
How a Victorian Lawyer from Wales Invented the Hydrogen Fuel Cell
The gas battery’s history began with a brief note to chemist and physicist Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution

How a Victorian Lawyer from Wales Invented the Hydrogen Fuel Cell
The gas battery’s history began with a brief note to chemist and physicist Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution

Radical Proposal Would Prop Up Coal Power Industry
Energy Secretary Rick Perry and his department want to tilt the playing field in the name of helping a supposedly frail electric grid


Smog Casts a Shadow on China's Solar Farms
The wintertime smog in China's northeastern provinces is so severe it blocks more than 20 percent of sunlight from reaching the region's solar panels. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Scotland is Now Getting Electricity from the World's First Floating Wind Farm
Located just over 15 miles off Scotland's coast, the 30 Megawatt (MW) wind farm is expected to power around 20,000 households.

Trump Administration Is Repealing Obama's Clean Power Plan
The regulation limited planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from power plants

Shunning Fossil Fuels, 40 Catholic Groups Seek Climate Action
The coalition is the largest number of Catholic institutions to team up for a shift to green energy

Known Unknowns: The Dangers of North Korea’s H-Bomb Threat
The U.S.’s 1954 Castle Bravo thermonuclear disaster offers a cautionary tale about what could go wrong

China’s Huge Investments in Science Are Starting to Pay Off
Seeing a chance to lead, China is deploying clean energy, quantum satellites and genomics

You've Heard of Hybrid Cars--How about Hybrid 18-Wheelers?
This month, a start-up company called Hyliion that is looking to hybridize Class 8 trucks around the world raised $21 million in Series A funding

Check Out This Massive Floating Solar Farm in China
The world’s largest floating solar farm spans the size of 160 football fields and is now generating electricity atop a former coal mine in China

Hurricane Maria Dealt a Devastating Blow to Puerto Rico's Electric Grid
Puerto Rico lost approximately 80 percent of its power lines, and experts expect it will take months to restore power to the island

Hurricane Harvey Was a Major Test for the Texas Power Grid
Hurricane Harvey took hundreds of electric lines and more than 10,000 megawatts of electricity generating capacity offline, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration