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Google deal helps propel CFS fusion energy onto the grid | The Tokamak Times
It’s a lot of work to invent a new source of energy and even more to build an industry. But the strategic partnership that Commonwealth Fusion Syst... (2025)
France to pave 1,000km of road with solar panels
GCR - Trends - The minister told a conference of transport authorities last week that the tenders for the “Positive Energy” initiative had already... (2017)
In praise of Tesla’s bankruptcy
You know everybody loves Tesla-the-company. But did you know that a whole lot of smart people hate Tesla-the-business? “From a return-on-investment... (2017)
Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than 159 Countries
According to Digiconomist's Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index, as of Monday November 20th, 2017 Bitcoin's current estimated annual electricity consu... (2017)
Germany Is Burning Too Much Coal
Bloomberg, 2017: "Its reputation as a leader on climate change is not entirely deserved. Germany is widely seen as a world leader in the fight ... (2017)
Bitcoin's Exorbitant Energy Costs May Prove to Be Biggest Risk
Bloomberg, 2017: “It may not matter whether bitcoin’s a bubble. The staggering energy costs associated with “mining” the digital currency could pr... (2017)
Of Shrimp and Petroleum
A weekend at Louisiana's oldest harvest festival. On the radio, reporters are discussing the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston. ... (2017)
Here are humanity’s best ideas on how to store energy
The plans, the prototypes, the power-pumping: These batteries are hints of the future. As research into utility-sized batteries receives more atte... (2017)
Exclusive: The Nuclear Company raises $51M to develop massive reactor sites | TechCrunch
The Nuclear Company, a nuclear startup, has raised $46 million to develop massive reactor sites, according to an SEC filing. (2025)
Energy: A millennial is building America’s first nickel-cobalt refinery
But it’s proving ethically trickier than she expected | United States (2024)
Oil in Brazil. The perils of Petrobras
Why Lula keeps meddling with Latin America’s top oil company. His worst instincts are undermining the national oil company’s hard-won gains | The A... (2024)
Special Report: Carbon-dioxide removal needs more attention
It is vital to climate stabilisation, remarkably challenging and systematically ignored | Special report (2023)
Building better batteries. Sodium batteries offer an alternative to tricky lithium
Lithium is relatively scarce and mostly refined in China. Sodium is neither | Leaders (2023)
Green supply chains; Asia’s battery battlefield.
A battery supply chain that excludes China looks impossible. The outcome will be determined in Asia, where most battery supply chains are based. Th... (2023)
Why Kenya could take the lead in carbon removal
Geothermal energy and cheap talent offer comparative advantage | Middle East & Africa Carbon removal; the great carbon valley. Kenya is a surpri... (2023)
How fast can European steelmakers decarbonise?
One of Europe’s dirtiest industries has ambitious plans to go green | Business (2023)
Indonesia’s nickel boom tests Western green sensibilities
Making batteries for electric vehicles requires environmental and geopolitical trade-offs | Business (2023)
A New Hydropower Boom Uses Pumped Storage, Not Giant Dams - The New York Times
So-called pumped storage, rather than conventional dams, is emerging as the future of deriving electricity from water's gravitational qualities. (2023)
China Could Dominate Sodium Batteries, the Next Big Advance in Power - The New York Times
China is far ahead of the rest of the world in the development of batteries that use sodium, which are starting to compete with ubiquitous lithium ... (2023)
The world won’t decarbonise fast enough unless renewables make real money | The Economist
Governments must accept that green power is pricey | Leaders (2023)
Why the gusty North Sea could give Europe an industrial edge | The Economist
Wind power is breathing life into a new green economy on its coasts | Leaders (2023)
India’s next green revolution | The Economist
The country’s clean-energy push shows a way to escape the coal addiction | Leaders (2022)
German Business - Germany faces a looming threat of deindustrialisation | The Economist
Crunch time for a business model built on Russian gas and Chinese demand | Business (2022)
Lithium costs a lot of money—so why aren’t we recycling lithium batteries? | Ars Technica
The nascent recycling industry needs to economically deconstruct lots of formats. (2022)
Telling the Dam Truth - Patagonia by Yvon Chouinard
Europe’s last remaining wild rivers are at grave risk. This time the danger isn’t coming from excessive drought or factories dumping toxic waste—it’s (2018)
France to build six new nuclear reactors – POLITICO
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron today announced that France will build six new generation nuclear reactors (so-called EPR2) and will consi... (2022)
The True Face of the Anti-Nuclear Movement
The true face of the anti-nuclear movement today is a highly credentialed progressive expert who often claims not to be opposed to nuclear at all. (2021)
New, 800V, electric cars, will recharge in half the time | The Economist
Pump up the voltage! | Science & technology (2021)
Are hydrogen fuel cells the future of green transport? Sorta
Hydrogen fuel cells (HFC) are a form of green energy transport manufacturers are using to reduce their carbon footprint. But how do they work? (2021)
