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Electrifying residential heating can be a substantial step toward reducing carbon emissions, as well as costs, over the combined electricity and natural gas sectors, according to an MIT study.

There has been an extraordinary increase in battery storage installations in the US over the past several years, a trend that's transforming the nation's power grid. Altogether,...

Smart thermostats, batteries and AI could give people the best of both worlds: comfort and efficiency.

Colorado-based Tri-State will soon serve half its customers' electricity needs with renewable energy, thanks to new Inflation Reduction Act policies.

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The EPA proposed strict regulations Thursday to limit emissions from power plants that effectively require coal-fired plants to use carbon capture technology.

X-Energy UK Holdings and Cavendish Nuclear are developing proposals for small modular reactors in the UK and have "identified Hartlepool as a preferred location" - welcoming EDF's announcement that the existing nuclear power plant will operate for an extra two years, to 2026.

The planned electrolyzer will be ten times larger than its counterparts.

Nuclear development stalled in China after the Fukushima accident, but domestic technologies are finally ready to power the country's next generation of reactors.

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Nuclear fusion has long been considered a near-impossible clean-energy solution. But technological advances—and the need for a flexible zero-carbon power grid—have made fusion worth considering.

Directly under our feet, there's enough heat emanating from the planet's core to satisfy humanity's future zero-carbon electricity needs thousands of times over.

The Supreme Court ruling limiting the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants could have far-reaching consequences for the energy sector — and make it

The futuristic Neom City will be powered exclusively by renewable energy, but a co-optimization approach with the water sector will be crucial for desalination and sustainable water supplies. Saudi scientists have assessed different system configurations and determined that solar-plus-storage would deliver the lowest levelized cost of energy.

Environmental advocates praise the plan and note a few flaws.

The warning signs are everywhere.  We are stumbling toward an energy crisis that is likely to be far more severe and long-lasting than the upheavals of the 1970s.  And no, this...

Hyperscalers are looking at nuclear to power their energy-hungry datacentres and meet net-zero targets – but regulations may curb their plans

Opportunities on the Pacific Rim can kick-start a critical sector.

Wyoming will soon be home to the "most advanced nuclear facility in the world" at the site of an old coal plant, according to Bill Gates. 

The potential of geothermal energy as a carbon-free power source is well known. Now companies such as Google are helping to unlock it