The ‘Commanding General of the Solar Army’ wants to make fuel from sunlight
Chemistry professor Harry Gray holds an unusual title at California Institute of Technology: Commanding General of the Solar Army. And he wants you to know how fuel can be made from sunlight. “It’s...
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Engineers want to fill up your tank with sunlight
Engineers are experimenting with new ways of harnessing the power of sun. If they can generate enough heat from sunlight, they can drive chemical reactions and create renewable fuels. Photo by Science...
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‘Energy vampires’ are draining your power and money. Here’s what to do about it.
From the moment the alarm goes off in the morning until the lights go out at night — Americans live their lives powered by electricity. But even when appliances and devices are powered off — if the...
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Gridlocked by the power grid: Why Hawaii’s solar energy industry is at a...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioMIKE TAIBBI: They’re everywhere on Oahu: on the roofs of businesses, libraries, and one house after another. The amount of rooftop solar now accounts for 12 percent of...
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How drinking water pipes can also deliver electric power
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSIncreasing hydropower hits a bipartisan sweet spot Tidal Project Signals New Shift in Clean Energy: Water Power Running on renewable energy, Burlington,...
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EPA proposes lowering requirements for ethanol in gas
A gas pump selling E15, a gasoline with 15 percent of ethanol, is seen in Mason City, Iowa, United States, May 18, 2015. Photo by Jim Young/Reuters WASHINGTON — The nation’s gasoline supply likely will...
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Switched on: Rooftop solar is on the move again in Hawaii, but for how long?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioMIKE TAIBBI: They’re everywhere on Oahu: on the roofs of businesses, libraries, and one house after another. The amount of rooftop solar now accounts for 12 percent of...
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Not Trending: Inventors and innovators you’ve never heard of
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, time for a look at some interesting reporting that’s Not Trending. Gwen Ifill recently recorded our conversation. GWEN IFILL: This week,...
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Can Denmark make energy demand follow renewable supply?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The nation of Denmark has been a pioneer in wind energy production. Last year, nearly 40 percent of its electricity came from wind power, and, by 2050,...
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UK to shut down coal-fired power plants by 2025
The sun rises behind Fiddlers Ferry coal-fired power station near Liverpool, northern England, on Dec. 15, 2008. The UK will shut down coal-fired power plants by 2025, according to UK officials. Photo...
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How the French are burning garbage to heat homes
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioLISA DESAI: Rose Burke and John Newman, an American couple that moved to France over 20 years ago, live in a three bedroom apartment on the outskirts of Paris. Most of...
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To run completely on clean energy, Denmark harnesses wind power
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioLISA DESAI: The island of Samso lies 9 miles off Denmark’s mainland. It’s mostly a farming community and home to four-thousand residents who are part of a cutting edge...
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How building a better battery would change the game for renewable energy
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: The historic climate change accord in Paris is expected to give a further boost to wind, solar and other forms of energy that are less dependent on fossil...
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Turning poop into power, not pollution
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now a unique look at a completely different kind of power: the potential of organic waste as a renewable energy source. A fair warning of sorts for those...
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U.S. investment in renewable energy outpaces fossil fuels
Wind turbines and solar panels accounted for more than two-thirds of all new electric generation capacity added to the nation’s grid in 2015, the Associated Press reported. Image courtesy of Idaho...
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Oregon to transform lakes into batteries to charge electricity grid
An agricultural valley near Klamath Falls. The drastic elevation change exemplified in the distance is necessary for pumped storage hydroelectricity projects. Photo by Jes Burns, OPB/EarthFix Swan Lake...
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Column: How the backlash to globalization could hurt the middle class
If the backlash against globalization is successful, “The hunger for power will drop as economies sputter, demand for appliances falls and the forthcoming middle-class boom remains indefinitely on the...
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How Norway’s government made electric cars irresistible
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioWILLIAM BRANGHAM: But first: President Trump announced over the weekend that he will decide this week whether the U.S. will remain part of the Paris climate accord....
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry distances himself from Trump’s proposed budget cuts
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa’s Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, United States, May 16, 2015. Photo by Jim Young/Reuters WASHINGTON — Republicans and...
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Why offshore wind turbines can’t handle the toughest hurricanes
Heavy seas engulf Rhode Island’s Block Island wind farm, the first U.S. offshore wind warm. Photo by Energy.gov/Flickr Offshore wind developments are rapidly expanding. But most wind turbines are not...
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