Why America Doesn’t Really Make Solar Panels Anymore - The Atlantic
America invented silicon solar cells in the 1950s. It spent more on solar R&D than any other country in the 1980s. It lost its technological ad... (2021)
How Chicago Solves its Overheating Problem
How Chicago Solves its Overheating Problem (2024)
China’s MASSIVE Desert Project Is About To Change The World with Solar and Wind
China’s MASSIVE Desert Project Is About To Change The World. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code UNDECIDED at the link below and ge... (2024)
The end of globalization? How Biden's Inflation Reduction Act IRA changed the world | FT Film
The US was for decades the exemplar of free market globalisation. That changed with Donald Trump’s 'America first' agenda. President Joe Biden’s la... (2023)
Why West Virginia is so Poor
Why West Virginia is so Poor (2023)
Green Hydrogen in Namibia: This $10BN Desert Megaproject is a Game Changer
This project is worth the same as the country's entire GDP.Correction: The map at 3:41 shows the Walvis Bay. The Port of Luderitz is located furthe... (2023)
LNG, Liquid Natural Gas: Canada’s $30BN Gamble To Become An Energy Superpower
It's one of North America's biggest megaprojects, but you've probably never heard of it. Read how Bluebeam Revu helped one company in the oil and g... (2023)
Are solar panels worth it? - Shannon Odell
Explore how solar units can help you save money on energy costs, and the most common challenges of switching to solar power. -- Today in many... (2023)
To win the race to Mars, NASA is prepared to go nuclear
Tom Costello reports from the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where NASA is developing nuclear rockets to take humans to the M... (2023)
Denmark's $34BN Energy Islands Could Solve Europe's Power Problem. Wind Energy and transmission
These artificial islands off the coast of Denmark could hold the key to the future of Europe's power grids. For more by Tomorrow’s Build subscribe ... (2023)
The $23BN Plan to Power Singapore from Solar Energy in Australia
Someone came up with the idea to build the world’s largest solar array in the Australian outback and then connect it to Singapore with a 3,750-kilo... (2023)
The Big Lie About Nuclear Waste
The Big Lie About Nuclear Waste. What if we could actually USE nuclear waste? (2023)
A Faster Way to Get to a Clean Energy Future | Ramez Naam | TED
When it comes to cost, clean energy is bound to beat out fossil fuels, says technologist Ramez Naam. But the hesitancy to build amid the prevalence... (2023)
How Solar Panels Are Changing Agriculture - Agrivoltaics Revisited
How Solar Panels Are Changing Agriculture - Agrivoltaics Revisited. Visit the SPAN website to get a quote and start the process of having SPAN in y... (2023)
Why All Eyes Are On Zimbabwe’s Lithium Industry
Zimbabwe has been mining lithium for 60 years and the government estimates that its Chinese-owned Bikita mine, which is located 300 km south of the... (2023)
Russia's Catastrophic Oil & Gas Problem
Russia's Catastrophic Oil & Gas Problem (2022)
Why this Hydrogen Breakthrough Matters
Why this Hydrogen Breakthrough Matters (2022)
Why Oil Doesn’t Corrupt Norway
Why Oil Doesn’t Corrupt Norway (2022)
Is Nuclear Power Green? - Sabine Hossenfelder
Is Nuclear Power Green? - Sabine Hossenfelder (2022)
Are Hydrogen-Powered Planes Inevitable?
Hydrogen has long been touted as the fuel of the future, but it’s never quite taken off. Meet the scientists and entrepreneurs who are making it a ... (2022)
The Economics of Nuclear Energy
The Economics of Nuclear Energy (2022)
Transmission, and the Energy Grid - Why the US isn't ready for clean energy
Making clean energy isn’t enough: We also have to move it.Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: the n... (2021)
Mars: The Insane Engineering of the Perseverance Rover
Get a year of both Nebula and Curiosity Stream for just 14.79 here: and using the code, "realengineering"Watch.. (2021)
How To Double The Life Of Your Lithium Batteries
Learn how to make your own battery with my book DIY Lithium Batteries: http://amzn.to/2jbxvzS or check out my second book - The Ultimate DIY Ebike ... (2020)
The battery that could make mass solar and wind power viable | Donald Sadoway MIT
CBC News: The National Published on Dec 12, 2018 Renewables are growing, but even if they could some day replace fossil fuels, there's a problem:... (2019)
TED-Ed: How does fracking work? - Mia Nacamulli
Deep underground lie stores of once-inaccessible natural gas. There’s a tech... (2019)
The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs
CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)
The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs
CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)
Nuclear power and America's clean energy future | On Point
President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill this week. Tucked into the plan includes the Biden administration's belief in the impo... (2021)
How Venezuela Struck It Poor – Foreign Policy (with audio track)
The seeds of the apparently sudden collapse of Venezuela’s once-proud oil industry were sown two decades ago. (2018)
Energy and Civilization | The MIT Press
A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–d... (2020)
Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier | IndieBound.org
"A surreal, lyrical work of narrative nonfiction that portrays how the largest domestic oil discovery in half a century transformed a forgotten cor... (2018)