Renewables

US Clean Energy Rollout Continues To Be Hamstrung By Grid Challenges

In a world seeking to add renewable energy resources, the United States faces persistent challenges in its efforts to expand and upgrade its electrical grid.

Jun 13, 2023

Researchers Successfully Turn Abandoned Oil Well into Giant Geothermal Battery

Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have repurposed an old oil well structure and are using it for a geothermal energy storage system.

Jan 28, 2023

Largest Direct-Use Solar Array in the U.S. Being Built at an Oil Refinery

Flint Hills Resources, a Minnesota oil refinery company, is constructing the largest direct-use solar power project in the United States at it’s Pine Bend refinery.

May 11, 2023

How a Wind Turbine Works

Most people know what wind turbines are but few know how they actually work. This article explains how wind turbines harness the power of wind energy to generate electricity.

Inside the Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough That Could Be a Step to Unlimited Clean Energy in the Distant Future

Excitement spread in the news in early 2023 when breakthroughs were made regarding nuclear fusion. If nuclear fusion could be used for commercial power generation, it could create unlimited and carbon-free energy. However, this is just the beginning of the conversation and innovations.

Jan 15, 2023