Renewable Energy

A surge in battery storage is helping Texas beat the heat without additional fossil fuels

Construction has begun on the Vineyard Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts. It could provide enough clean energy to power 400,000 homes per year

All routes out of the landlocked country touch China or Russia, presenting diplomatic and physical challenges

The president is close to fulfilling his promise to cut carbon pollution in half, but everything has to go right

The Biden administration has approved a third big offshore wind project, this one near the Atlantic City gambling hub, expanding power capacity and jobs

Solar power has been crucial to keeping the power on in Texas while the state experiences a major heat wave, even as some politicians have attempted to make it more difficult to connect renewable energy to the grid

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is already billions of dollars over budget and decades behind schedule. Not even its leaders can say how much more money and time it will take to complete

The MAPLE experiment was able to wirelessly transfer collected solar power to receivers in space and direct energy to Earth

Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year, as several coal plants closed and gas prices dropped

The Department of Energy is launching an initiative to mimic climate disasters and other threats against the power grid

Renewable energy has seen considerable growth in recent years, but there is a long way to go to achieve a clean energy future that averts the worst effects of the climate crisis

To pull power from the waves, you need a high tidal range or strong currents. Sea-level rise threatens to mess with both