A new Policy Brief from The Heartland Institute offers a comprehensive evaluation of seven primary electricity generation sources: biomass, coal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear, solar, and wind, and ...

Investment in data centers is growing exponentially. Solar PV and batteries dominate the power source ratings by executives, ...

Researchers have unveiled an “evapolectric” device that pulls energy from the evaporation of water, producing significantly more electrical power than previous moisture-based energy technologies. The ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views of energy sources and energy policy. Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. As the world races to combat climate change, the debate over ...

Solar generated a record 25% of the EU's electricity in June, overtaking nuclear and gas for another major milestone.

Is solar power going to take over the world? The past few years have seen a frankly astounding acceleration in the rate of its deployment, with total generation capacity doubling between 2022 and 2024 ...

A new way of generating clean power could run your lights with rain. Hydropower typically relies on the movement of water to create electricity through mechanical energy, such as spinning turbines in ...

With the electrification of everything, growth in AI, crypto, and data centers, global demand for energy is growing rapidly. The world currently produces 26,000 TWh of electricity and the IEA’s World ...

For decades, the search for a truly inexhaustible energy source has been more science fiction than policy plan. That is starting to change as scientists converge on two frontier candidates, fusion ...