(Natural News) European countries are considering increasing their investments in fossil fuels to maintain energy security. In recent years, many European countries – as well as nations in other parts of the world – have carried out programs to lessen the consumption of fossil fuels in favor of investing in more renewable energy sources like wind […]

(Natural News) Form Energy Inc. on Thursday, July 22, unveiled its first commercial product – a rechargeable iron-air battery capable of delivering electricity for 100 hours at system costs competitive with conventional power plants and at less than 1/10th the cost of lithium-ion. Made from iron, one of the safest, cheapest and most abundant minerals on […]

(Natural News) One of the biggest buzzwords in the energy circles in recent years is the virtual power plant (VPP). It can be valuable during extreme weather events such as the heat waves in the Pacific Northwest and the bushfires in Australia. These weather events are expected to become more frequent as greater pressure is […]

(Natural News) In 2020, 21 percent of energy consumption in the United States came from non-fossil fuel sources, such as nuclear and renewables. This is the highest share non-fossil fuel sources have had since the early 1900s. Fossil fuels such as petroleum, natural gas and coal accounted for the remaining 79 percent of total U.S. energy […]

(Natural News) On Monday, May 31, the Nevada legislature approved a sweeping clean energy bill aimed at increasing spending on electric vehicle infrastructure in the state. State Bill (SB) 448 passed in the state assembly in a 31-10 vote after it passed in the Senate unanimously. The puts legislative backing behind the planned “Greenlink Nevada” […]

(Natural News) China built more than three times as much new coal-fired power capacity in 2020 as all other countries in the world combined, according to a February report from the San Francisco-based organization Global Energy Monitor. The report showed that China commissioned a total of 38.4 gigawatts (GW) of new coal capacity last year, which was […]

(Natural News) Elon Musk just ignited a firestorm of controversy when he announced Tesla would not longer accept Bitcoin due to the environmental concerns related to Bitcoin mining and its gargantuan energy consumption. The pro-Bitcoin community erupted in a fierce backlash, claiming that most of Bitcoin’s energy usage comes from renewables, and that the more […]

(Natural News) Wind turbines’ carbon emissions remain substantially low compared to solar panels and even more so compared to fossil fuels. This is according to a new report from analysis firm Bernstein Research, which shows that wind power emits 75 percent less greenhouse gases than solar energy. Green energy advocates have long espoused expanding the use of […]

(Natural News) A new study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) estimates that future wind power costs will be 50 percent lower than what experts predicted five years ago. This disparity is mainly fueled by lower upfront, operating and financing costs, higher power generation capacity and longer design life. Improvements in these areas hinge upon better turbine technology in the […]

(Natural News) Japanese and Dutch researchers demonstrated a new technique to extract an important plastic-making chemical from non-edible plant matter in large quantities. Their method of getting furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from a renewable source of material could displace the fossil fuel equivalent that is used to make plastic bottles and other plastic products. There is […]