Are Artificial Trees the Future of Renewable Energy?
While a new device’s flapping leaves can generate a lot of energy, extracting it is far from a breeze
Five Questions You Should Have About California’s New Tesla-Powered Battery Bank
The storage facility will collect energy when it’s readily available, and release it when demand is high. What does this mean for the future of energy?
A California Startup Is Using Ashes to Protect Forests
Better Place Forests is accepting reservations from those who wish to have their remains scattered in a redwood forest in northern California
Could Wood Scraps Fuel Planes?
Alaska Airlines powered a cross-country commercial flight using a new biofuel derived from wood waste
A Mission To Invent a Bottle That Takes the Salt Out of Saltwater
Scientists are exploring the potential of creating plastic containers that, with a little sun power, could desalinate seawater
Deep in the Heart of Iceland, There’s a New Way to Tap the Earth’s Energy
The Iceland Deep Drilling Project has extended a borehole thousands of meters deep to produce geothermal power at a scale never before seen
What’s Next for Solar Energy? How About Space
Scientists are closer than ever to making the far-out concept of a space-based solar collection system a reality
Why Anaerobic Digestion Is Becoming the Next Big Renewable Energy Source
A food-to-electricity plant in England is just one in a string of local efforts to make waste less wasteful
Move Over Solar: There’s New Energy Right At Our Feet
Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are turning wood pulp, a common waste material, into a flooring that generates electricity
The Answer to India’s Energy Crisis Could Be Blowing in the Wind
The 2016 Young Scientist Challenge winner modeled her energy harvester after a tree
Can We Capture Energy From a Hurricane?
Loaded with power, massive storms may be another conduit for renewable energy
These Wild Sculptures Actually Generate Green Energy
The winning designs of the LAGI 2016 competition range from giant sailboat sculptures that harvest fog to floating gardens that harness wave power
Inside the World’s First Large-Scale Effort to Harness Tidal Energy
Next month, the UK-based company MeyGen will install four underwater turbines off the coast of Scotland
Can This Electric Bus Really Go 350 Miles On a Single Charge?
Some think a breakthrough by a California company could be the beginning of the end for smoky, noisy buses
Is Oilfield School a Path to a Working-Class Future or an Anchor to the Past?
A new federal program designed to train the next generation of Wyoming oil workers signed up lots of eager students. Will any jobs await them?
The Shoes With No (Carbon) Footprint
Energy company NRG has made a pair of sneakers from carbon emissions
A Chemist and a Designer Team Up to Weave Solar Panels Into Fabric
Trisha Andrew and Marianne Fairbanks are developing a solar textile that could end up in clothing, curtains, car seats and tents
Is Rent-to-Own Solar Power the Answer?
A Canadian entrepreneur is using a business model familiar from ‘70s daytime TV to get Indians to embrace solar
How a Sponge, Bubble Wrap and Sunlight Can Lead to Clean Water
With simple materials, MIT researchers have developed a cheap, easy-to-build device to desalinate water and treat wastewater
Is Plastic the Secret to Clothes That Will Keep You Cool?
Because it allows infrared radiation to escape your body, polyethylene could become key to what we wear in a warming world
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