Technology & Innovation

Batteries and Rooftop Solar Can Lead to Huge Savings for the Entire Grid. A New Study Shows How—and How Much

By Dan Gearino

Mining the Sun: Some in the Wyoming Epicenter of the Coal Industry Hope to Sustain Its Economy With Renewables

By Jake Bolster

How Can Solar Farms Defend Against Biblical-Level Hailstorms?

By Dan Gearino

Midwest States Have Approved Hundreds of Renewable Energy Projects. So Why Aren’t They Online?

By Kristoffer Tigue

Hurricane Winds Can Destroy Solar Panels, But Developers Are Working to Fortify Them

By Kiley Price

Navajo Summit Looks at History and Future of Tribe’s Relationship With Energy

By Noel Lyn Smith

Solar Panel Prices Are Low Again. Here’s Who’s Winning and Losing

By Dan Gearino

First-in-the-Nation Geothermal Heating and Cooling System Comes to Massachusetts

By Phil McKenna

Biden’s Chinese Tariffs Could Hamper E-Bike Sales in the U.S.

By Kiley Price

California Regulators Approve Community Solar Decision Opposed by Solar Advocates

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Toyota Opens a ‘Megasite’ for EV Batteries in a Struggling N.C. Community, Fueled by Biden’s IRA

By Nicole Norman

Is US Offshore Wind Dead in the Water—Or Just Poised for the Next Big Gust?

By Pam Radtke, Floodlight

Pennsylvania’s Fracking Wastewater Contains a ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Critical Clean Energy Mineral Lithium

By Kiley Bense

A Debate Rages Over the Putative Environmental Benefits of the ARCH2 ‘Hydrogen Hub’ in Appalachia

By Jon Hurdle

On California’s Central Coast, Battery Storage Is on the Ballot

By Erin Rode

Virginia Has the Biggest Data Center Market in the World. Can It Also Decarbonize Its Grid?

By Sarah Vogelsong

Want to See Community Solar Done Right? A Project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Can Serve as a Model

By Dan Gearino

New NASA Mission Tracks Microscopic Organisms in the Ocean and Tiny Particles in the Air to Monitor Climate Change

By Teresa Tomassoni