Renewables

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.

The project began back in 2012 with the focus on creating a large-scale battery that can be used to store energy for the grid.

Moores Hill Winery is 100 percent sustainable, from solar roof panels to reusing their water.

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,

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.

The Liverpool Range Wind Farm will be one of the biggest wind farm projects in Australia.

In order to combat Climate Change nearly half of the Fortune 500 have set Renewable Energy and other sustainability goals

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.

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.

Swedish startup Uniti is developing an electric car that operates like a smartphone and purchases can also get five years of free solar-sourced power for the vehicles.

Citigen is making huge improvements to refurbish an historic power plant in London to run on greener energy. Learn about the improvements they've done so far and what's on the horizon.

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.

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.

Vail Resorts announced an ambitious plan to zero their environmental impact by 2030. Learn about how they plan to fulfill their "Epic Promise for a Zero Footprint" over the next 13 years.

Google X has filed a patent for something that might suggest where our future lies in green energy: floating solar farms.

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.

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.

Recycling steel into batteries are the newest way scientists are saving metal waste.

Tesla's autopilot was underfire for a fatal crash but it turns out according to NTSB it was more on the driver.

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.

Philly wants to convert their city to run entirely on renewables by 2035, an ambitious goal for the historic city.

Hawaii is the latest area to comit to trying to find a way to transition to 100% renewable energy.

A building at Harvard is producing more energy that it uses now thanks to upgrades.