Several of the initial development partners balk at the terms of a federal tax credit that places restrictions on the amount of carbon in the hydrogen production process.
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] This is not smoke. And this isn’t a smoke stack (at least not the kind we normally think of). It serves a totally different purpose at a power plant than smoke stacks whose job is moving combustion products…
One of the oldest, scarcest elements in the universe has given us treatments for mental illness, ovenproof casserole dishes and electric cars. But how much do we really know about lithium?
With gains in solar and wind, 22 percent of the nation's electricity comes from renewables, bringing the country closer to its climate goals.
In the first quarter of this year, private investors poured 40% more money into clean energy and electric vehicles than they did in Q1 2023.
Output hit a record last year, and producers expect a future where coal will be required to balance renewable energy for decades.
A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Storage turns decommissioned mines into long-term energy storage solutions, thereby supporting the sustainable energy transition.
Ethanol is a comically inefficient form of solar energy—and a toxic one. Putting regular solar panels on some of that land would be better.
Investors have historically been skeptical of green hydrogen. High production costs, expensive infrastructure builds, competition with batteries and
Mining and processing the minerals needed to meet the growing demand for EVs can be costly for workers, local communities and the environment.
A new prototype compatible with a wide range of materials could grab a continuous supply of renewable energy from the air.
Tesla speculated electricity from thin air was possible – now the question is whether it will be possible to harness it on the scale needed to power our homes
DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is now working on developing a magnet-driven silent water propulsion system - the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) drive. The primary reason is to develop silent military naval craft. Imagine a nuclear submarine with an MHD…
“In one week [in March], we sold more nuclear power plant contracts than any company in all of history,” says @LastEnergy CEO Bret Kugelmass.
Bill Gates writes about visiting Kemmerer, Wyoming, the future site of the fourth-generation Natrium nuclear power plant being designed by TerraPower.
Energy storage – both home-scale and utility-scale – has become more relevant as the use of renewable energy for electricity generation proliferates. It is particularly topical recently, as the Inflation Reduction Act includes tax credits specifically targeting energy storage…
The decision would allow an enormous $8 billion drilling project in the largest expanse of pristine wilderness in the United States.
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It’d be much cheaper than lithium battery storage.
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Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation's newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today
Plus: Hydrogen pipelines, Advanced Market Commitments, and what made solar energy cheap
Despite repeated claims that the prospects for commercialization have never looked brighter, the stark reality is that practical fusion-based electric power remains a very distant prospect.
Engineers at MIT and NREL have developed a heat engine with no moving parts that is as efficient as a steam turbine.
Doing the right thing makes other right things happen
Finding green energy when the winds are calm and the skies are cloudy has been a challenge. Storing it in giant concrete blocks could be the answer.
Forget ‘peak oil’. Nafeez Ahmed reveals how the oil and gas industries are cannibalising themselves as the costs of fossil fuel extraction mount
So far, most large investments in energy storage have gone to companies building lithium-ion batteries. SoftBank's newest bet changes that.
King Coal is being dethroned, and faster than forecast.
It's not a trick question: You can make a battery out of concrete by storing gravitational potential energy.
Declining costs have helped some of the country's smallest electricity providers expand their use of solar in highly innovative ways
An “operating system” for power could double the efficiency of the grid.
There was no shortage of trees
AI takes a lot of power. Why did we stop it again? Today's deeper dive on Nuclear power and why I think it will power AI in the future.