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World Record: Nearly Half of Denmark’s Total Electricity Now Comes from Wind Energy

World Record: Nearly Half of Denmark’s Total Electricity Now Comes from Wind Energy

By June Javelosa

Captured CO2 Can be Directly Recycled into Methanol Fuel

Captured CO2 Can be Directly Recycled into Methanol Fuel

By Sarah Marquart

Energy 2.0—The US is Launching A New Generation of Nuclear Reactors

Energy 2.0—The US is Launching A New Generation of Nuclear Reactors

By Cecille De Jesus

Japan is Building The World’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant

Japan is Building The World’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant

By June Javelosa

Scientists Produce Hybrid Particle to Carry Energy

Scientists Produce Hybrid Particle to Carry Energy

By Charmaine Caparas

Fusion Energy: Compact Tokamak is 100 Times Smaller And Could Run Years Earlier

Fusion Energy: Compact Tokamak is 100 Times Smaller And Could Run Years Earlier

By Patrick Caughill

Astronomers: There May Be Two (Or More) Extra Planets In Our Solar System

Astronomers: There May Be Two (Or More) Extra Planets In Our Solar System

By Sarah Marquart

“Solar Voyager” Attempts the First Solar-Powered Crossing of the Atlantic

“Solar Voyager” Attempts the First Solar-Powered Crossing of the Atlantic

By Jelor Gallego

Fossil Fuel Use Declines, Threatening Status of Energy Superpower

Fossil Fuel Use Declines, Threatening Status of Energy Superpower

By Jelor Gallego

A Quarter Of The World’s Power Now Comes From Renewables

A Quarter Of The World’s Power Now Comes From Renewables

Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant to Be Built in Dubai, Will Be Operational by 2020

Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant to Be Built in Dubai, Will Be Operational by 2020

By Jelor Gallego

New “Bionic Leaf” Is More Efficient Than Photosynthesis

New “Bionic Leaf” Is More Efficient Than Photosynthesis

By Charmaine Caparas

Chile’s Getting The World’s First Subway Powered Mostly By The Sun

Chile’s Getting The World’s First Subway Powered Mostly By The Sun

By Charmaine Caparas

A Solar Powered “Forever Drone” May Be Replacing Our Satellites

A Solar Powered “Forever Drone” May Be Replacing Our Satellites

By Charmaine Caparas

An Alien in Our Solar System: Planet 9 Might Have Once Belonged to Another Star

An Alien in Our Solar System: Planet 9 Might Have Once Belonged to Another Star

By Todd Jaquith

This Genetically-Engineered Bacteria Can Inhale CO2 and Produce Energy

This Genetically-Engineered Bacteria Can Inhale CO2 and Produce Energy

By June Javelosa

Experts Asserts That, Soon, The Price of Solar Power Will Rival That of Coal

Experts Asserts That, Soon, The Price of Solar Power Will Rival That of Coal

By Jelor Gallego

Giant Solar Storms May Have Fueled the Evolution of Life on Earth

Giant Solar Storms May Have Fueled the Evolution of Life on Earth

By Todd Jaquith

There’s a New Way to Generate Power Using Seawater

There’s a New Way to Generate Power Using Seawater

By Cecille De Jesus

Scottish Waters Will Host The World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm

Scottish Waters Will Host The World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm

By Todd Jaquith

New Research Suggests Dark Energy Might be the Reason Time Runs Forward

New Research Suggests Dark Energy Might be the Reason Time Runs Forward

By Todd Jaquith

This Lithium-Air Battery Has 5 Times the Energy Density of Conventional Lithium-Ion Batteries

This Lithium-Air Battery Has 5 Times the Energy Density of Conventional Lithium-Ion Batteries

An Entire Country Ran On Renewable Energy for 4 Straight Days

Renewable Energy

An Entire Country Ran On Renewable Energy for 4 Straight Days

By June Javelosa

The Forgotten Dwarf: Meet the Largest Unnamed Object in Our Solar System

The Forgotten Dwarf: Meet the Largest Unnamed Object in Our Solar System

By Todd Jaquith

Germany Made So Much Electricity, They Paid People To Use It

Germany Made So Much Electricity, They Paid People To Use It

By Cecille De Jesus

The World’s Largest Coal Company is Going Solar

The World’s Largest Coal Company is Going Solar

By Jelor Gallego

Solar Impulse 2 Makes It To Phoenix On Its Quest For Fuel-Free Flight

Solar Impulse 2 Makes It To Phoenix On Its Quest For Fuel-Free Flight

By 2035, San Diego Will Run Completely on Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy

By 2035, San Diego Will Run Completely on Renewable Energy

By Sarah Marquart

A Solar System with Three Earths? Astronomers Find a Trio of Potentially Habitable Worlds

A Solar System with Three Earths? Astronomers Find a Trio of Potentially Habitable Worlds

By Todd Jaquith

New Molecular Mechanical Computer Design is 100 Billion Times More Energy Efficient

New Molecular Mechanical Computer Design is 100 Billion Times More Energy Efficient

