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Researchers have successfully turned an abandoned oil and gas well into a geothermal energy storage system, "a win-win situation."
Geothermal

By Victor Tangermann

After trying and failing for over a year, NASA scientists have suspended further deployment attempts of the Lucy spacecraft's solar array.
Solar Power

By Frank Landymore

The scientist who run the Doomsday Clock have once again ticked it forward, bringing humanity's estimated chances of its own annihilation ever closer. 
Nuclear Fusion

By Noor Al-Sibai

Make Sunsets had barely got two of its sulfur dioxide releasing balloons in the air before the Mexican government banned the experiments outright.
Solar Power

By Frank Landymore

Researchers at The University of Cambridge have reportedly built a solar powered machine that transforms CO2 and plastics into sustainable fuel and more.
Solar Power

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

New research suggests that hidden vegetation in NYC seems to absorb a lion's share of its carbon emissions via photosynthesis. 
Renewable Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists at Caltech are about to test their Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD), which could help determine the future of space-based solar power.
Solar Power

By Frank Landymore

Experts argue in a number of letters published by The Guardian that the recent fusion power breakthrough is too little too late.
Nuclear Fusion

By Victor Tangermann

After examining over 200,000 images taken by Hubble, a faint excess of light spread across our sky has been detected by astronomers.
Solar Power

By Frank Landymore

According to reporting by Elektrek, Tesla's solar division is pulling out its solar roof program across the country, with solar employees getting laid off.
Solar Power

By Frank Landymore

Only some 90 light years away lurks a graveyard of destroyed planets orbitting a white dwarf. And it may be one of the oldest solar systems in the universe.
Solar Power

By Frank Landymore

Infamous Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has released a new study that claims there could be an absurd amount of alien spacecraft already in our backyard.
Solar Power

By Frank Landymore

Dozens of France's nuclear reactors remain offline following a series of troubling outages believed to be caused by stress-induced pipe corrosion.
Nuclear Fusion

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Germany has once again fired up its coal plants. But Greta Thunberg thinks the country should just use its already in place nuclear power plants instead.
Nuclear Fusion

By Frank Landymore

A leading Chinese solar power company is sending its panels to space in an effort to establish 24/7 energy harnessing to send back to Earth.
Solar Power

By Noor Al-Sibai

In October 2021, months before Russia's invasion, a YouTuber got an exclusive look inside the New Safe Confinement site at the Chernobyl nuclear plant.
Nuclear Fusion

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has long believed that 'Oumuamua, a mysterious object that visited our solar system, was an alien spacecraft.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

Ben Nowack, a 26-year-old inventor, wants to send satellites with mirrors mounted to their backs into space to allow us to generate solar energy at night.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

The US Department of Energy said it's making geothermal energy a priority, hoping to cut its cost by 90 percent before 2035.
Geothermal

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The situation at the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant — the Ukrainian nuclear power plant at the war's front lines — is bad. Really bad.
Nuclear Fusion

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't convinced of the long-term prospects of fusion energy, the concept of fusing atoms together to generate green electricity.
Wind

By Victor Tangermann

Shelling and fighting near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe's largest nuclear plant, are making locals increasingly nervous about Russia.
Nuclear Fusion

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A solar company under investigation for violating consumer protections filed suit againt a company it blames for failure. Meanwhile, the climate changes.
Solar Power

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Amazon — which made solar power a key pillar of its plan to reach zero emissions by 2040 — secretly switched off all rooftop warehouse solar panels.
Solar Power

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

California is spending $20 million on a pilot project that will involve 8,500 feet of solar panels covering sections of canals.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Say Future Wind Turbines Could Be Recycled Into Delicious Gummy Bears
Wind

By Frank Landymore

For the better part of the last century, one question has dogged humanity: if and when nuclear war breaks out, what will happen next? 
Nuclear Fusion

By Noor Al-Sibai

Officials are alarmed by Russia's decision to keep bombing a nuclear power plant in a Russian-occupied region in southeastern Ukraine.
Nuclear Fusion

By Victor Tangermann

An incoming solar storm cycle is going to make things much worse for the increasing number of satellites that are going up.
Solar Power

By Noor Al-Sibai

A small nuclear reactor has been approved for certification by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Friday, the first in the country.
Nuclear Fusion

By Frank Landymore

Germany may need to expand the life of a nuclear power plant as Russia invades Ukraine and destabilizes power supplies in Europe.
Nuclear Fusion

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The UK government is planning to bury the world's largest stockpile of radioactive nuclear waste beneath the ocean floor, sparking concern among experts.
Nuclear Fusion

