Representative Image (AI-generated) Japan’s push to generate renewable electricity from reservoirs took a dramatic turn in…
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Zero waste, zero electricity bill: How a 75-year-old Padma Shri awardee built a home that powers itself and 50 others too
Long before she became known for her self-sustaining home, Janak Palta McGilligan’s journey toward environmentalism began…
Green energy boost as renewables account for 20% generation in July | India News
Renewable energy accounts for nearly 20% of India’s power generation in July, up from 16.9% a…
Clean energy push unfair on developing nations: CJI Surya Kant | India News
CJI Surya Kant said clean energy push unfair on developing nations NEW DELHI: CJI Surya Kant…
In 2025, a US startup blasted hard rock with high-voltage pulses and made it 10 times more permeable; now it is testing ‘underground lightning’ beneath a Massachusetts horse farm to make hydrogen
A worker prepares the well on a Boston-area horse farm to lower Eden’s electrode (Image Credit:…
Helsinki turned abandoned 1970s oil caverns into a giant underground heat battery holding 260,000 cubic metres of hot water; it can heat 25,000 homes for a year
Helsinki (Representative image) In a groundbreaking move toward carbon neutrality, Helsinki has transformed two abandoned underground…
In 2000, Cornell began pulling 39°F water from 250 feet below Cayuga Lake to cool its campus; the system now cuts cooling energy use by about 85%
Cornell is one of the biggest and most esteemed universities in the world, sitting on a…
Can human urine help make rocket fuel and support EV battery technology? Scientists develop new way to turn urea into hydrazine
Scientists have developed a method to turn urea from human urine into hydrazine, a chemical used…
China completes installation of 15,927 mirrors concentrating heat at 1,040 °F at world’s highest solar thermal plant; will power 50,000 homes while saving 60,000 tons of coal annually
China has completed the construction of the world’s highest solar thermal plant on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau,…
Michael Dell’s son Zach co-founded Base Power in 2023; it is now valued at $13 billion and has installed more than 23,000 home batteries
His father helped put a computer in millions of homes. Now, Zach Dell wants to put…