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Getting Up Close and Personal With America’s First Offshore Wind Farm

The newly-erected turbines off of Block Island may signal the future of American wind power

August 25, 2016

Capital Creates Light in New Places

Morgan Stanley has helped First Solar tap the power of markets to channel the clean, renewable energy of the sun to new energy markets around the world.*

August 12, 2016

Capital Creates a Fresh Perspective

Morgan Stanley’s innovative financing is helping Unilever advance a commitment to sustainable growth.

August 12, 2016

Google Thinks These 20 Teenagers Could Change Our World for the Better

These kids from around the globe have created innovative new technologies, from malaria-testing apps to water-saving agriculture systems

August 11, 2016

Future of Energy

In the Canary Islands, Tiny El Hierro Strives for Energy Independence

A photojournalist goes behind the scenes at a hybrid power station that could help the island reach its goal to be powered entirely by renewables

August 4, 2016

Future of Energy

Chernobyl Might Get a Second Life as a Solar Power Plant

From nuclear disaster to renewable energy

July 29, 2016

Future of Energy

This Dutch Startup Is Making Bricks From Industrial Waste

StoneCycling turns ceramic tiles and toilets, discarded glass and insulation into new, eco-friendly building materials

July 26, 2016

Future of Energy

Meet Eight Young Energy Innovators With Ingenious Ideas

From community “solar gardens” to energy pellets made from coffee grounds to a phone-charging device that you plug into soil

July 18, 2016

Six of History’s Smartest, Weirdest and Most Interesting Inventions for Beating the Heat

From a bicycle mister to ice energy, here are a few innovative ways for cooling down

July 8, 2016

Future of Energy

One Step Closer to Turning Plastics Into Fuel

Researchers in California and China have discovered a new method for breaking polyethylene into liquid fuel and solid wax

July 5, 2016

Future of Energy

A Canadian Company’s Quest To Turn Air Pollution Into Fuel

Startup Carbon Engineering has opened a prototype plant in Squamish, British Columbia, that captures carbon dioxide emissions

June 24, 2016

Trending Today

PG&E Announces Closure of California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant

One of the most famous, but aging, nuclear power plants in the U.S. will soon see its end

June 22, 2016

Future of Energy

Tofu Power and Other Cool New Alternative Energy Sources

From fueling homes with tofu wastewater to lighting up bathrooms with the power of pee, these are some of the most unusual, hyperlocal fuel sources

June 1, 2016

Future of Energy

Could Mold Power the Batteries of the Future?

Researchers have discovered how to use a fungus to create materials that could be used to make more sustainable lithium-ion batteries

March 23, 2016

The Grand Coulee Powers On, 75 Years After Its First Surge of Electricity

A look back at how the powerful dam came to be

March 22, 2016

Future of Energy

Five Technologies That Would Heat or Cool People and Not Entire Buildings

Research groups are developing robots, fabrics and furniture that could lead to energy savings

March 15, 2016

Future of Energy

This Solar Cell Can Float on a Bubble

MIT scientists have created the world’s lightest solar cell, thin enough to be used on paper or clothing

March 9, 2016

Future of Energy

The Shifting Shapes of Solar Farms

They’re more than just massive fields of black panels

March 8, 2016

Future of Energy

Five Tech Innovations That Can Keep Your Car From Burning So Much Gas

Yes, gas is cheap, but car makers are still facing ambitious goals to make vehicles way more fuel efficient

February 10, 2016

New Research

The U.S. Could Switch to Mostly Renewable Energy, No Batteries Needed

Better electricity sharing across states would dampen the effects of variable weather on wind and solar power

January 25, 2016