Latest Stories in Renewable Energy - Page 8
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Are We Overestimating Biofuels' Benefits by Double Counting Emission Reductions?
Is the conventional wisdom that we need not worry about tailpipe emissions in biofuel-powered vehicles, because the plants had been absorbing carbon while growing, grossly misguided?
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How Cheap Will Algae Biofuel Really Get?
Some new analysis from the Department of Energy shows that algae-based diesel will fall in price, but still be higher than what Americans are used to paying.
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Liquid Metal Battery Startup Raises $15M in Additional Financing
Good news for this startup that is working on something extremely important for the future of renewable energy.
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Emissions From Hydropower in Brazil Grossly Underestimated
Emissions from tropical hydropower dams in Brazil are up to four times higher than often assumed, new research shows.
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World's First Ethanol Cooking Fuel Plant Opens in Mozambique
Part of a venture aimed at knocking charcoal out of the market in Africa, the Dondo biofuel plant turns locally grown cassava into ethanol.
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Electricity Transmission Line for 7 GW of Offshore Wind Power Off Mid-Atlantic States Given Go Ahead
Now if the US could just build the wind turbines to actually generate the electricity...
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Charcoal Kills 2 Million People & Vast Swaths of Forest Every Year. Can Biofuel Stop the Carnage?
A new venture seeks to produce sustainably farmed, clean-burning biofuel, turn a profit, and end the ills of charcoal in Mozambique—in one fell swoop.
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Grid-Scale Metal Liquid Batteries Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy Use
Almost every week, I see some R&D project or lab prototype that makes me go "ooh, that's interesting!". But it's rather rare that I encounter something that makes me rethink my whole vision of the future!
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Saudi Arabia Aims For 41 GW Solar Power By 2032
Saudi Arabia and renewable energy probably don't roll off your tongue right now, but that's all about to change.
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How the Energy Grid Actually Works
Renewables advocate Robert Llewellyn visits the National Grid control center to ask some tough questions.
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The Inertial Seawave Energy Generator Rocks
Clever device puts a gyroscope in a boat hull, and converts rocking motion into electricity
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How Solar is Giving African Kids Super Powers
Cheap LED lanterns are transforming lives in Africa, allowing communities to leapfrog 20th Century technology and enter the solar age.
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Wind Farms Cause Global Warming, Fox News Says
The conservative media apparatus distorts another scientific study so it can claim that wind power is causing climate change.
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Palm Oil Even Worse For Deforestation, Emissions Than Thought
Indonesia may have laws stopping expansion of oil palm plantations into peat forests, but there are plenty of plantations grandfathered in, and a lack of law enforcement.
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SolarCity on the Verge of its IPO
SolarCity is planning an initial public offering (IPO, which means to become a public company with shares being traded on a stock exchange). This could happen soon, as the company has submitted a draft registration statement to the SEC.
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Help End Energy Poverty, Take the Power the World Pledge
Power the World has already brought solar lights to Haiti, now it's working to bring solar powered healthcare kits to Uganda + get a million signatures so that policymakers know we care about ending energy poverty.
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How to Solarize Your Street: Starting a Solar Coop
Going solar on your own home is cool. But what if you could persuade all your neighbors to do it too?
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Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Collaboration Announced Between US, UK
Floating offshore wind turbines have been in the works for a while, but none have really made it commercially yet. This new collaboration hopes to change that.