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An independent analysis shows that Tesla's electric cybertruck is incredibly aerodynamic — its drag is above average for other pickup trucks on the market.
Wind

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A windmill in Texas caught on fire after getting strucking by lightning. Footage showed a spiral of smoke before the structure collapsed.
Wind

By Lonnie Lee Hood

New imagery of the largest canyon in the solar system was captured on the Red Planet by the ESA and the Mars Express mission.
Solar Power

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Coal-powered plants are being repurposed in the US to store and produce solar and battery power for more renewable power sources.
Solar Power

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A solar panel can leak heavy metals and cause pollution, but consumer solar demand may mean they get tossed aside less often.
Solar Power

By Lonnie Lee Hood

To prevent power outages this winter, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked that as many as nine of the country's nuclear reactors be brought online.
Nuclear Fusion

By Lonnie Lee Hood

After running nearly 3,000 simulations, scientists found that a minor change in Neptune's orbit caused by a passing star could disrupt our system's orbits.
Solar Power

By Frank Landymore

While we're not expecting to see it hitting store shelves soon, Tesla has shown off a solar range extending trailer during an exposition in Germany.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

The cost of polysilicon, used in solar panel production, rose 5 percent in price this week. Solar panel costs could also increase because of the jump.
Solar Power

By Lonnie Lee Hood

It's definitely not a bird, but it is sort of a plane — it's the non-existent but admittedly very cool Sky Cruise, a fantastical nuclear-powered sky hotel.
Nuclear Fusion

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Russian President Vladimir Putin happily announced the country's so-called "Satan-2" rocket is ready for deployment this year.
Nuclear Fusion

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In a huge twist of irony, Norway is building the world's largest wind farm — to power offshore oil and gas fields.
Wind

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A few wind farms in Scotland were asked to reduce output by 25 megawatts because turbines produced more power than the UK's electric grid could handle.
Wind

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new startup called Air Company is producing vodka by making use of carbon dioxide emissions, a futuristic new beverage.
Renewable Energy

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists are planning to drive a Tesla 9,400 miles around Australia — a journey that's entirely powered by the Sun alone, Reuters reports.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

If you live in the Northern part of the United States and catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis tonight, you'll have a "cannibal" solar explosion to thank. 
Solar Power

By Noor Al-Sibai

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics says wind and solar jobs will be among the fastest-growing occupations in the next ten years.
Solar Power

By Lonnie Lee Hood

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, many experts are beginning to sound the alarm on the risk fighting poses on the country’s nuclear power plants.
Nuclear Fusion

By Tony Ho Tran

Professors studied fir trees growing near Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster site. The trees' whorls show growth patterns affected by radiation.
Nuclear Fusion

By Lonnie Lee Hood

EV Solar Kits is aiming to make electric vehicles run on renewable energy instead of electricity created by fossil fuel power plants by using solar panels.
Solar Power

By Lonnie Lee Hood

One Michigan nuclear power plant detected a "possible fire," but turned its sirens off last year. It follows a history of concerning nuclear events.
Nuclear Fusion

By Lonnie Lee Hood

What could possibly be more romantic than getting engaged to be wed at the site of a nuclear disaster?
Nuclear Fusion

By Noor Al-Sibai

The SEC opened an investigation into Tesla over the company failing to notify shareholders of solar panel defects that could lead to fires.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists are really starting to get fired up about the idea of SpaceX's Starship, a massive spacecraft with big promises.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffet have chosen a tiny Wyoming city to build an experimental nuclear power plant in.
Nuclear Fusion

By Tony Ho Tran

Michael Rowan-Robinson, astronomer at the Imperial College London, may have found evidence for the elusive Planet Nine in 1983 infrared observations.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists in China say they’ve discovered a cost-effective method of creating fusion energy that could rival much more expensive counterparts.
Nuclear Fusion

By Tony Ho Tran

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet was able to follow along with this year's super intense solar storm from the ISS, taking pictures of breathtaking auroras.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

During the days leading up to Halloween, the Sun's surface was roiling with activity, blasting powerful bursts of radiation towards the Earth.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

The US Navy still has no idea what the hell its submarine hit in the South China Sea earlier this month. Officials have yet to find out what it was.
Nuclear Fusion

By Victor Tangermann

Scientist Says the Solar System Is Surrounded by a Huge Magnetic Tunnel
Solar Power

By Tony Ho Tran

China seems to be powering a massive array of intercontinental ballistic missile silos with a huge new wind farm, so at least it's environmentally friendly.
Wind

By Dan Robitzski