renewable energy

Swiss researchers set a new certified record of 30.02% efficiency for a triple-junction solar cell combining silicon with two perovskite layers, published in Nature.

Wind, solar, and hydropower collectively generated more electricity than natural gas on the US grid in March 2026, a first in recorded history.

MIT spinout Quaise Energy plans to extend its record-setting millimeter wave drilling from 118 meters to one kilometer this year, advancing a technology that could unlock superhot geothermal energy virtually anywhere on Earth.

The International Renewable Energy Agency's latest data shows the world added a record 692 gigawatts of renewable power capacity in 2025, bringing renewables to 49 percent of total global installed capacity and within reach of the halfway mark for the first time.

Vineyard Wind filed suit against GE Renewable Energy after the turbine manufacturer moved to terminate service contracts, escalating a dispute rooted in a catastrophic 2024 blade failure that set the project back nearly two years.

A three-year deal to supply Organic Rankine Cycle turbines for up to 35 of Fervo's 50 MW GeoBlock power plants marks the geothermal sector's first gigawatt-scale equipment procurement and arrives as Cape Station nears first power delivery.

Invenergy's 800-mile high-voltage direct current transmission line across four Midwestern states is pressing ahead with private financing after the Trump administration cancelled a $4.9 billion DOE loan guarantee and the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the project's state permit.

Terabase Energy's next-generation automated solar construction platform completes field testing and enters commercial deployment, targeting 10 GW annual capacity by 2027.

Plug Power will supply a 275 MW PEM electrolyzer system for Hy2gen's Courant project in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, a facility that aims to produce 230,000 tonnes of renewable ammonia per year to decarbonize the Canadian mining industry.

Norwegian startup Flocean is set to begin commercial operations at its Mongstad subsea desalination facility in 2026, using natural deep-sea pressure to cut energy consumption by up to 50 percent compared to conventional land-based plants.

Brent crude has surged more than 50 percent since the Strait of Hormuz closure, and European consumers are responding by dramatically accelerating purchases of solar panels, heat pumps, and electric vehicles.

Kyushu University and JGU Mainz researchers use a molybdenum-based spin-flip emitter to surpass the one-photon-one-electron limit, reaching 130% quantum yield with a theoretical ceiling of 200%.