(Natural News) In February, a record-setting winter storm named Uri plunged the state of Texas into subfreezing temperatures and overwhelmed the state’s electricity grid. Millions of Texans were left without power for days as a result. At the time, the state’s grid operator said the Texas electricity grid was just minutes away from total failure, which could […]

(Natural News) The Orbital O2, a 680-ton tidal turbine billed by its makers as the most powerful in the world, has started to generate electricity off the northeastern coast of Scotland. Anchored near Orkney, it has the capacity to meet the annual electricity demand of 2,000 homes for the next 15 years. The Orbital O2 is […]

(Natural News) A startup battery company in the U.S. has developed an iron-air battery that stores electricity for extended periods by rusting. Massachusetts-based Form Energy touts its iron-air battery, which utilizes the reactions of iron and air to store energy, as significantly more affordable than its current lithium-ion counterparts Form Energy’s battery consists of cells […]

(Natural News) The United Kingdom has too much renewable energy and may have to limit the amount of green energy it produces during the summer months, according to a report by the National Grid released earlier this month. Over the past few years, the U.K. has spent a lot of effort in reducing its carbon […]