Two things are true: One, the use of renewable energy to generate electricity in this country is growing fast, especially solar. Renewables accounted for 22% of electricity generated last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Two, the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow, which makes it hard to reliably use the […]
Green Energy
‘Turn wasted wind power into green hydrogen and save UK billions’: study
The UK could save billions of pounds each year by using excess wind power to generate green hydrogen, which would simultaneously fix the nascent H2 sector’s “acute chicken-or-egg problem”, claims a new report. The UK’s ailing electricity grid has failed to keep pace with its “world-class” wind turbine fleet, according to London think tank Policy […]
Renewables to overtake coal as largest global electricity source in 2025
During the COP28 climate conference held in Dubai last month, world leaders from over 130 national governments agreed to set a goal to triple world renewable energy installations by 2030. While more effort is needed to reach that goal, one energy organization has predicted that renewables will overtake coal generation as the world’s largest electricity […]
Massive expansion of renewable power opens door to achieving global tripling goal set at COP28
World added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 and next 5 years will see fastest growth yet, but lack of financing for emerging and developing economies is key issue The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades, giving it a real […]
EU built record new wind farms last year but lags green energy goal
European Union countries built 17 gigawatts of new wind power farms in 2023, the most for any year so far, but still not enough to reach its renewable energy goal, industry data showed on Friday. The milestone showed how Europe’s energy transition is gathering speed, yet more is needed. At least 37GW of new wind […]
Scientists unveil blueprint for affordable solar cells to power Saudi Arabia and beyond
Scientists have unveiled a roadmap for bringing perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells to market, paving the way for a future powered by abundant, inexpensive clean energy in Saudi Arabia and the world. The authors of the article, published in Science, include Prof. Stefaan De Wolf and his research team at King Abdullah University of Science (KAUST) […]
New report updates NASA on space-based solar power
Space-based solar power offers tantalizing possibilities for sustainable energy—in the future, orbital collection systems could harvest energy in space, and beam it wirelessly back to Earth. These systems could serve remote locations across the planet to supplement the terrestrial power transmission infrastructure required today. Countries around the world are investing in space-based solar power research […]
Jackery’s rooftop tent is also a powerful solar generator
Jackery has converted the humble rooftop tent into a powerful solar generator that lets any car escape the grid for a weekend or longer. Although it’s just a concept on show at CES right now, Jackery says it will put the tent into production sometime near the end of 2024. The retractable solar panels are […]
The new hydrogen tax credits could revolutionize how clean energy is counted
The tax-credit rules for clean hydrogen proposed by the Biden administration last month have a specific purpose: to drive the development of a brand-new source of carbon-free fuel for long-term decarbonization needs, ultimately decreasing carbon emissions. But it turns out that one of the new structures needed to underpin the rules will be important well […]
Coal State Killing Coal With Solar Power, One Megawatt At A Time
Followers of US politics will not be surprised to know that the coal state of West Virginia has been achingly slow to join the solar power revolution. It currently ranks a lowly 49th in a state-by-state ranking of installed solar capacity. Nevertheless, three solar and energy storage projects are moving forward, indicating that a change […]
