Energy

Under new regulations, power markets must recognize the unique characteristics of energy storage to reduce barriers to its direct competition with power plants

A new recycling process could provide a way to restore lithium ion battery cathodes to “mint condition.” What’s better, this new process only uses half the energy of conventional recycling methods

Duke Energy's Jim Rogers is trying to light up rural countries one village at a time

States bordering the outer continental shelf are looking for carbon-free electricity as the Trump administration rolls back rules requiring it

Are tariffs on solar panels and cuts to energy research preparing the U.S. for the inevitable growth in renewables?

Hydroelectric power plants (aka water and dams) have long been the leading source of renewable electricity in the U.S. Wind power, however, is expected to surpass hydroelectricity by 2019, according to a new forecast

At the first Science Meets Congress event, Energy Solutions for a Sustainable Future, energy and innovation experts from academia, government and the private sector talked with Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina about American's energy future.  

For years critics have claimed grid costs and stability will spiral out of control before we hit 20 percent renewable energy. Texas is proving them wrong

The space agency’s Kilopower project could end a half-century hiatus for U.S. reactors in space

Analysts say proposed tariffs on imported solar panel components could cut 88,000 jobs and seriously slow U.S. solar energy growth

Changes in global temperatures could affect air flow around the planet

Rosemarie Truman, CEO of the Center for Advancing Innovation, says a better system of governance for federally funded inventions could lead to many more good ones becoming commercialized.