11 States Now Get More Than 10 Percent of Their Electricity from Wind
Eleven states now use wind to meet more than 10 percent of their electricity needs. Two more—Texas and New Mexico—are on track to exceed this benchmark in 2016
Lack of Cheap, Clean Hydrogen Slows Fuel-Cell Cars
Fuel cells are better than ever but refueling infrastructure lags
U.S. Residential Electricity Prices Decline for the First Time in 14 Years
How cheap natural gas and renewable energy are driving down electricity prices in one interactive chart
Progress: U.S. Carbon Emissions Decline
Thanks mostly to less coal use at power plants, emissions in the first half of 2016 were lowest since 1991
Why Google Cares about Wind Power in Africa
Millions of people are coming online, and that requires (renewable) energy
Aviation Is First Global Industry to Limit Carbon Emissions
Gauntlet is now thrown down to maritime and land transportation
Industry Gas Leaks Improve
Tests show that technology can control methane emissions
Chemistry Nobel Prize: Machines Too Small to See
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
Nobel in Chemistry for Molecular Machines
Jean-Pierre Sauvage, James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa share the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
World's Largest Carbon-Capture Plant to Open Soon
Towers will grab gas emitted by a huge coal power plant, but use it to pump oil out of the ground
Flagship U.S. Fusion Reactor Breaks Down
A design flaw introduced during a recent upgrade could keep the reactor offline for at least a year
All Together Now! U.S. Department of Energy Sums Up Why We Should Be Optimistic About Clean Energy
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy Released “6 Charts that Will Make You Optimistic About America’s Clean Energy Future” that track cost declines and rising use of some key technologies.