Tag: Energy transition
Why aren’t there solar-powered cars?
Chen Liu, Clarkson University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...
With Ford’s electric F-150 pickup, the EV transition shifts into high...
Brian C. Black, Penn State
When President Joe Biden took Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning pickup for a test drive...
Engine No. 1’s big win over Exxon shows activist hedge funds...
Mark DesJardine, Penn State and Tima Bansal, Western University
One of the most expensive Wall Street shareholder battles on...
Biden’s ambitious energy plan faces headwinds, but can move the US...
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
President-elect Joe Biden calls climate change an existential threat to America’s environment, health, national security and economy, and has...
How a government-linked foundation could speed the spread of new clean-energy...
David M. Hart, George Mason University
To address climate change over the coming decades, all nations will need to transition to energy resources that emit...
Why reducing carbon emissions from cars, trucks and ships will be...
David Keith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Christopher R. Knittel, MIT Sloan School of Management
A growing number of cities, states and countries aim to...
What makes natural gas bottlenecks happen during extreme cold snaps
Sarah Ryan, Iowa State University
When temperatures in Minneapolis fell to 27 below zero during the January 2019 polar vortex, the Xcel Energy utility urged...
Utilities are starting to invest in big batteries instead of building...
Jeremiah Johnson, North Carolina State University and Joseph F. DeCarolis, North Carolina State University
Due to their decreasing costs, lithium-ion batteries now dominate a range...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