By Jelor Gallego

Britain’s New Offshore Wind Farm Is Set to Be the World’s Largest

Britain’s New Offshore Wind Farm Is Set to Be the World’s Largest

By Jelor Gallego

NASA is Building a Solar Electric Propulsion Engine to Fly to Deep Space

NASA is Building a Solar Electric Propulsion Engine to Fly to Deep Space

By Miguel Santos

Uranium From Seawater Could Keep Our Lights On for 13,000 Years

Uranium From Seawater Could Keep Our Lights On for 13,000 Years

By Cecille De Jesus

Our Solar System May Have Had Super-Earths, But the Sun Ate Them

Our Solar System May Have Had Super-Earths, But the Sun Ate Them

By Cecille De Jesus

Solar Impulse 2 Resumes Its Round-The-World Flight

Solar Impulse 2 Resumes Its Round-The-World Flight

By Jelor Gallego

We’re Going to Visit the Farthest Reaches of Our Solar System

We’re Going to Visit the Farthest Reaches of Our Solar System

By Sarah Marquart

Caltech’s 2500 Orbiting Solar Panels Could Provide Earth With Limitless Energy

Caltech’s 2500 Orbiting Solar Panels Could Provide Earth With Limitless Energy

By Todd Jaquith

An Infant, Rogue Planet Has Been Found Lurking in Our Solar Neighborhood

An Infant, Rogue Planet Has Been Found Lurking in Our Solar Neighborhood

By Todd Jaquith

These Solar Panels Can Generate Electricity Using Rain

These Solar Panels Can Generate Electricity Using Rain

By Jelor Gallego

MIT Creates Super Thin Solar Cells—As Thin As a Soap Bubble

MIT Creates Super Thin Solar Cells—As Thin As a Soap Bubble

By June Javelosa

China Wants to Build a $50 Trillion Global Wind & Solar Power Grid by 2050

China Wants to Build a $50 Trillion Global Wind & Solar Power Grid by 2050

By Jelor Gallego

We Have a New Way To Create Super-Efficient Liquid Batteries

We Have a New Way To Create Super-Efficient Liquid Batteries

By Annabs Sanchez

Science Explained: The Physics of Perpetual Motion Machines

Science Explained: The Physics of Perpetual Motion Machines

By Jolene Creighton

New Catalyst Lets Us Store the Power of the Sun

New Catalyst Lets Us Store the Power of the Sun

By Todd Jaquith

Record-Breaking 200 Million km/h Wind Found Blasting From a Massive Black Hole

Record-Breaking 200 Million km/h Wind Found Blasting From a Massive Black Hole

By Kathleen Riley

Scientists Are Creating Micro Fuel Cells for Our Shrinking Technology

Scientists Are Creating Micro Fuel Cells for Our Shrinking Technology

By Sarah Marquart

Trash is Helping Protect Hawaii’s Air Force Units

Trash is Helping Protect Hawaii’s Air Force Units

By Annabs Sanchez

The Fully Functional Airport That Runs Entirely On Solar Power

The Fully Functional Airport That Runs Entirely On Solar Power

By June Javelosa

The Largest Coal Plant in North America is Being Replaced by a Solar Farm

The Largest Coal Plant in North America is Being Replaced by a Solar Farm

By Sarah Marquart

MIT Is Building 3D Solar Towers, and So Far They Have Achieved Phenomenal Results

MIT Is Building 3D Solar Towers, and So Far They Have Achieved Phenomenal Results

By Jelor Gallego

Cracking the “Americium Problem”—Researchers Find a Way to Safely Store Nuclear Waste

Cracking the “Americium Problem”—Researchers Find a Way to Safely Store Nuclear Waste

By Sarah Marquart

This New Plane Will Make the First Ever Carbon-Free Flight Across the Atlantic

Renewable Energy

This New Plane Will Make the First Ever Carbon-Free Flight Across the Atlantic

By Science Alert

Panasonic Sets World Record in Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Efficiency

Panasonic Sets World Record in Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Efficiency

By Annabs Sanchez

Neil de Grasse Tyson on Whether Life Could Exist as Pure Energy (video)

Neil de Grasse Tyson on Whether Life Could Exist as Pure Energy (video)

By Jolene Creighton

US Claims It has “The Holy Grail of Energy,” Announces New Battery Storage

US Claims It has “The Holy Grail of Energy,” Announces New Battery Storage

Total Solar Eclipse Heading Our Way Next Week, Here’s How to Watch

Total Solar Eclipse Heading Our Way Next Week, Here’s How to Watch

By Sarah Marquart

The World’s Largest Waste-to-Energy Plant is Being Built in China

The World’s Largest Waste-to-Energy Plant is Being Built in China

By June Javelosa

Tiny Supercapacitors Built Directly on a Chip, Making More Powerful Microchips

Tiny Supercapacitors Built Directly on a Chip, Making More Powerful Microchips

By Jelor Gallego

Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough: MIT Experiments Help Reveal Source of Heat Loss

Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough: MIT Experiments Help Reveal Source of Heat Loss

By Jelor Gallego

East Yorkshire is Building The World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

East Yorkshire is Building The World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

By Jelor Gallego

Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough: China Heats Hydrogen Plasma to 50 Million Degrees

Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough: China Heats Hydrogen Plasma to 50 Million Degrees

By Jelor Gallego

Scientists Have Created A Solar Fuel Cell That Can Produce Hydrogen Fuel

Scientists Have Created A Solar Fuel Cell That Can Produce Hydrogen Fuel

By Jelor Gallego

Largest Solar System Ever Discovered: Planet Takes A Million Years to Complete One Orbit

Largest Solar System Ever Discovered: Planet Takes A Million Years to Complete One Orbit

By Todd Jaquith

New Imaging Technique Brings Nuclear Fusion Power a Step Closer to Reality

New Imaging Technique Brings Nuclear Fusion Power a Step Closer to Reality

By Todd Jaquith