All posts tagged with Environment
10/06/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Some people who have solar panels on their roof are under the impression that they can use them to power

http://www.power.news/2017-10-06-peer-to-peer-energy-breakthrough-could-allow-solar-and-wind-energy-sources-to-be-shared-across-entire-communities-during-grid-down-blackouts.html

10/05/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are re-adapting ancient technology as a low-cost method to store carbon-free energy,

http://www.power.news/2017-10-05-ancient-technology-provides-solution-for-energy-storage.html

09/30/2017 / By Russel Davis

Evaporation shows potential as another source of renewable energy and may one day be harnessed to power nearly three-quarters of the

http://www.power.news/2017-09-30-could-evaporation-provide-power-and-conserve-water-supplies-scientists-are-exploring-how-to-harvest-a-new-renewable-energy-source.html

09/13/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Dams and huge turbines are built to convert the water energy that waterfalls and rivers have into electricity. In order

http://www.power.news/2017-09-13-be-your-own-generator-new-technology-converts-energy-from-bloodflow-into-electricty.html

09/11/2017 / By Ethan Huff

A prolonged heat wave that continues to hover over much of the West Coast of the United States is causing

http://www.power.news/2017-09-11-california-power-officials-beg-customers-to-stop-using-air-conditioning-as-west-coast-power-grid-reaches-critical-failure.html

08/30/2017 / By JD Heyes

Americans can and do have reasonable disagreements over hydraulic fracturing — “fracking” for short — and the construction of gas

http://www.power.news/2017-08-30-left-wing-environmental-groups-advancing-russian-energy-agenda-as-they-fight-against-us-fracking-and-pipelines.html

08/28/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Greenpeace and other environmental groups have found themselves on the receiving end of a lawsuit filed by an oil pipeline

http://www.power.news/2017-08-28-oil-pipeline-company-sues-greenpeace-for-racketeering-defamation-inciting-violence-and-instigating-eco-terrorism.html

08/24/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Nuclear fusion has long been eyed as a potential source for limitless clean energy, yet the complexity behind its process

http://www.power.news/2017-08-24-plasma-fuel-breakthrough-means-unlimited-fusion-energy-is-now-closer-than-ever.html

08/19/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Utilizing solar power can save homes around 600 British Pounds ($775) in electricity bills every year. This was the conclusion

http://www.power.news/2017-08-19-every-residential-home-could-be-its-own-power-station-dramatically-cutting-dependence-on-the-power-grid.html

08/15/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

The average onshore wind turbine is a good source of energy, but the same can’t be said of their smaller

http://www.power.news/2017-08-15-vertical-axis-wind-turbines-harvest-turbulent-wind-more-efficiently.html

08/04/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

A prototype for a new solar cell that compiles multiple devices into a single device that has the capability of

http://www.power.news/2017-08-04-solar-cell-breakthrough-could-double-energy-capture-efficiency-to-over-40.html

07/20/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Earlier this month a massive power outage hit Central America, leaving millions of people without electricity for hours. The outage

http://www.power.news/2017-07-20-the-power-grid-is-failing-in-central-america.html

07/13/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Solar energy sounds great in theory doesn’t it? What could possibly be better for the environment than making use of one

http://www.power.news/2017-07-13-solar-panel-manufacturing-devastates-the-environment-with-toxic-heavy-metals-warns-report.html

07/12/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Converting organic waste into fuel could solve a lot of the problems that are facing our planet at the moment,

http://www.power.news/2017-07-12-breakthrough-zeolite-crystals-found-to-greatly-improve-efficiency-of-converting-water-into-high-energy-fuels.html