Renewables

Metropolis Farms continues to pave the way for sustainable farming in big cities.

A team from the University of Central Florida has developed a nanomaterial that can release hydrogen from seawater much more cheaply and efficiently than existing methods, potentially giving us another way of unlocking this sustainable energy source.

HANS Power and Stage 2 Innovations have launched the Solar Briefcase 60, a portable array of solar panels that compliment a HANS PowerPack.

Microsoft has struck a deal with General Electric to buy all of the energy.

The non-profit Byron Bay Railroad Company has been working on restoring a track in Australia between the Byron Bay town centre and the North Beach precinct for a number of years.

In a collaboration with E-Leather from the United Kingdom, Nike has created shoes made of a new Flyleather material.

In the six years since Fukushima, dozens of Japanese towns have decentralized their power generation and storage systems, choosing instead to build independent micro-grids,

Jaden Smith and G-Star are promoting a new sustainable denim coming out this fall.

A lab is putting leftover almond shells to good use.

Nissan says it will make electric SUVs in the near future.

The “Planet Guardians” program will repurpose old smartphones into listening devices that run through solar panels.

Genesis stole the New York International Auto Show with the new electric Essentia concept vehicle.

If you're worried that a solar eclipse can compromise power grids that rely on the sun, learn more about how power companies anticipate and account for those setbacks.

Ghana is piloting a solar-powered electric truck that is exceeding expectations and could solve transit issues in developing nations.

A new Apple data center in Iowa will be fully sustainable with 100 percent renewable energy according to a press release from CEO Tim Cook.

Many United States businesses aren’t factoring in how eco-friendly battery storage can not only be better for the environment but also reduce their overall utlity costs.

A new crowdfunded company called Jenni is developing a charger for mobile devices that uses solar power.

Scotland has had a record-breaking year with its offshore wind resources shattering renewable energy production achievements. They have generated around one million megawatt hours of electrical power over 6 months.

The Budweiser company has ordered 40 Tesla semi-trucks to cut down on fuel costs and reduce carbon emissions.

Vehicle-to-grid capability (V2G) is a process where electricity is either sent back to the power grid or it limits charging rates when needed.

Last year, India added more rooftop solar capacity than in the previous four years combined — adding 715 megawatts of solar power to the system.

A more attractive type of solar cell could make the renewable energy far more efficient than it has ever been. . South Korea’s Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) was able to set a new record of 22.1 percent efficiency with a stabilized, small perovskite solar cell.

Over a span of nearly 70 years, United States water consumption has jumped 127 percent.

Based on lab data, Columbia University’s scientists believe that a capacity of 325 gigawatts are sitting in America’s lakes and reservoirs right now in the form of evaporation.

According to the study released in October, the combination of reforestation and limiting human impact in cutting trees down would be the equivalent of removing 1.27 billion cars annually.

Every year, Exxon pours $1 billion into hundreds of green energy projects in 10 key areas, including algae biofuels, biodiesel made from agricultural waste, and more efficient ways of refining crude oil.

An Australian winery is able to generate energy for electric vehicles while customers drink their product.

Inge Sluijs is an artist and designer who is using a material called “Plasma Rock” to rethink how landfill waste can go to good use.

Sunlight isn't as powerful as a laser, but Yaron Shenhav of SolCold decided to see if he could adapt this laser cooling process so it worked with the sun.

Arguably the mass adoption of electric vehicles is one of the best things we can do for the environment but can our power grid handle the load if every car owner switches to an EV?

Elon Musk finally sheds som light on why the Tesla Model 3 isn't ready for solar roofs at the National Governors Association Summer Meeting.

The process of mining for virtual coins is estimated to cost $150,000 of electricity a day.

An estimated 10 percent of Japanese farmland is not in use, despite a great need for more agriculture; interestingly, the majority of food in Japan is imported from other countries.

Scientists at Chongqing Jiaotong University have created a paste that’s made from the same substance found in plant cell walls.

Solar cell technology has improved to become thin and stretchable, and now it’s made another major breakthrough.

The Smart Air Suspension, which is already available in Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles will soon be available for the Model 3.

BMW just announced it is working on an electric Mini model, which would come with a lithium-ion battery and be the first of its kind.

Old energies like coal are seeing forecasts of more expensive cost to maintain than solar energy.

The automaker Tesla is planning on making their popular supercharging stations run on renewable energy.

Wind farms in the united kingdom just got the world's largest turbines installed at the London Array.