Green Energy

Hydrogen produced with renewable power had a significant breakthrough this month, with the signing of an offtake agreement between a European buyer and an Indian producer in Oman. Yara, the Norwegian fertilizer and industrial chemicals producer, entered a long-term contract with ACME Cleantech Solutions Pvt. Ltd. to supply 100,000 tonnes per annum (mtpa) of ‘green’ […]

Five times the size of Paris. Visible from space. The world’s biggest energy plant. Enough electricity to power Switzerland. The scale of the project transforming swathes of barren salt desert on the edge of western India into one of the most important sources of clean energy anywhere on the planet is so overwhelming that the […]

Researchers have developed a methodology to improve the reversibility and durability of electrodes using bifunctional platinum-nickel alloy catalysts with an octahedral structure that exhibits both oxygen reduction and generation reactions. The study is published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials. Bifunctional catalysts are a new generation of catalysts that simultaneously produce hydrogen and oxygen from […]

As traditional energy methods increase in cost and take their toll on the environment, Penn State researchers are turning to two underutilized renewable resources, the sun and outer space, for solutions to generate electricity and passively cool down structures. Led by Linxiao Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, the team developed and tested a dual […]

In the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a massive solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it’s not. Combining batteries with green energy is a fast-growing climate solution. “Solar farms only produce when the sun shines, and the turbines […]

Solar energy stocks had another rough week as interest rate fears and new investor lawsuits came to light. According to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) was down by as much as 13.2% this week, Sunrun (NASDAQ: RUN) dropped by as much as 25.4%, and Sunnova Energy (NYSE: NOVA) was off by 19.1% at its low point. Those stocks closed the […]

Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled his energy strategy on March 12, a two-pronged approach that would create a carbon cap and trade market in Pennsylvania and boost the amount of clean energy delivered to electric utility consumers in the state. Inside a union hall in Scranton, the Electric City, Shapiro was flanked by members of a […]

When reading about climate change, good news is hard to come by—hard but not impossible. Take, for example, this new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association, which states that renewables hit a milestone not seen since World War II this year. The U.S. added 32.4 gigawatts of solar capacity, which shatters the 2021 record […]

The shift toward renewable energy sources decreases our reliance on fossil fuels, providing a cleaner, more sustainable alternative. However, with their increasing use and development, we also face new challenges. Solar photovoltaic (PV) plants, for instance, are subject to the whims of the weather and many other environmental conditions. This variability leads to inconsistent power […]

Alberta’s ban on some renewable projects could hurt C$11.1 billion ($8.24 billion) in investments and stall up to 6.3 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind power capacity, a study said on Monday. The new rules potentially affect 42 projects and several thousand jobs, the Pembina Institute, an Alberta-based clean energy think tank, said in the […]