The technology reshaping how energy is produced, stored, moved and measured.
A wet apron at a regional airport in southern Quebec, low cloud, a small white helicopter warming up. Behind the pilot, where two passengers would normally…
Geothermal energy has long promised an infinite source of clean, dispatchable electricity generated directly beneath our feet. Yet unlocking this immense underground heat across the American…
Imagine an engine built from a single atom suspended between two mirrors, fed by a continuous beam of laser light. It absorbs photons, releases them, and…
GridLiance West, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Transmission, broke ground this week in Jean, Nevada, on one of the state’s most significant transmission infrastructure projects in…
NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) announced on September 8 that members of its senior management team will participate in investor meetings throughout September and into early October…
Site Selection magazine named PPL Electric Utilities one of the nation’s Top Utilities in Economic Development on September 3, 2026 — a recognition the Allentown-based company…
Walk across the rubble-covered slopes beneath Mount Timpanogos in Utah and you’d never guess what lies underfoot. What looks like a sprawling field of loose rock…
Cornell University just landed a four-year, $7.5 million grant from the USDA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative to build a Center of Excellence for Orchard Robotics inside…
A saw cut square in a city street, traffic cones around it, a steel housing sitting in the hole. Inside the housing is a stack of…
On September 3, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office officially stood up a Geothermal Center of Excellence at the National Laboratory…
SLB announced Monday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kelvion — a global provider of thermal management and heat exchange technologies — for approximately…
Only 3 percent of U.S. dams currently generate electricity. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory think that number could go much higher.…
Scrubland in southwest Utah, pale rock, low ridges, and almost nothing growing on it. Under that ground the rock sits at around 520 degrees Fahrenheit. It…
A wandering chunk of earth was recently spotted drifting across Williston Lake, a massive reservoir tucked in northern British Columbia. A local angler came across photographs…
Diamond has long been celebrated for almost every remarkable physical property a material can possess — hardness, thermal conductivity, chemical stability. Yet for more than a…
A concrete pad in eastern China with a steel wellhead standing on it, fenced and otherwise unremarkable. Below it the ground drops away for nearly a…
The Economic Alliance Houston Port Region is convening its 17th annual Gulf Coast Industry Forum, gathering what CEO Chad Burke calls “the tip of the pyramid”…
A yellow steel tube standing upright in the swell about two miles off a headland west of Bilbao. Only the top of it is above water.…
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office announced on August 28 that it’s directing $5.5 million to 11 national laboratory projects aimed at cutting…
Tetragon Energy has tripled the Mid Case prospective recoverable gas resources at its Halcon exploration prospect in the Philippines, revising the 2U estimate sharply upward from…
In late July 2026, 43 New York state schoolteachers gathered in a conference room at Cornell’s Upson Hall, staring at piles of wires, circuit boards, and…
A building the shape of a prefab office block stands on dry ground in the southern end of California’s Central Valley. There is no flame anywhere…
Swiss researchers built a living battery made of fungi that feeds on sugar and dissolves itself when the job is done — already powering sensors for…
In 2026, severe hydrologic deficits altered energy dynamics across North America. Across the desert Southwest, stark white mineral rings exposed hundreds of feet of dry canyon…
Tracking marine mammal echolocation clicks is complex due to noise in tidal energy zones. Global offshore renewable projects are rapidly expanding to meet increasing clean power…
America’s power grid is divided into regions that rarely share electricity across their boundaries. That’s largely still true today — but a 420-mile transmission line now…
For tens of millions of Americans, everyday life is shaped by the constant hum of traffic—combustion engines idling along highways, suburban thoroughfares, and streets running past…
The jig takes both ends of the strip, folds it toward itself, holds it, and lets go. Then it does it again. It ran that way…
On September 2, 2026, PPL Electric Utilities and the U.S. Department of Energy brought federal grid-modernization funding into plain sight — live demonstrations, working hardware, and…
The global energy debate frequently collapses into two opposing visions: fossil fuels burning unchecked until industrial systems fracture, or a smooth, rapid handoff to renewable abundance.…
For the United States, the clean energy transition has been more than just focusing on a single energy source and improving its overall capacity. Instead, the…
Tidal turbines are being actively explored for offshore clean energy generation, but more insight into marine wildlife impacts is needed. Globally, space for renewable energy infrastructure…
The U.S. Department of Energy and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality jointly released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed North Plains Connector Project…
Scientific breakthroughs rarely begin inside a polished modern laboratory. Instead, the foundation of modern power systems began improbably in 18th-century Italy with an intense personal dispute…
A tidal turbine in Scottish waters inspired volunteer observations to track potential impacts on marine wildlife. Coastal communities worldwide are racing to expand clean energy infrastructure…
When catastrophic flash floods buried hydropower sites along the Nepal-China border, rescue workers began drilling into mud-choked tunnels searching for hundreds of missing laborers. Over 950…
The alarm goes off at half past two in the morning. Everyone ends up in the hallway in bare feet, and nobody can smell anything at all.…
Melting is the cheapest way to hold heat. Warming a solid stores energy slowly and gives it back slowly, while melting it absorbs a large amount…
NVIDIA just made a strategic investment in Lancium—and announced a collaboration to deploy its full-stack AI factory platform across Lancium’s power-ready campuses. The deal covers 4…
Oregon’s dams are impacting endangered fish species, mandating the exploration of hydropower adaptations. Across the United States, these major infrastructure projects have been essential in providing…
The United States has shown a huge commitment to diversifying its energy portfolio and ensuring that there is a wide range of energy sources that people…
The cell is a foil pouch you could hold in one hand. It is clamped between two plates, two tabs bent up into a pair of…
For nearly 90 years, Hoover Dam has quietly anchored the electric grid for rural Nevada—delivering reliable, low-cost hydropower to communities across the American West. That foundation…
The global economy has held up against the energy shock triggered by the Strait of Hormuz closure better than expected—but the relief may be premature. Speaking…
The shade from floating solar on the Pacific may help save coral reefs worldwide. The effects of climate change have been devastating all living organisms, and…
During the winter of 2026, hydrologic conditions across North America and Canada shifted dramatically. A thin Rocky Mountain snowpack combined with an unusually warm spring melted…
The bracket has teeth. You pick a notch, you torque the bolt, and that is the last decision anyone makes about it. Twenty five years of…
TC Energy has selected a Worley-led team—including EllisDon and AECOM—to advance front-end engineering and design work for the Ontario Pumped Storage Project. The contract covers cost…
Aduro just named Saipem as its engineering and project execution partner for the first-of-a-kind (FOAK) Hydrochemolytic Technology facility planned at Chemelot Industrial Park in the Netherlands.…
The decline at the Angas mine runs down into the hill on a gentle slope, wide enough for a truck. Somewhere past 790 feet it disappears…
