New Yorkers Now Eligible For Solar + Storage Systems From Swell In Aggregated DER Plan
by Jennifer Runyon: Swell Energy this week announced the start of a residential solar plus storage program for homeowners in Queens, New York… […]
A New Plan Is Underway To Equip ‘Super Rural’ Households In Malawai with pay-as-you-go solar
by Jennifer Runyon: SolarAid, an international charity, has today announced the launch of a new pilot project that will provide solar lighting to all homes in a single super-rural Malawi community… […]
The Economics Of Covering California’s Water System With Solar Panels
by John Timmer: Renewable power, less evaporation, lower maintenance, and more… […]
Watch a Billion Years Of Shifting Tectonic Plates Forming Our Continents In 40 Seconds
by Andy Corbley: One billion years of Earth’s geological movements have been summarized in a 40-second video… […]
Good News On Epic Bike Trail Stretching Coast to Coast Across USA
Back in 2019, we shared word of an exciting new trail designed to allow cyclists and hikers to travel 3,700 miles across America from coast to coast… […]
New ‘Decade That Matters’ Report Shows Shifting Attitudes About Renewables And Climate Change
by (Renewable Energy World): Over the past ten years, vocabulary moved from ‘global warming’ to ‘climate change’ to ‘climate crisis… […]
NASA Satellites Help Quantify Forests’ Impacts On Global Carbon Budget
by Lara Streiff: Using ground, airborne, and satellite data, a diverse team of international researchers… […]
3 Cost-Effective Steps President Biden Can Take To Accelerate A Clean Energy Revolution
by Whit Fulton: With the new administration inaugurated in January, and with Secretary Jennifer Granholm confirmed last week… […]
Report: Tesla Is Secretly Building A Giant 100 MW Battery In Texas
by Timothy B. Lee: Last month’s power failures in Texas highlighted grid reliability concerns… […]
Wind-Powered Hydrogen Production Plant Commissioned In Germany
by (Renewable Energy World): Salzgitter AG, subsidiary Avacon and Linde have announced commissioning of the “Wind Hydrogen Salzgitter – WindH2” project, which will use wind energy to produce hydrogen… […]
FABULOS – Bringing The Robot Buses To The Streets Of Helsinki
During the field testing phase of the FABULOS project, fleets of automated buses are tested in five of the partnering countries… […]
UK Will No Longer Use Bee-Harming Pesticide
by Manish Pandey: A pesticide believed to harm bees won’t be used in England, after it had been approved for temporary use in January… […]
The Next Frontier For Animal Welfare: Fish
by Kenny Torrella : Fish are farmed in higher numbers than any other animal, but they haven’t gotten much attention from the animal welfare movement — until now… […]
Buen Vivir: Colombia’s Philosophy For Good Living
by Dimitri Selibas: It’s 16:00 near lake La Cocha in Colombia’s southern department of Nariño, and the kitchen staff at Naturalia are busy at work… […]
Perseverance Mars Rover Sailing Through Initial Check Out And Test Drives
by William Harwood: The Perseverance Mars rover is sailing through its initial checkout and activation, beaming back some 7,000 photos to date… […]
Top 6 Of The Largest 3D Printed Objects!
by Kat Plewa: From 3D printed hearts to car restorations, Additive Manufacturing has numerous applications in many industries, but did you know that it is also possible to 3D print on a large scale? [...]
The Next Cousteau Is Building An Underwater Research Wonderland
by Laura Lombrana: The grandson of the famous explorer is creating a sea station where scientists can live under the ocean while studying climate change… […]
Xcel Energy – Colorado Plans To Deliver 80% Renewable Energy By 2030
by (Renewable Energy World): Xcel Energy – Colorado today announced details of its upcoming Clean Energy Plan that will result in an estimated 85% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2005 levels by 2030… [...]
A 3D Printed Apartment Building Is Going Up In Germany
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: 3D printing is making strides in the construction industry… […]
This Hive-Like House Is 3D Printed, Carbon-Neutral, And Made Of Clay
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: 3D printing homes was a really big deal a few years ago; the idea was novel, unprecedented, and crushed records for the cost and time it took to build a livable house… [...]
