Energy

At U.N. climate change summit, philanthropist touts informal club of 28 private investors who will pump money into R&D

After decades of slow progress and massive investment, some fusion power researchers are changing tactics

A multipurpose mirror sucks up heat and beams it into outer space

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