A report from UK-based climate and energy think tank Ember notes that clean energy sources accounted for 40.9% percent of electricity produced around the world in 2024. The finding comes from data and ...

Today, the “green” movement is exacerbating the unsustainable extraction of the earth’s resources of minerals and metals just to support the generation of electricity. Without replenishment of those ...

Engineers at Penn State University have developed a fairly efficient method of harvesting low-grade waste heat for power production. For those unfamiliar, low-grade waste heat is a by-product of many ...

Over the past 12 months, solar photovoltaic sources accounted for more than 6.8% of all electricity generated in the U.S., up from 5.5% in 2023, a 24% year-over-year increase, according to the U.S.

Solar and wind are being installed at a rate that is five times faster than all other new electricity sources combined. This offers compelling market-based evidence that PV and wind are now the most ...

As efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensify, natural gas is anticipated to maintain its critical role in the U.S. electricity generation mix. Its abundant availability and reliability make ...

A team of engineers and material scientists in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder has developed a new technology to turn thermal radiation into electricity in a way ...