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Activating a new language is easy -- the effort goes in suppressing the old one

Oui oui, tres bien!

Clean energy could make the Sahara green

Both figuratively and literally.

Semi-artificial photosynthesis points the way to a viable hydrogen economy

A little help from life goes a long way.

Europe set to ban halogen light bulbs

Here's why this is a good thing.

California is generating so much renewable energy, it's about to take a break

California's green policy is so successful it needs to slow down for a bit.

Europe is so hot right now that it has to stop its nuclear plants

There's a particular irony to this situation.

Curbing climate change: carbon storage is good, forests are oft-times better

If it ain't broken, don't replace it with a powerplant.

Sweden to reach its 2030 renewable energy target by the end of 2018

We need as many of these stories as we can get.

Japan wants all new cars to be electric by 2050

The electric car race is heating up.

Renewable material made from crab shells and trees could replace plastic film packaging

The new packaging is compostable and keeps food fresher longer than plastic wrapping.

New theoretical framework will keep our fusion reactors from going 'boom'

Real reactors lack boom.

Wind power could be harvested on Mars -- and this might be a game changer

This could be a game changer.

Falling battery cost might push wind and solar to 50% of global energy generation by 2050

Renewable energy is set to power the future.

London's Square Mile to use 100% renewable energy by October

A step in the right direction.

Does living near wind turbines really affect your health?

The answer is certainly debated.

There are now over three million electric vehicles on the world's roads, after massive sales in 2017

Fossil's so last year.

Massachusetts and Rhode Island to build new offshore wind farms totaling 1.2GW

As developments in Europe drive down installation costs, the US is eager to get clean energy.

Don't drag your feet with renewables: earlier switch saves money in the long run

Last one at the finish pays the bill!

Australia’s “Impossible” Renewable Energy Target Exceeded

Australia is set to exceed a target the Federal Government said was impossible to reach by 2020.

The UK just went 55 hours without using any coal

Great news from the Brits.

"Algae forestry" could take CO2 straight out of the air and put it on your plate

More food, less emissions... but it's all about the money.

Sweden opens world's first electrified road, to charge e-vehicles on the run

It's a socket! It's a road! It's... both?

Silently, Portugal just produced 100% of its electricity from renewables for a whole month

Good news from Portugal!

Energy-positive fusion could be available within the next 15 years

This will change everything.

Storing solar energy: Researchers pave the way for artificial photosynthesis

This could be big for solar energy.

Incredible farm in Michigan becomes the world's second 'Living Building'

Can I rent a room?

Solar fuels just years away, propelled by breakthrough in catalyst research

Research doesn't have to be glamorous or flashy to be significant.

Chile to start phase-out of coal

Chile is the latest country to announce a coal phase-out.

30% of the European Union's electricity came from renewables in 2017

These are encouraging news, but everything is not rosy in Europe.

'Solar windows' change from transparent to tinted at high temperatures, blocking the sun while generating electricity

For the smart buildings of the future.

Chernobyl is transforming into a massive solar plant -- and it's almost done

There's some poetic justice in having Chernobyl once again produce energy -- but this time, from the Sun.

French President at Climate Summit: We're losing the battle

It's a long and rocky road, which will require a lot action and a lot of effort, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

First all-electric cargo ship built in China will start its career drenched in irony

Cool achievement, ignoble task.

Google now runs 100% on renewable energy -- 3.0 gigawatts of it

Leading by example, Google invests more and more into renewable energy.

Price of new solar energy plummets by 26% in one single year

It's more profitable to start deploying new solar now than operating currently existing coal or nuclear plants.

Bacteria-printed solar cells produce electricity during both day and night

Living solar cells could power medical or environmental sensors. They're fully biodegradable too.

BMW pledges to 100% renewable power by 2020, at COP23

BMW is going green-er!

New Zealand's prime minister wants to go fully renewable by 2035

New Zealand is one of the greenest countries on the planet, but they still have a lot of work to do.

Italy announces plans to completely phase out coal by 2025

Italy joins several other European countries in announcing a clear end date of coal power.

Transparent solar technology could provide 40% of US power if deployed across all glass surfaces

There's a huge untapped potential for solar energy across America's shining skyscrapers.

We could power the whole of human civilization with wind turbines in the open sea

Offshore wind farms could provide three times more power than land-based turbines

Scott Pruitt says subsidies give renewables an unfair edge, and here's why he's a monumental hypocrite

Capital H.

Scotland's wind turbines are getting better and better

Bravo, Scotland!

Musk says Puerto Rico's power grid could be built from the ground up with solar and battery packs

A great opportunity for clean energy to help set a tragedy right.

Scotland bans hydraulic fracking -- indefinitely

Some argue a firmer ban is in order.

Roll-out solar panels that unfurl like a carpet electrify tiny British island

The system can fit 10 times as much power output than traditional panels in a given container.

Dusty solar panels slash power output by over 35%, study reveales

It's called "clean" energy for a reason.

UK's massive wind turbines are setting the course for a cheap-energy future

They're more like bigbines.

Nobody is going to make coal great again, says Bloomberg New Energy Finance founder

Sorry, bro.

New record: on Monday, 20% of Europe's energy came from wind

Gone with the wind.

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