Emerging Tech

California Launches First “Battery University” to Push Energy Storage Technology

The two-year master’s program in battery technology at San Jose State University announced today is part of an effort to create an “energy storage cluster” of research institutions and companies in California.

Emerging Tech

Google Wants Big Companies to Pay for Green Energy Privileges

Only power-hungry customers, like data centers, would pay the tariff.

Modernization

Those Ocean-Going Robots We Told You About Just Got Smarter

Researchers at Liquid Robotics unveiled its next-generation Wave Glider SV3, which has what the company calls “intelligent autonomy.”

Digital Government

Solar Panels Are Finally Generating More Energy Than They Use

There’s more than a 50% chance that the solar industry reached a tipping point last year.

Emerging Tech

Flying California to New York on 12,000 Solar Cells

'Maybe it’s not the easiest way to fly, but it’s the most fabulous way to fly.'

Emerging Tech

US Renewable Energy Production Now Tops Nuclear Power

Electricity production from nuclear power plants fell 4% of the US' total energy production.

Emerging Tech

Chinese banks force Suntech into bankruptcy

Solar panel maker said today that eight Chinese banks had filed a petition to declare the company’s Chinese operations bankrupt.

Emerging Tech

Why Middle Eastern Oil States Are the New Solar-Energy Hotspots

The world’s largest solar thermal power plant just went online -- in Abu Dhabi.

Emerging Tech

How the fracking boom could transform transportation

BNSF trains could soon be running on natural gas. Maybe one day, planes, too.