Renewables

MyShelter foundation is using recycled plastic bottles to help light up poor countries.

New technology might make it possible to instantly recharge batteries in electric vehicles.

Major companies in Texas are working towards becoming 100% reliant on renewable energy.

Brazil's ambitious plan to expand energy options focuses purely on eco-friendly solar energy.

Over a billion people around the world do not have access to stable energy sources.

New startup bulb is trying to entice people to switch to renewable energy with low cost solutions.

All new homes in South Miami will now require newly built homes to come with solar panels on their roof.

The prototype was created by researchers from ETH Zurich and it will be part of a rooftop apartment unit called HiLo.

By the end of 2020, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is expected to be one of the biggest concentrated solar power facilities in the world.

Ciments Vigier, based in Switzerland, have been able to repurpose an old dumper truck into an environmentally friendly machine.

Nigeria is building its biggest power plant and it’s going to be hydroelectric. The government announced this week that they will be investing $5.8 billion into the massive power plant that should be completed in the next six years.

Researchers from the University of Illinois estimated that aircrafts could fly for roughly 10 hours on lipid-producing sugarcane

An architecture firm called Ant Studio has partnered with company DEKI Electronics to create a cooling system that is electricity free.

As the first city of its kind in the Northeast, Union Point is designed to harness clean power and be energy efficient.

'Mr. Trash Wheel' picks up garbage from the Baltimore Harbor.

570 Broome is a luxury condominium skyscraper in New York that will clean the big city air.

Scientists in Japan have created an enzyme that’s able to eat through plastic.

IBM will be installing a six-megawatt solar farm near their campus in Boulder, Colorado — coinciding with the city's plan to become 100 percent renewable by 2030.

Finland is looking to launch a huge set of electric buses throughout cities later this year.

Apple issued a $1.5 billion green bond to help the company run off renewable energy.

These new innovative solar paint can turn a normal home into a renewable source of energy.

Google parent company Alphabet has a plan to create and store renewable energy with salt ant antifreeze, through their "moonshot" experimental research lab.

More people are installing solar in the United States despite gloomy outlooks for solar.

The electric vehicle market competition is ramping up but Elon Musk thinks tesla has the advantage.

Harvesting water in the driest places on earth is tough, but these solar powered wells may be a solution.

IKEA announced a partnership with Solarcentury whickw ill bring solar panels and batteries to UK IKEA stores for much cheaper than Tesla's Powerwall.

More companies are committing to move their major energy consumption to 100% renewable options.

A start up in the netherlands has unveiled a solar-powered car with a 500-mile driving range.

Everything you do online, from checking Facebook to sending an email to reading this article, requires the use of data center.

Panasonic released a EV solar roof that will collect energy as cars drive to charge batteries.

Scientists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have been able to locate areas in the Middle East where they can have consistent energy with high-altitude wind turbines.

Virginia has partnered with Dominion Energy to explore the potential for offshore wind energy as supplemental power.

In 2017, 94.7 percent of new electric capacity generated in the U.S. is from renewable sources, according to Engadget.

The Dutch company, Port Liner, is on course to launch the first emission-free barges in Europe that are autonomous and fully electric.

A growing trend among traditional farming is the incorporation of solar panel arrays, so crop and livestock producing farms can also

Researchers at the National University of Singapore created a water-based air conditioner that doesn't use mechanical compressors, saves electricity and can save drinking water.

The location of the 2018 Super Bowl — U.S. Bank Stadium — offsets 100 percent of its electricity with renewable energy and energy-efficient technology.

Solar panel technology would be incorporated into windows with Quantum Dots, a nano technology involving transparent luminescent solar concentration (LSC) panels.

Over the course of five years, Ryanair has committed to eliminating all plastics from their flights and installing a carbon offset scheme for their customers.

Chile is home to 15 percent of the world's volcanoes and is aiming to harness that geothermal power to generate 16,000 megawatts of energy.