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Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...

Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...

California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power

Jacob Stid, Michigan State University; Annick Anctil, Michigan State University, and Anthony Kendall, Michigan State University Imagine that you...

Why recycling solar panels is harder than you might think −...

Anurag Srivastava, West Virginia University It’s hard work soaking up sunlight to generate clean electricity. After about 25 to...

How to have an all-renewable electric grid

David Timmons, University of Massachusetts Boston The main solution to climate change is well known – stop burning fossil fuels. How to do this is...

Can mirrors boost solar panel output – and help overcome Trump’s...

Joshua M. Pearce, Michigan Technological University Falling costs for solar power have led to an explosive growth in residential, commercial and utility-scale solar use over...

Subsidizing coal and nuclear power could drive customers off the grid

Joshua M. Pearce, Michigan Technological University Within the next month, energy watchers expect the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to act on an order from Energy...

Why solar ‘microgrids’ are not a cure-all for Puerto Rico’s power...

Peter Fox-Penner, Boston University In addition to its many other devastating human consequences, Hurricane Maria left the island of Puerto Rico with its power grid...

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