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Hyundai reveals its newest hydrogen-powered vehicle, the Initium

October 31, 2024

Danny Gallagher

Hydrogen-powered vehicles haven’t really caught on as an alternative means of eco-friendly transportation. Hyundai, however, hopes to fix that with a bigger investment in the technology and its newest hydrogen-powered concept SUV called the Initium. Hy…
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author_name|Terrence O'Brien, environment, language|en-US, Nature & Environment, Politics & Government, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, Renewable Energy & Energy Saving, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News

Election 2024: What are the candidates’ policies on EVs and clean energy?

October 31, 2024

Terrence O'Brien

The US presidential election is in its final stretch. Before election day on November 5, Engadget is looking at where the candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, stand on the most consequential tech issues of our day. While the environment and clim…
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author_name|Sarah Fielding, environment, language|en-US, Nature & Environment, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, Renewable Energy & Energy Saving, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News, Utility Industry

Amazon plans to build small, modular nuclear reactors

October 16, 2024

Sarah Fielding

Amazon has announced three new agreements to build small modular reactors (SMRs). These nuclear reactors are smaller than traditional ones, allowing them to be closer to the grid and be built faster. Microsoft and Google have recently announced their own investments into nuclear power. One of the agreements works towards developing four SMRs with Energy…
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author_name|Daniel Cooper, environment, language|en-US, Nature & Environment, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, Renewable Energy & Energy Saving, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News

What happens when solar panels die?

October 4, 2024

Daniel Cooper

By the end of 2024, the world will have nearly 2,000 Gigawatts of solar generation capacity in service. Each panel is made of silicon, glass, various polymers, aluminum, copper and an assortment of other metals that capture the sun’s energy. It’s a rule of thumb that, barring damage, a panel will last for up to…
Read more: What happens when solar panels die?
author_name|Sarah Fielding, Commodity Markets, language|en-US, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, Renewable Energy & Energy Saving, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News

The UK says goodbye to coal production

September 30, 2024

Sarah Fielding

The UK’s last coal plant will sigh out its final pollutants Monday before shutting down for good and officially ending the country’s century and a half of coal production. Nottinghamshire’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant was the last of its kind following Britain’s 2015 commitment to close all coal power plants by 2025. Ratcliffe was originally scheduled to…
Read more: The UK says goodbye to coal production
author_name|Danny Gallagher, environment, language|en-US, Nature & Environment, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, Renewable Energy & Energy Saving, site|engadget, solar power, Tech Industry, Tech News

Self-storage rooftops will become a nationwide 100MW+ solar farm

August 27, 2024

Danny Gallagher

Electrek reports that a solar energy company is renting 8.5 million square feet of roof space from the National Storage Affiliates Trust’s (NSA) buildings for its newest solar panel project. The commercial and community solar developer Solar Landscape’…
Read more: Self-storage rooftops will become a nationwide 100MW+ solar farm
author_name|Sarah Fielding, environment, language|en-US, Nature & Environment, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, Renewable Energy & Energy Saving, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News

China claims to have already reached its 2030 clean energy goal

August 23, 2024

Sarah Fielding

In some good news for the environment, China has reached a clean energy goal six years sooner than expected. In 2020, President Xi Jinping set a goal to have at least 1,200 gigawatts of clean energy sources by 2030. In a new statement, China’s National…
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author_name|Danny Gallagher, environment, language|en-US, Nature & Environment, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, Renewable Energy & Energy Saving, Science, site|engadget, solar power, Tech Industry, Tech News

Oxford scientists’ new light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels

August 9, 2024

Danny Gallagher

Oxford University scientists may have solved one of the greatest hindrances of expanding access to solar energy. Scientists from the university’s physics department have created an ultra-thin layer of material that can be applied to the exterior of obj…
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author_name|Lawrence Bonk, language|en-US, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, Renewable Energy & Energy Saving, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News

Two of our favorite Ooni pizza ovens are deeply discounted right now

August 8, 2024

Lawrence Bonk

Ooni has dropped the price on two of its most popular pizza ovens. The Fyra 2 is down to $250, from $350, and the high-end Karu 16 is $650 instead of $800. These are great deals that get close to record low prices. The Fyra 12 easily made our list of …
Read more: Two of our favorite Ooni pizza ovens are deeply discounted right now
author_name|Lawrence Bonk, environment, language|en-US, Nature & Environment, Oil, Gas, & Consumable Fuels, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, Renewable Energy & Energy Saving, site|engadget, Tech Industry, Tech News

A Manhattan Project nuclear weapons site is being turned into a giant solar farm

August 1, 2024

Lawrence Bonk

The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced plans to turn land that previously housed aspects of the Manhattan Project into a 1 GW solar farm. For the uninitiated, the Manhattan Project was a top-secret and successful effort to develop nuclear…
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Category: Renewable Energy & Energy Saving

Hyundai reveals its newest hydrogen-powered vehicle, the Initium

Election 2024: What are the candidates’ policies on EVs and clean energy?

Amazon plans to build small, modular nuclear reactors

What happens when solar panels die?

The UK says goodbye to coal production

Self-storage rooftops will become a nationwide 100MW+ solar farm

China claims to have already reached its 2030 clean energy goal

Oxford scientists’ new light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels

Two of our favorite Ooni pizza ovens are deeply discounted right now

A Manhattan Project nuclear weapons site is being turned into a giant solar farm

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