Creating a sustainable human age we actually want to live in.
Lots of U.S. fossil fuel electricity infrastructure is already relatively old and closer to its typical lifespan than is the case in other countries.
The syrupy manganese-based liquid can store energy for months at a time, dramatically reducing the the cost of flow batteries
Simple, high-efficiency electrolysis process produces commercially valuable products—and could run on renewable energy
Researchers have made batteries from face mask and drug blister packs, and they hold as much energy per weight as commercial lithium-ion batteries
Novel concept that relies on elevators to move heavy loads up and down could store energy for lower cost than batteries
New experiments are pushing artificial intelligence and sensor networks into the grid—and into factories, data centers, and transit systems—in order to pull fossil fuels out.
Cannabis growing regulations often focus on drug policy, producing unintended environmental consequences
A new study finds that a primary culprit has been rising gas prices—spurring denser development in communities across the country.
The cost of green energy technologies is plummeting, and transitioning to them quickly could be much cheaper than doing it slowly, researchers say