Renewables(Page 4)

The latest on the energy sources that keep on giving, from solar power to wind farms.

Latest in Renewables

ocean wave crashing
Environment

This yellow floatie can churn the power of the sea into electricity

By Rahul Rao

How publicly owned power could shape the future of clean energy
Environment

How publicly owned power could shape the future of clean energy

By Angely Mercado

Solar cell for yellow hydrogen energy production
Environment

A beginner’s guide to the ‘hydrogen rainbow’

By Purbita Saha

skycool-panels-on-rool
Environment

This California company wants to make modern AC obsolete

By Andrew Zaleski

Airport with green and solar roof.
Environment

Rethinking our roofs, parking lots, and sidewalks could save money and lives

By Angely Mercado

Testing the Goods: Horizon MiniPak Portable Fuel Cell Charger
Environment

Testing the Goods: Horizon MiniPak Portable Fuel Cell Charger

By Sarah Parsons

The Last Drops: How to Bridge the Gap Between Oil and Green Energy
Environment

The Last Drops: How to Bridge the Gap Between Oil and Green Energy

By Paul Roberts

4 New Technologies That Will Carry The Weight Of War
Technology

4 New Technologies That Will Carry The Weight Of War

By Jeremy Hsu

rooftop solar panel on house
Environment

Power companies are lobbying to make rooftop solar more expensive

By Ula Chrobak

Here’s how wind turbines stay afloat during storms
Environment

Here’s how wind turbines stay afloat during storms

By Angely Mercado

Solar Panel
Environment

A Bright Solar Future Will Be Flawed and Imperfect

By Jeremy Deaton

5 Questions You Should Have About Elon Musk’s New Solar Roofs
Environment

5 Questions You Should Have About Elon Musk’s New Solar Roofs

By Mary Beth Griggs

solar panel factory on the moon
Environment

Solar Panels Grown On The Moon Could Power The Earth

By Sarah Fecht

The inside of a backpack that's also a DIY WiFi hotspot.
Environment

Be your own hotspot

By Mike Outmesguine

We’re doing a great job of creating renewable energy—but we don’t have the infrastructure to actually use it
Environment

We’re doing a great job of creating renewable energy—but we don’t have the infrastructure to actually use it

By Amal Ahmed

rows of offshore wind turbines
Environment

Offshore wind has huge potential. Here’s how it could change the US.

By Ula Chrobak

This century-old technology could be the key to unlocking America’s renewable energy future
Environment

This century-old technology could be the key to unlocking America’s renewable energy future

By James Dinneen

Construction workers install solar panles.
Environment

How Biden’s jobs plan will be put to work for the environment

By Emily Cerf

A conceptual solar canal.
Environment

Solar panels and water canals could form a real power couple in California

By Shaena Montanari

investigator examines Reactor Unit 3 at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant
Environment

10 years after Fukushima, outdated nuclear power plants are still the norm

By Kurokawa & Meshkati/The Conversation

Electricity lines over a deep, gloomy forest with gas rising.
Environment

4 sustainability experts on how they’d spend Elon Musk’s $100 million climate commitment

By Sara Kiley Watson

Permian Basin
Health

The pandemic could end Texas’s oil boom—and start something better

By Justin Miller/Texas Observer

A solar installer
Environment

California shut off power grids this week, but not because of clean energy

By Jeremy Deaton/Nexus Media

a graphic illustration of green wires
Environment

This new device seems to pull electricity out of thin air

By Kat Eschner

Switching to renewable energy is actually cost-effective
Environment

Switching to renewable energy is actually cost-effective

By Ula Chrobak

Does Hyundai’s rooftop solar panel change the fuel-economy equation?
Technology

Does Hyundai’s rooftop solar panel change the fuel-economy equation?

By Rob Verger

Wind turbines do not cause cancer
Environment

Wind turbines do not cause cancer

By Kaitlin Sullivan

green new deal
Environment

The Green New Deal is more feasible than you think

By Ula Chrobak

Loblolly pine trees in North Carolina
Environment

Tree resin could replace fossil fuels in everything from printer ink to shoe polish

By Marlene Cimons

Cloudy solar panels smog energy
Environment

Air pollution is choking solar energy around the world

By Katarina Zimmer

a cracked phone screen
Environment

Your future smartphone could fix its broken screen by pulling carbon from the air

By Marlene Cimons

Scientists want to put ‘speed bumps’ in hurricane alley to slow down storms
Environment

