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Ocean Engineering Facility
Environment

High-Tech Wavepool Simulates The Worst Ocean Waves

By Mary Beth Griggs

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

Viruses Can Be Genetically Modified To Transmit Energy
Environment

Viruses Can Be Genetically Modified To Transmit Energy

By Alexandra Ossola

The Evacuated Chernobyl Is Now Teeming With Wildlife
Environment

The Evacuated Chernobyl Is Now Teeming With Wildlife

By Grennan Milliken

Where To Place Wind Turbines Without Killing Eagles
Environment

Where To Place Wind Turbines Without Killing Eagles

By Mary Beth Griggs

Thermal Plant
Environment

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

By Mary Beth Griggs

A Solar-Powered Mayflower Will Cross The Atlantic In 2020
Environment

A Solar-Powered Mayflower Will Cross The Atlantic In 2020

By Mary Beth Griggs

HyperSciences Wants To Drill Into The Earth With A Huge Gun
Environment

HyperSciences Wants To Drill Into The Earth With A Huge Gun

By Dave Gershgorn

A Wind Machine You Can Call Home
Environment

A Wind Machine You Can Call Home

By Mary Beth Griggs

‘Solar Impulse 2’ Lands In Hawaii After Record-Breaking Solo Flight
Environment

‘Solar Impulse 2’ Lands In Hawaii After Record-Breaking Solo Flight

By Carl Franzen

Black Solar Cells Reach Incredible New Efficiency Record
Environment

Black Solar Cells Reach Incredible New Efficiency Record

By Mary Beth Griggs

In The Netherlands, A Giant Wind Turbine For People To Live On
Environment

In The Netherlands, A Giant Wind Turbine For People To Live On

By Mary Beth Griggs

Brazil Is Building A Giant Floating Solar Farm
Environment

Brazil Is Building A Giant Floating Solar Farm

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

Soon A Texas Town Will Run On 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Environment

Soon A Texas Town Will Run On 100 Percent Renewable Energy

By Mary Beth Griggs

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

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

By

Installing Eiffel Tower's Wind Turbines
Environment

See The Eiffel Tower’s Gorgeous New Wind Turbines

By Mary Beth Griggs

Solar Power Towers Are ‘Vaporizing’ Birds
Environment

Solar Power Towers Are ‘Vaporizing’ Birds

By Sarah Fecht

When Will Humanity Finally Pull The Plug On Power Cords?
Environment

When Will Humanity Finally Pull The Plug On Power Cords?

By Dan Moren

The BEHA Plane
Environment

Bio-Electric-Solar Hybrid Triplane Seeks Backers

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How To Make Extra-Efficient Solar Panels Using Old Blu-Ray Discs
Environment

How To Make Extra-Efficient Solar Panels Using Old Blu-Ray Discs

By Francie Diep

The Quest To Harness Wind Energy At 2,000 Feet
Environment

The Quest To Harness Wind Energy At 2,000 Feet

By Erik Sofge

GE OFFSHORE TURBINE
Environment

How It Works: The Next-Gen Wind Turbine

By

An All-Liquid Battery For Storing Solar And Wind Energy
Environment

An All-Liquid Battery For Storing Solar And Wind Energy

By Francie Diep

Solar Car Powers Your House When It’s Parked
Environment

Solar Car Powers Your House When It’s Parked

By Kristen Hall-Geisler

Wind Turbines Learn From Warplanes To Not Block Radar
Environment

Wind Turbines Learn From Warplanes To Not Block Radar

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Turning Old Lead Batteries Into New Solar Energy
Environment

Turning Old Lead Batteries Into New Solar Energy

By Emily Gertz

Solar Sponge Efficiently Makes Steam
Environment

Solar Sponge Efficiently Makes Steam

By Douglas Main

The Engineer Who Proposed Powering The World With A Solar Satellite
Environment

The Engineer Who Proposed Powering The World With A Solar Satellite

By Francie Diep

The World’s Largest Solar Farm
Technology

The World’s Largest Solar Farm

By Jia You

The Invention Of The Solar Cell
Environment

The Invention Of The Solar Cell

By John Perlin

Environment

Finally, A Way To Harvest Hydroelectric Energy From Toilet Flushes

By Colin Lecher

Q&A: The Engineer Who Wants To Power The World With Carbs
Environment

Q&A: The Engineer Who Wants To Power The World With Carbs

By Francie Diep

Why Do Skyscrapers Melt Things?
Environment

Why Do Skyscrapers Melt Things?