The Deep Sea
by (Marine Bio): Over 60% of our planet is covered by water more than a mile deep. The deep sea is the largest habitat on earth and is largely unexplored… […]
An Extinct Cave Bear’s DNA Was Still Readable After 360,000 Years
by George Dvorsky: A tiny ear bone belonging to a cave bear that died some 360,000 years ago has yielded the oldest genome not sourced from permafrost… […]
A 3D Printed House Just Went Up On Zillow—For Half The Price Of Its Neighbors
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: The 3D printed houses just keep coming… […]
The World’s First 3D Printed School Will Be Built In Madagascar
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: 3D printed houses have been popping up all over the map. Some are hive-shaped, some can float, some are up for sale… […]
Forests Of The Sea: Phytoplankton & Marine Plants
by (Marine Bio): The plant kingdom is made up of multicellular, photosynthetic eukaryotes. These multicellular organisms contain specialized cells that perform different tasks… […]
A Solar Panel In Space Is Collecting Energy To Be Beamed Anywhere on Earth
by Nick Paton Walsh: Scientists working for the Pentagon have successfully tested a solar panel the size of a pizza box in space, […]
The Lesson Of Texas
by Todd Olinsky-Paul: A new program states can use to quickly fund the distributed energy storage solution… […]
Connect To The Wisdom Of Trees
by Kalia Kelmenson: I’m a natural born tree-hugger… […]
Humans Had Never Seen A Spacecraft Land On Another Planet—Until Now
by Eric Berger: I can, and have, watched those videos for hours… […]
Deep In The Heart Of Texas’ Collapsing Power Grid
Everything in Texas went wrong at once… […]
Chimps, Humans, And Monkeys: What’s The Difference?
by Maxine Laberge: It’s finally time to set the record straight: As much as we all love monkeys, Dr. Goodall’s studies and the work of the Jane Goodall Institute have primarily focused on chimpanzees, not [...]
The First 100 Days On Mars: How NASA’s Perseverance Rover Will Begin Its Mission
by Jonathan O’Callaghan: With the space agency’s latest rover set to touch down on February 18, here is the agenda for its initial months… […]
New Sustainable Energy Factbook Shows 2020 Was ‘Blockbuster’ Year For Renewables In America
by (Renewable Energy World): Faced with COVID-19 pandemic and sharp economic contraction, […]
Aggregate Fossil Fuel Demand Could Peak As Early As 2027 According To McKinsey
by (Renewable Energy World): COVID-19 and electrification hasten peak demand for hydrocarbons… […]
NASA’s Perseverance rover landed safely on Mars. Now it will look for signs of ancient life.
by Brian Resnick: NASA’s Perseverance mission, explained. Touchdown! The planet Mars has a new robot resident. […]
Hawaiian Electric Hits Nearly 35% Renewable Energy, Exceeding RPS
by (Renewable Energy World): Driven by higher solar energy and wind production and lower consumer demand, […]
Toyota’s Game-Changing Solid-State Battery En Route For 2021 Debut
by (Nikkei Staff): Japan’s government to join forces with industry to supercharge development… […]
NASA’s Perseverance Rover On Course For Mars Landing This Week
by William Harwood: A week after two space probes from China and United Arab Emirates slipped into orbit around Mars… […]
Future Batteries, Coming Soon: Charge In Seconds, Last Months And Power Over The Air
by Chris Hall: While smartphones, smart homes and even smart wearables are growing ever more advanced, they’re still limited by power. The battery hasn’t advanced in decades. But we’re on the verge of a power revolution… […]
This Super-Energy-Dense Battery Could Nearly Double The Range Of Electric Vehicles
by James Temple: But some observers aren’t convinced that QuantumScape’s lithium-metal batteries will power cars and trucks on the road as soon as the company claims… […]
World’s Largest Battery To Be Built In Australia Coal-Mining Hub
by Rob Verdonck: Australia is planning another giant grid-scale battery as the global roll out of super-sized energy storage projects accelerates…E […]
Hybrid Planes Could Shorten The Leap To All-Electric 737s
by James Temple: But that will still take decades, so we’d better consider other ways of cleaning up carbon emissions from aircraft, too… […]
Fossil Fuel Air Pollution Linked To 1 In 5 Deaths Worldwide, New Harvard Study Finds
by Alexander C. Kaufman: The research will likely amplify calls to rapidly transition off of oil, gas and coal for reasons beyond curbing climate change… […]
Denmark To Build Artificial Island For Wind Farms To Power The Whole Country
by Juan Cole: Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AFP reports that Denmark’s parliament has just committed to building an artificial island off its shores that will be home to hundreds of huge wind turbines… […]
U.S. Wind Generation Sets New Daily And Hourly Records At End Of 2020
by (Renewable Energy World): In the final months of 2020, electricity generation from wind turbines in the United States set daily and hourly records… […]