Scientists want to put ‘speed bumps’ in hurricane alley to slow down storms

By Marlene Cimons

This machine could turn your power walking into usable energy
Environment

This machine could turn your power walking into usable energy

By Marlene Cimons

California is set to go carbon-free by 2045
Environment

California is set to go carbon-free by 2045

By Jennifer Lu

Adding clean energy to the Sahara could make it rain (and not just figuratively)
Environment

Adding clean energy to the Sahara could make it rain (and not just figuratively)

By Mary Beth Griggs

This bacteria could boost solar panels on cloudy days
Environment

This bacteria could boost solar panels on cloudy days

By Marlene Cimons

If we’re going to capture our carbon emissions, we might as well put them to use
Environment

If we’re going to capture our carbon emissions, we might as well put them to use

By Marlene Cimons

Wind turbines.
Environment

With wind farms, bias is in the eye of the beholder

By Jeremy Deaton and Owen Agnew

Compact fiber-optic hubs
Environment

In photos: updating New York’s vast and fragile telecom backbone

By Corinne Iozzio

Nuclear reactors the size of wastebaskets could power our Martian settlements
Science

Nuclear reactors the size of wastebaskets could power our Martian settlements

By Mary Beth Griggs

Can we actually stop using fossil fuels?
Environment

Can we actually stop using fossil fuels?

By Leslie Kaufman

Tesla actually built the world’s biggest battery. Here’s how it works.
Environment

Tesla actually built the world’s biggest battery. Here’s how it works.

By Rob Verger

Scientists use light to purge defects from solar cells
Environment

Scientists use light to purge defects from solar cells

By Jeremy Deaton

Almost every country in the world can power itself with renewable energy
Environment

Almost every country in the world can power itself with renewable energy

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

A border wall made of solar panels wouldn’t actually be good for the environment
Environment

A border wall made of solar panels wouldn’t actually be good for the environment

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Desert critters avoid noisy wind farm turbines
Environment

Desert critters avoid noisy wind farm turbines

By Mark D. Kaufman

A Tesla charging station
Technology

The worst thing about electric cars might not be an issue for much longer

By Marlene Cimons

Wyoming is basically trying to outlaw clean energy
Environment

Wyoming is basically trying to outlaw clean energy

By Eleanor Cummins

How flushing your toilet could help create biofuel
Environment

How flushing your toilet could help create biofuel

By Laura A. Shepard

Looking up
Environment

The Future Of Energy Is Blowing In The Wind

By Mary Beth Griggs

A New Climate Change Documentary Focuses On Solutions, Not Doom
Environment

A New Climate Change Documentary Focuses On Solutions, Not Doom

By Grennan Milliken

How To Make An Ice Cube Into A Battery
Environment

How To Make An Ice Cube Into A Battery

By Jeremy Deaton

Businesses Could Make Solar Panels And Electric Cars As Commonplace As Home Computers
Environment

Businesses Could Make Solar Panels And Electric Cars As Commonplace As Home Computers

By Jeremy Deaton

How Algae Can Fuel Planes, Feed Livestock And Fight Climate Change
Environment

How Algae Can Fuel Planes, Feed Livestock And Fight Climate Change

By Jeremy Deaton

A New Solar Cell Converts The Sun’s Heat Into Usable Energy
Environment

A New Solar Cell Converts The Sun’s Heat Into Usable Energy

By Mary Beth Griggs

Turn Your Smartphone Into A Solar Panel
Environment

Turn Your Smartphone Into A Solar Panel

By Nicole Lou

Peter Thiel Goes Nuclear
Environment

Peter Thiel Goes Nuclear

By Kevin Gray

How To Build A House That Saves The Earth And Your Wallet
Environment

How To Build A House That Saves The Earth And Your Wallet

By Sarah Scoles

The Evacuated Chernobyl Is Now Teeming With Wildlife
Environment

The Evacuated Chernobyl Is Now Teeming With Wildlife

By Grennan Milliken

Thermal Plant
Environment

A New Energy Plant In Hawaii Generates Power From Ocean Temperature Extremes

By Mary Beth Griggs

Black Solar Cells Reach Incredible New Efficiency Record
Environment

Black Solar Cells Reach Incredible New Efficiency Record

By Mary Beth Griggs

This Solar-Powered Engine Can Be Made With A 3D Printer
Environment

This Solar-Powered Engine Can Be Made With A 3D Printer

By Dan Moren

This Wind-Powered Commuter Ferry Is Built Like A Racing Boat
Environment

This Wind-Powered Commuter Ferry Is Built Like A Racing Boat

Solar Power Towers Are ‘Vaporizing’ Birds
Environment

Solar Power Towers Are ‘Vaporizing’ Birds

By Sarah Fecht