By Shaunacy Ferro

Stained Glass That Doubles As A Solar Power Source
Environment

Stained Glass That Doubles As A Solar Power Source

By Lacey Henry

Awesome Future Job: Crew A Luxury Wind Turbine In The Middle Of The Ocean
Environment

Awesome Future Job: Crew A Luxury Wind Turbine In The Middle Of The Ocean

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Volvo’s Fold-Out Solar Charger Looks Like Sci-Fi Couture
Technology

Volvo’s Fold-Out Solar Charger Looks Like Sci-Fi Couture

By Antony Ingram/ Green Car Reports

Inside ITER
Environment

Inside The Most Expensive Science Experiment Ever

By Daniel Clery

Searching For A Material To Make Solar Pants
Environment

Searching For A Material To Make Solar Pants

By Francie Diep

The Energy Fix: Reinventing The Solar Array
Environment

The Energy Fix: Reinventing The Solar Array

By Erik Sofge

How It Works: Masdar’s Beam Down Optical Tower
Environment

How It Works: Masdar’s Beam Down Optical Tower

By Ajai Raj

A Generator That Harnesses Energy From Ocean Currents
Environment

A Generator That Harnesses Energy From Ocean Currents

By Flora Lichtman

Robotic Kite Power Could Turn The Sky Into A Wind Farm
Environment

Robotic Kite Power Could Turn The Sky Into A Wind Farm

By Kelsey D. Atherton

FYI: Do Wind Farms Make It Less Windy?
Science

FYI: Do Wind Farms Make It Less Windy?

By Daniel Engber

Sun Shot
Environment

Sun Shot

By Stephen Cass

How Giant Concrete Balls Could Make Wind Power More Efficient
Technology

How Giant Concrete Balls Could Make Wind Power More Efficient

By Martha Harbison

A Solar Dish That Makes Electricity And Fresh Water
Environment

A Solar Dish That Makes Electricity And Fresh Water

By Francie Diep

Solar Panels Now Make More Electricity Than They Use
Environment

Solar Panels Now Make More Electricity Than They Use

By Francie Diep

Massive Solar Power Plant Opens In Abu Dhabi
Environment

Massive Solar Power Plant Opens In Abu Dhabi

By Francie Diep

To Make Steam Without Boiling Water, Just Add Sunlight And Nanoparticles
Environment

To Make Steam Without Boiling Water, Just Add Sunlight And Nanoparticles

By Clay Dillow

Late Electronics Maverick Stanford R. Ovshinsky In The Pages Of PopSci
Environment

Late Electronics Maverick Stanford R. Ovshinsky In The Pages Of PopSci

By Rose Pastore

Brilliant 10: Greg Nielson Shrinks Solar Cells To The Size Of Glitter
Environment

Brilliant 10: Greg Nielson Shrinks Solar Cells To The Size Of Glitter

By Abe Streep

Microsoft Dodges $210,000 Fine By Wasting Millions Of Watts Of Electricity
Environment

Microsoft Dodges $210,000 Fine By Wasting Millions Of Watts Of Electricity

By Clay Dillow

Wind-Powered Car Travels At Twice the Speed of the Wind
Environment

Wind-Powered Car Travels At Twice the Speed of the Wind

By Clay Dillow

Turbine Condenses Clean Water From the Air and Generates Wind Power At the Same Time
Environment

Turbine Condenses Clean Water From the Air and Generates Wind Power At the Same Time

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: An Inflatable, Flying Turbine Goes Higher to Find Stronger Winds
Environment

Video: An Inflatable, Flying Turbine Goes Higher to Find Stronger Winds

By Clay Dillow

NASA Invests In Satellites That Beam Power Down to Earth
Environment

NASA Invests In Satellites That Beam Power Down to Earth

By Rebecca Boyle

Breaking Blades: The Engineering Lab Where Wind-Power Propellers Get Built To Be Snapped
Environment

Breaking Blades: The Engineering Lab Where Wind-Power Propellers Get Built To Be Snapped

By Peter Andrey Smith

What’s the Most Efficient Design For a Solar Collector? Shape It Like a Sunflower
Environment

What’s the Most Efficient Design For a Solar Collector? Shape It Like a Sunflower

By Rebecca Boyle

Human CO2 Emissions Could Avert the Next Ice Age, Study Says
Environment

Human CO2 Emissions Could Avert the Next Ice Age, Study Says

By Rebecca Boyle

China Builds the World’s Largest Battery, a Building-Sized, 36-Megawatt-Hour Behemoth
Environment

China Builds the World’s Largest Battery, a Building-Sized, 36-Megawatt-Hour Behemoth

By Clay Dillow

A Personal Turbine Makes Your Rooftop Into a Wind Farm
Environment

A Personal Turbine Makes Your Rooftop Into a Wind Farm

By Sarah Parsons

New Mexico Building a 20-Square-Mile Empty City in Which to Test Renewable Energy
Environment

New Mexico Building a 20-Square-Mile Empty City in Which to Test Renewable Energy

By Rebecca Boyle

13-Year-Old Designs Super-Efficient Solar Array Based on the Fibonacci Sequence
Environment

13-Year-Old Designs Super-Efficient Solar Array Based on the Fibonacci Sequence

By Rebecca Boyle