Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries ~engineering Article 1326 words, published Oct 8 2024 17 votes
World's largest renewable energy plant in Australia would be bigger than entire countries ~enviro energy.renewable Link 11 votes
Global solar installations to reach 469–592 GW this year ~enviro energy.renewable Article 483 words 9 votes
Danish engineering firm Danfoss and retailer Brugsforeningen For Als og Sundeved have created a supermarket designed to optimise energy flow to save operational costs and be climate-friendly ~engineering Article 823 words 4 votes
Quartz producing location Spruce Pine, North Carolina just got hit by hurricane Helene. The fallout on the tech industry could be huge. ~tech Article 880 words 21 votes
World’s largest 2 GW geothermal project approved in US, to power two million homes ~enviro energy.renewable Link 12 votes
California EV maker Aptera unveils solar car with 64 km of daily, charge-free range ~transport Article 258 words 18 votes
Sweden rejects applications for thirteen offshore wind farms – government believes building them would have unacceptable consequences for national defence ~enviro energy.renewable Article 300 words 11 votes
The EU got 52% of its electricity from renewables in second quarter of 2024 ~enviro energy.renewable climate change Link 31 votes
Gridlock: why it can take eleven years to connect solar farms to the UK network ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1223 words 8 votes
Solid-state batteries enter pilot production, costs expected to drastically drop ~enviro energy.renewable Article 582 words, published Oct 31 2024 30 votes
British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world's first demonstration of this novel renewable energy source ~space satellites Article 654 words, published Oct 24 2024 21 votes
Longi Green Energy sets world record for crystalline silicon solar module efficiency at 25.4% ~enviro energy.renewable Article 357 words 13 votes
Iceland's vertical farm turning algae into food – pioneering entrepreneurs are growing some surprising crops and doing it sustainably ~food Video 4:55, published Sep 22 2024 6 votes
Geothermal power in the North Bay ~enviro energy.renewable Article 222 words, published Oct 5 2024 9 votes
Norway's national football stadium has the world's largest vertical solar roof – new solution for northern regions, yielding 20% more energy than traditional panels ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1015 words 17 votes
Firebrick thermal energy storage could reach 170 GW in the US by 2050 ~enviro energy.renewable Article 513 words 24 votes
Global average solar Levelized Cost of Electricity stood at $0.044/kWh in 2023, says IRENA ~enviro energy.renewable Article 535 words 8 votes
Even solar energy’s biggest fans are underestimating it ~enviro energy.renewable climate change Article 1837 words, published Sep 20 2024 16 votes
Negative European energy prices hit record level – Rapid rollout of solar and wind generation has outpaced ability to store power ~enviro energy.renewable Link 31 votes
Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1363 words, published Sep 2 2024 34 votes
Painting one turbine blade black has shown promise for preventing bird collisions ~enviro energy.renewable Article 730 words, published May 20 2024 18 votes
Three Danish energy tech firms have opened the doors to the first ever green ammonia plant in the world, capable of producing 5,000 tons per year ~enviro energy.renewable Article 486 words 5 votes
The gigantic and unregulated power plants in the cloud ~tech security.cyber Article 2240 words 12 votes
Danish wind power giant Ørsted delays major US offshore project – news follows scrapping of two other Atlantic windfarms and axing of hundreds of jobs as costs surge ~enviro energy.renewable Article 541 words 7 votes
China rules solar energy, but its industry at home is in trouble ~finance business Article 1329 words, published Jul 25 2024 14 votes
Sweden has cut 80% of its net emissions since 1990 – while growing its economy twofold. How have they done it? ~enviro climate change energy.renewable Article 1397 words 31 votes
Solar to meet half of global electricity demand growth in 2024 and 2025 ~enviro energy.renewable Article 687 words, published Jul 19 2024 22 votes
The underwater 'kites' generating electricity as they move beneath the waters of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic ~enviro energy.renewable water Video 4:53, published Jun 23 2024 11 votes
California grid meets and surpasses demand during the day in heat wave due to renewables, batteries ~enviro energy.renewable Link 49 votes
Labour lifts Tories’ ‘absurd’ ban on UK onshore windfarms ~enviro energy.renewable Article 712 words 34 votes
Spain has more green power than it can use ~enviro energy.renewable Article 135 words, published Jun 19 2024 22 votes
French power slumps as surging renewables push out atomic plants ~enviro energy.renewable Article 77 words 14 votes
Danish researchers are exploring multiple uses for wind farms far out at sea, such as producing fresh seafood ~enviro energy.renewable Article 698 words 10 votes
How a simple fix could double the size of the US electricity grid ~enviro energy.renewable Article 113 words 16 votes
Surge in India’s renewables set to keep coal’s share below 50% in total installed capacity ~enviro energy.renewable Article 425 words 7 votes
California solar installs down for 2024, but battery installs up ~enviro energy.renewable Article 831 words 18 votes
Cryptocurrency mining as a novel virtual energy storage system in islanded and grid-connected microgrids ~enviro energy.renewable Link 12 votes
New rules to overhaul US electric grids could boost wind and solar power ~enviro energy.renewable climate change Article 1541 words 9 votes
A skeptic’s take on beaming power to Earth from space - Why we shouldn’t try to stick solar plants where the sun always shines ~enviro energy.renewable Article 3113 words 10 votes
Powering homes with PVT energy, Stirling engines, battery storage ~enviro energy.renewable climate change Article 717 words 5 votes
America’s wind power production drops for the first time in twenty-five years ~enviro energy.renewable climate change Link 13 votes
A golden age of renewables is beginning, and California is leading the way ~enviro energy.renewable Article 963 words 26 votes
Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem. ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1079 words 43 votes