Energy

It's time to look beyond the tailpipe.

On Wednesday, Germany’s market leader for residential energy storage – Sonnenbatterie – launched an energy trading platform that the company hopes will become “bigger than E.ON” over the next decade

Battery costs for electric vehicles (EVs) have dropped by more than 60% since 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Over the same period, nearly 300,000 EVs have been sold across the country in a sharp upward trend.

Chemists learn to distill alcohol with light instead of heat. Light beer may have new meaning

Less polluting energy sources are proliferating in the U.S. If other nations join in, the results could have global impact

The pores are permanent, and might be great for uses like carbon capture

Global warming has become a 1-degree Celsius reality, making progress at climate talks in Paris even more imperative

Once seeking a fast approval, TransCanada wants to pause the pipeline’s review 

New materials make prototype lithium–air batteries more durable

At the “Innovation: An American Imperative” symposium October 20 on Capitol Hill, industry leaders and members of Congress talked about shoring up federal support for basic research and development

The future of transportation was a hot topic at last week’s Future of Energy Summit in London hosted by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). In particular, discussions were built around the question of what transportation will look like as the sector tries to balance 1) meeting demand and 2) compliance with air pollution standards.