Amid Hormuz Energy Crisis, Renewables generate 61% of Turkish Electricity
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the first seven months of 2026, Turkiye generated 61% of its electricity…
US military backs space solar system to beam power from orbit to Earth
A solar power startup has received backing from US authorities to design, build, and test a homing beacon…
Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy
Google, SpaceX, and a host of startups are all planning to build data centers in space. But for…
Startup EnerVenue Wins First Major Battery Storage Deal in China
(Bloomberg) — Battery-storage startup EnerVenue Holdings has signed its first major commercial contract with a Chinese oil and…
China solar study faces scrutiny after bird counts in the billions raise red flags
A prominent study published in Science that linked China’s solar expansion to weaker bird diversity is under scrutiny…
NSW’s renewable energy rollout is running almost $1b under budget
In 2020, the NSW Coalition government outlined a plan for a once-in-a-generation undertaking. To power Australia’s most populous…
Balcony solar could soon become legal in Australia. Here’s how plug-in systems work
Australia could soon follow in the footsteps of Germany and the United Kingdom as it prepares to lift…
Turkiye: 51% New Vehicles are Electric, 60% Power from Renewables, amid Hormuz Energy Shock
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli-US war on Iran, initiated six months ago, cost consumers around the…
Renewables drive Türkiye’s power capacity growth as solar, wind surge
Renewable energy has been the main driver behind the growth in Türkiye’s installed electricity capacity, with 88.1% of…
The Hidden Wildlife Challenge Of The Renewable Energy Boom
Wind turbines in a sunflower field set against a blue sky. getty Global investment in renewable energy has…
FCC approves launch of satellite designed to reflect sunlight back to Earth
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a satellite launch on Thursday to test a reflector designed to…
Scientists Bought Centuries-Old Musket Balls on eBay and Turned Them into Cutting-Edge Solar Panels
Perovskite solar cell. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Hundreds of years ago, lead musket balls tore across European battlefields, littering…