Alternative Energy

Nov 07, 2019 at 16:48 | Haley Zaremba

“If all the ships on Earth were a single country, that country would be the sixth-largest polluter in the world.” This shocking fact comes from a recent NPR report…

Nov 06, 2019 at 13:46 | Irina Slav

Jellyfish aren’t just a menace—they may very well have the power to save the planet.  The marine creatures have long been studied for their potential to help combat major…

Nov 06, 2019 at 13:10 | Robert Rapier

Earlier this month, France’s constitutional court upheld a law cutting palm oil from the country’s list of approved biofuels and eliminating associated tax exemptions. The court rejected an appeal by French…

Oct 29, 2019 at 13:58 | Haley Zaremba

Ah, nuclear fusion. That holy grail of clean energy. For decades, its potential as a near-limitless source of totally green, emissions-free, radioactive nuclear waste-free power has been touted as the…

Oct 25, 2019 at 17:07 | Julianne Geiger

The term “disruptor” has become an overused phrase that has cheapened the perceived impact that new tech, new processes, new ideas, and new generations have on the world. But there…

Oct 25, 2019 at 16:57 | RFE/RL staff

A new proposal by Pakistani officials could bring much-needed energy to people in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan during the frigid winters in a long-planned project that will also see Central Asian…

Oct 25, 2019 at 15:53 | Gail Tverberg

The energy needs of the world’s economy seem to be easy to model. Energy consumption is measured in a variety of different ways including kilowatt-hours, barrels of oil equivalent, British…

Oct 25, 2019 at 10:56 | Robert Rapier

Last month the Akademik Lomonosov, a first-of-its-kind floating nuclear plant built by Russian state nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, arrived at Pevek, a port town on the remote…

Oct 23, 2019 at 12:38 | Nick Cunningham

Renewable energy capacity is set to grow by 50 percent by 2024, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). In capacity terms, the world will…

Oct 18, 2019 at 16:44 | Irina Slav

One of the iconic European films of the 1990s, Emir Kusturica’s “Underground”, features a scene where a character pedals a stationary bicycle to produce electricity. The work that character did…