1235 Results From "renewable energy"

When the Green New Deal was published, many criticized its deliberate exclusion of nuclear energy. Nuclear fusion doesn't exist yet, but may someday help.
Energy

The Problem With AOC’s Green New Deal: It Ignores Fusion Power

New research suggests that a fiery layer of super-hot plasma marks the transition between our solar system and interstellar space.
Solar Power

Our Solar System Is Blanketed in a Giant Wall of Fire

According to a new paper, electric cars are, in fact, better for the world, despite the environmental cost involved in making them.
Environment

Myth, Dusted: No, Electric Cars Don’t Hurt the Environment That Much

Heliogen's new solar oven can focus sunlight and reach temperatures high enough to manufacture steel and cement without any fossil fuels.
Solar Power

Bill Gates-Funded Startup Unveils “Holy Grail” of Solar Energy

A team of scientists used data collected by the European Space Agency's Cluster mission to map out Earth's "eerie song" it sings during a solar storm.
Solar Power

Here’s What Happens When a Solar Storm Slams Into the Earth

According to a decade-long study by a team of scientists, human activity emissions total up to 100 times more than all volcanoes combined.
Renewable Energy

Humans Produce 100x More CO2 Than All Volcanoes Combined

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Advanced Transport

Allianz Wants to Tackle the Challenge of Creating Sustainable Urban Living

Japanese auto giant Toyota has partnered with a local energy company to test a Prius hybrid that's almost entirely covered in solar panels.
Advanced Transport

Toyota Wants to Slather Solar Panels All Over Its Prius Hybrid

The U.S. Air Force is trying to find out if we could collect solar power in space and beam it down to Earth with the help of Northrop Grumman..
Solar Power

The Air Force Is Trying to Beam Solar Power Down to Earth

After denying reports of a system malware infection Tuesday, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) admitted that its plants had been hacked.
Nuclear Fusion

Someone Hacked India’s Nuclear Power Plants

The asteroid Hygiea is actually our solar system's smallest dwarf planet, astronomers determine using Very Large Telescope data.
Solar Power

Scientists Detect the Smallest Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System

Early observations of the interstellar object 2I/Borisov suggest that the comet's home solar system might not be that different from our own.
Solar Power

Interstellar Object’s Home Solar System May Resemble Our Own

A White-Hot Molten Silicon “Sun” Could Power 100,000 Homes
Energy

A White-Hot Molten Silicon “Sun” Could Power 100,000 Homes

While performing a close flyby of Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured several stunning images of a solar eclipse on the gas giant.
Solar Power

Juno Captures Stunning Images of a Solar Eclipse on Jupiter

According to the Department of Energy, geothermal energy could become a major player in the future of American electricity generation.
Geothermal

Energy Dept: Geothermal Power Has “Enormous Untapped Potential”

Thanks to the Gemini Observatory, we get a closer look at the object called C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), a comet believed to be from beyond our solar system.
Solar Power

Here’s a Pic of That Mysterious Object From Beyond Solar System

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has resurfaced his idea to turn 10,000 square miles in the U.S. desert into a solar farm that can power the entire nation.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Talking About Powering All of America with Solar

Astronomers believe they may have detected a second interstellar object, but unlike 'Oumuamua, this one is on its way into our solar system.
Solar Power

An Interstellar Object May Have Just Entered Our Solar System

A new report finds that almost half of the coal plants in the world are losing money. In the coming years, that number will only grow.
Climate Change

More Than 40 Percent of the World’s Coal Plants Lose Money

Chinese scientists recently announced plans to build and launch a solar power plant that would float in outer space and beam electricity down.
Off-World

China Is Building a Solar Power Station in Space