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The Energy Transformation Collection
As renewable energy gains momentum, oil and natural gas continue to remain primary global energy sources. This collection delves into latest digital trends enabling breakthroughs in energy transformation.


Article
Documenting the Worth of Wind Power
Oct 2, 2023
Italian reserachers showed the worth of floating wind farms despite a gap in the knowledge of their manufacture and operation.


Article
Bolstering Batteries with Zinc
Sep 28, 2023
Readily available zinc is being considered in a range of batteries as effective complements to lithium-ion.


Article
Energy Blog: Hydrogen Progress on Many Fronts
Sep 28, 2023
Engineers and researchers are working to better understand hydrogen combustion, storage, and even natural reservoirs.


Article
Carbon Capture Projects Happening Right Now
Sep 26, 2023
It’s a leading-edge technology that some experts believe could save the planet. See where carbon is being pulled out of energy and industrial processes.

Podcast
Podcast: Improving Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Sep 25, 2023
Tristan Schwartzman explains how new local regulations are reshaping the energy landscape in New York City.

Quiz
Quiz: Origins of the Natural Gas Industry
Sep 22, 2023
It’s one of the largest energy industries in the world, but gas hasn’t always been easy to come by.


Article
Top 5 States for Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Sep 19, 2023
Everyone is responsible for emitting some greenhouse gases, but people in these states produce the most.


Article
Energy Blog: Reducing Methane Emissions
Sep 18, 2023
It’s no wonder that recent reports of extreme heat have led to a refocus on methane gas emissions. When in the atmosphere, there’s no other gas better at trapping Earth’s heat than methane.


Article
Common Materials Make Supercapacitor
Aug 31, 2023
Common materials can combine structural strength and energy storage, say MIT researchers


Article
Tapping the Ocean
Aug 24, 2023
Wave-power desalination system produces drinking water without electricity.




Article
Leading Hard-to-Decarbonize Industries to Zero Emissions
Aug 17, 2023
Reducing or eliminating emissions, investing in renewable and alternative energies, and implementing carbon capture, usage, and storage are tools common to these industries’ carbon neutral strategy.


Article
Sodium-Ion Batteries Are Powering Up
Aug 9, 2023
As the global demand for batteries grows in the race to decarbonize, research is evaluating potential complements to the industry favorite, lithium-ion.

Infographic
Infographic: Electricity Costs Jump
Aug 8, 2023
When adjusted against overall inflation, which reached startling levels last year, the U.S. residential electricity bills increased by 5 percent.


Article
A New Semiconductor Could Transform Industries
Aug 3, 2023
Georgia Tech researchers turn a common electric insulator into a semiconductor. The new semiconductor’s ability to withstand extremely high voltages improves overall performance and efficiency. It also helps to reduce costs.


Article
Blog: Sustaining the Great American Road Trip
Jul 26, 2023
Packing the whole family into a car sometimes can be the greenest way to go.

Podcast
Podcast: Harvesting Energy Through the Window
Jul 24, 2023
By selecting for mostly ultraviolet and infrared light, a new type of solar panel makes as good a window as wall.


Article
Energy Blog: Space-Based Solar Power Takes a First Step
Jul 17, 2023
A Caltech experiment is space was the first to successfully transmit solar power to Earth.


Article
Using Fluids to Control Energy Use in Buildings
Jun 26, 2023
A prototype using channels filled with fluid shows promise in mitigating heating and cooling costs in buildings.

Podcast
Podcast: Engineering Geothermal Heat Pumps
Jun 18, 2023
Kathy Hannun, founder and president of Dandelion Energy, discusses the efficiency advantages and engineering challenges of drawing heat from the ground using geothermal heat pumps.


Article
A Faster Solar Farm
Jun 6, 2023
However cheap the solar cell, the cost of building has slowed the growth of solar farms. Now a company out of Australia has found a way to unfold them like an accordion.


Article
Refueling the Engine
Jun 1, 2023
Revamped diesel technology breaks the link between the choice of engine and the kind of fuel needed to run it. Where will that opportunity lead?


Article
Making Polymers for Lithium-ion Batteries from Waste Plastic Bottles
Jun 1, 2023
A team of Singapore scientists has developed a way to make polymer electrolytes, which are key components for safer lithium-ion batteries, from waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles.


Article
Blog: Gas Prices Stabilize for the Summer
May 31, 2023
Crude oil prices are lower now than the inflation-adjusted prices of 2019 and 2021, but retail gasoline prices still are higher.


Article
Fur-Lined Barrels Turn Ocean Swells to Electricity
Apr 11, 2023
A tiny barrel within a barrel turns ocean swells into electricity.


Article
6 Ways Solar-Powered Technology Blends into Everyday Life
Mar 21, 2023
City planners and product engineers don’t envision a future filled with large, cumbersome solar panels. New and efficient solar-power technology seeks to blends in and become indistinguishable from the real-life experience around them.


Article
Taming Sodium Hydroxide for Energy Storage
Mar 20, 2023
How do you keep the electricity flowing when the sun goes down? Part of the answer may be found in the stuff that unclogs your sink.

Quiz
Quiz: What Do You Know About Space Solar Power?
Mar 17, 2023
It’s never cloudy in space, which is why some engineers want to beam solar power from orbit.