Green Energy

Coal generated less than 50 percent of Australia’s electricity in the last week of August, dropping to a record low as renewable production surged, data showed Wednesday. According to market monitor Open-NEM, coal generated 49.1 percent of the country’s electricity, while renewables accounted for 48.7 percent as storms boosted wind production. Coal still accounts for […]

PROVIDENCE – Revolution Wind has reached another milestone with the installation of the first of its 65 offshore wind turbines in the ocean waters off Rhode Island. Developers Ørsted and Eversource made the announcement Monday, marking another landmark event in the construction of the 704-megawatt wind farm being built about 15 miles south of Little […]

Forty percent of UK greenhouse gas emissions come from households, so the sustainable construction and everyday running of our homes could play a major role in achieving a low-carbon society. Next year, the government will introduce the future homes standard. It’s a new regulation that bans the installation of gas boilers in new homes and takes […]

The company that broke a Guinness World Record this year with its all-hydrogen train has just announced another world first. Stadler Rail has developed a fleet of train cars that can run on either hydrogen or battery power for branch rail services. Since 1996, one of the most iconic trains in Europe has been riding […]

Rice University researchers have developed a smart material that adjusts its transparency with changes in temperature, outperforming similar materials in terms of durability, transparency and responsiveness. The new polymer blend could significantly enhance energy efficiency for indoor space cooling, according to a new study published in Joule. Cooling off can be a matter of life or […]

Using a polymer to make a strong yet springy thin film, scientists led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are speeding the arrival of next-generation solid-state batteries. This effort advances the development of electric vehicle power enabled by flexible, durable sheets of solid-state electrolytes. The sheets may allow scalable production of future […]

U.S. startups are developing proprietary technologies based on hydraulic fracturing to drill wells for storing renewable energy from solar and wind in underground pressurized water reservoirs. As the share of renewable energy in electricity generation in the top American oil state, Texas, grows – so does the need for energy storage, which ensures clean energy […]

A quarter of all the energy China consumes now comes from clean sources, according to research published Thursday, as Beijing rapidly pivots its huge economy to a greener footing. The country is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, though has in recent years emerged as a global leader in renewable energy. It has pledged […]

A sensor on the electric grid picks up a strange blip in current or voltage. What’s happening, and will it cause an outage? Usually, a utility worker must travel in person to check. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have now developed a new automated drone inspection system that can respond […]

True North is Avangrid’s (NYSE: AGR) first solar farm in Texas – and it will be the largest solar project in the company’s portfolio. Avangrid installed more than 488,000 solar panels at the 321 megawatt (MW) solar farm in Falls County, Texas, over the past several months, and it says it finished ahead of schedule. […]