’t Use Batteries – It Runs On Swipes And Solar Energy
Scientists at Northwestern University and Holland's Delft University of Technology are giving the classic 8-bit Nintendo Game Boy a green makeover by powering the...
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...
A Giant Fusion Reactor Hotter than the Sun to Provide Unlimited Clean Energy Without Waste Marks Milestone
The assembly phase of one of humanity's most-complex engineering projects—a giant nuclear fusion reactor called ITER—launched in France.
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.
Used Electric Car Batteries Could Be Recycled into New Life as Energy Storage for Solar Farms, Says New Study
The MIT researchers say that the average used car battery could provide up to a decade of backup storage for solar grids.