AEP Corp. has agreed to install more effective pollution controls sooner on its Rockport Super Polluting coal plant while also committing to retire Unit 1 by December 2028, under a legal agreement signed by a federal judge today.
Engineers are using leading-edge physics to try to make photovoltaic cells a mainstream power source.
FuelCell Energy is developing a novel carbon-capture technology with support from the DOE.
Coal is still the fastest growing energy resource worldwide. Learn about the types and how they differ by energy, carbon content, and usage.
New analysis shows that four out of five U.S. coal plants cost more to run than new local renewables.
RMI offers a global playbook for managing coal plant retirements to minimize losses.
A new study from the journal Energy Economics has a plan to assimilate coal miners into the solar industry.
Several financing options could ease the replacement of uneconomic coal plants with renewables and storage, with some of the savings used to help coal workers transition to new jobs, says a report from climate advocates.
Self-driving cars will be electric because of cost. And the cost will be so low, oil will not survive.
A German – and formerly majority Australian owned – developer of concentrated solar power plants with molten salt storage says it can get the cost of electricity from a utility-scale version of its technology, with 15 hours of thermal energy storage, down to between 5 and 7 cents (US) per kilowatt-hour.
Even the stodgy International Energy Agency is scrambling to keep up with the good news on solar panels.
The ETES thermal battery can offer coal plants a new life as heat and power storage hubs. The first customer for a full-size version could be on-board as early as next year.
Experts argue whether electric cars are worse for the environment than gas guzzlers once the manufacturing process and batteries are taken into account
A rapidly declining carbon economy will upturn the global order.
EVs produce more CO2 than say diesel – it’s just they emit via the power plant not the exhaust pipe
We need genuinely dispatchable power stations to complement the growing capacity of wind and solar PV. Coal and other baseload power stations cannot fill that role.
Short answer: not quite this much Driving an electric vehicle (EV) is one of the most enjoyable ways to do right by Mother Earth. And charging that EV with power straight from the giant fusion reactor in the sky makes it doubly as fun. The question is, how much solar do you need to charge an EV?
Where you live in America determines how your electricity is generated. If you’re considering buying or leasing a new electric vehicle to help reduce climate changing emissions, where you live has a huge impact on your carbon footprint. Read this before you flip the switch.
Remote communities could benefit from incentives to help electric co-ops replace coal plants.