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These Boots Could Save a Firefighter’s Life
Engineer Hahna Alexander designed SmartBoots, which harvest energy from the wearer’s steps, to aid workers in dangerous professions
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Major “Clean Coal” Project in Mississippi Shuts Down
Billions over budget and three years behind, the Kemper County coal gasification project will now produce electricity using natural gas
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Renewables Generated Ten Percent of U.S. Energy In March
Longer days, stronger wind and reduced electricity demand helped green energy break double digits for the first time
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Pittsburgh Has Surged Post-Steel, but Many in Rusting Region Still Struggle
A historian notes how Pittsburgh’s tech-driven boom hasn’t reached everyone in western Pennsylvania
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China Turns On the World’s Largest Floating Solar Farm
Floating on a lake over a collapsed coal mine, the power station in Anhui province can produce 40 megawatts of energy
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Switzerland Votes to Phase Out Nuclear Power
The nation plans to decommission its five nuclear plants and invest in renewables
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A Civil War Colonel Invented Fracking in the 1860s
His first invention was an ‘oil well torpedo,’ but it was followed by others
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Is This New Material a Game Changer for Thermoelectricity?
Researchers at the University of Utah have developed an inexpensive, non-toxic material that converts heat to electricity
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People Piqued by Plans to Place LED Lights in Rome
Foes of the energy-efficient lights take a dim view to the city’s new bulbs
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Could This Be the Most Efficient Solar Panel Ever?
Taking advantage of temperatures upwards of 1,000 Celsius, these hot solar cells could produce twice as much energy as the industry standard
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From Trash To Treads: Turning Tomato Peels and Eggshells Into Tires
Scientists at Ohio State University are replacing the petroleum-based filler in tires with food waste
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Charging Ahead: The Future of Batteries
Battery research is at a tipping point, and it’s never been more important
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Fulcrum BioEnergy wants to divert trash from landfills and create cheap green energy
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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
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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?
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This Spit-Powered Biobattery Is Made From a Single Sheet of Paper
Researchers at Binghamton University are developing inexpensive paper biobatteries to power simple sensors that monitor things like blood sugar
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France Is Paving More Than 600 Miles of Road With Solar Panels
In five years, France hopes the panels will supply power to 5 million people
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Obama and Trudeau Protect Millions of Acres From Drilling in the Arctic and the Atlantic
But questions remain about the permanency of the act in the arctic
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From slavery to tuberculosis, it’s been a tumultuous year of exploring our past and looking to the future
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India Inches Closer to Creating World’s Largest River Network
The plan to interlink rivers would connect up to 30 rivers via 30 canals and 3,000 dams
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