If you built a potato-powered clock as a child, you know plants can generate electricity. But scientists are now developing sophisticated methods to harness this power on a much larger scale. The ...

Many families and businesses feel a squeeze in their monthly budgets due to higher-than-normal electric bills, particularly ...

It's only fitting that the company generating electricity by loop-de-looping a ground-tethered winged drone is from North Carolina. After all, North Carolina is the birthplace of human flight. In 2023 ...

Heat batteries quietly solve a major transition gap, storing surplus renewable electricity as heat.

Many renters and homeowners can opt to get their electricity from renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind. Such customers can choose a green energy program offered through their electric ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...