Energy Isn’t Just Plug-and-Play Anymore Let’s be honest—energy used to be boring. Flip the switch, pay the bill, move on. It was just one more line item on the expense sheet. No strategy. No innovation. Just a constant hum in the background. But things have changed. And if you’re in business—whether tech, retail, manufacturing, or
LANSING - The shuttered Palisades Nuclear Power Plant met the first step on the long road to reopening Tuesday when Wolverine Power Cooperative signed a long-term agreement with Holtec International to buy power when the plant reopened. Wolverine, a Michigan-based nonprofit power company, agreed to buy two-thirds of the power generated by the 800-megawatt nuclear
WASHINGTON DC - The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced the main contractors chosen for the first phase of its ambitious Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program. This program is designed to develop a means of distributing energy wirelessly around the globe through airborne power transfer. First dreamed up by Nikola Tesla
WASHINGTON DC - Last week, the Department of Energy, or DOE, released a road map for scaling up three emerging technologies that could make or break the U.S. energy transition. According to the agency, advanced nuclear, clean hydrogen, and long-duration energy storage are crucial for reaching net-zero emissions. The problem is, self-sustaining markets for these
NEW YORK - New devices could each represent a major breakthrough in making clean energy out of thin air, according to their creators. They mimic natural processes to gather hydrogen, which is currently made using methane and uses vast amounts of fossil energy. One is the invention of a new kind of solar panel, 10
NEW YORK - Renewables are on track to generate more power than coal in the United States this year. But the question is whether they can grow fast enough to meet the country’s climate goals. Supply chain constraints and trade disputes have slowed wind and solar installations, raising questions about the United States' ability to
PALO ALTO, Ca. - Mark Jacobson and his colleagues at Stanford University have published a new study in the journal Energy & Environmental Science that claims 145 of the world’s nations could switch to 100% renewable energy in a few years using renewable energy technologies available today. They recommend the world make the switchover by 2035,
SARDINIA, Italy - The island of Sardinia in Italy is known as a world-famous tourist destination. It will now also be known as the home of the world's first carbon-dioxide battery launched by a startup, Energy Dome, Electrek reported. The role of carbon dioxide in heating up the planet is well acknowledged. While countries are making
LONDON, UK - Scientists in England have set a new record for the quantity of energy generated during a controlled, sustained fusion reaction. The creation of 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds at the Joint European Torus – or JET – experiment in England has been dubbed a “breakthrough” by certain media organizations and has sparked
CHICAGO - Hydrogen is an incredibly powerful fuel, and the ingredients are everywhere—in plain old water. Researchers would love to be able to use it widely as a clean and sustainable energy source. One catch, however, is that a considerable amount of energy is required to split water and make hydrogen. Thus scientists have been
