The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) funds high-risk, high-reward energy research projects, and each year the agency hosts a summit where funding recipients and...
That’s why the park is a vital source for charcoal, or makala in Swahili, and for food—even though farming, fishing, hunting, and logging are all illegal....
The advance demonstrates the basic viability of fusion energy, which researchers have been chasing since the 1950s. But the scientific experiment required the world’s most powerful...
In September, Climeworks flipped the switch on Orca, the largest plant to date that is designed to remove carbon dioxide from the air. The facility, outside...
For a few seconds on a sunny afternoon last April, renewables broke a record for California’s main electric grid, providing enough power to supply 94.5% of...
“Geothermal is really ready for prime time,” says Tim Latimer, founder and CEO of the EGS startup Fervo. Geothermal’s appeal is all about consistency: while the...
When the historical record is taken into account, India is responsible for less than 5% of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions (the US accounts for 20%, more...
Expanding solar-power production is key to reducing emissions worldwide. Globally, solar panels produced 720 terawatt-hours of energy in 2019, accounting for around 3% of the world’s...
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