Energy

Small solar panels installed on an apartment balcony railing as part of a home energy setup.

He installed solar panels on his balcony to save on his bill, and now a judge is forcing him to remove them

March 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Aluminum foil lining a frost covered freezer wall to speed up ice removal during manual defrosting.

The aluminum foil trick in the freezer that seems absurd… until you understand what it’s really for

March 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Oil tanker vessels detained by Malaysian authorities after a suspected illegal ship-to-ship crude oil transfer off the coast of Penang.

Two ships detained, 53 crew members on board, and 129.9 million in oil seized: this is how Malaysia’s maritime operation unfolded

March 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Solar panels installed between railway tracks as part of a removable solar energy system for active rail lines.

A Swiss startup is already converting railroad tracks into removable solar power plants, and the SNCF has been following suit since late 2025

March 16, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Foam block floating inside a rain barrel to prevent pressure damage when water freezes during winter.

The simple trick to prevent your rain barrel or water tank from bursting in the frost: what to do before the first cold snap.

March 16, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan where Unit 6 is being restarted after a temporary shutdown.

Japan reopens the world’s largest nuclear reactor after a last-minute shutdown that brought back memories of the 2011 Fukushima disaster

March 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Air source heat pump installed outside a residential townhouse used for heating during winter.

He lives in a 118-square-meter townhouse and has experienced one of the coldest Januaries in recent years, but his electricity bill has been much lower than he imagined

March 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Heavy transformer transported on a long trailer arriving at Huntly Power Station for a grid scale battery project.

Three trucks and a gigantic load: this is how the key component of a mega-battery arrived in Huntly

March 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Interior view of the Large Hadron Collider detector at CERN, the particle physics machine that the Future Circular Collider aims to succeed.

The owner of Meta and the director of Ferrari will join forces in 2026 to finance the billion-dollar machine that will replace the Large Hadron Collider

March 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Teen scientist Jackson Oswalt holding a Guinness World Records certificate next to his homemade fusion reactor experiment.

He is 12 years old, builds a fusion reactor at home, and manages to detect real neutrons after four years of scientific obsession

March 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Concentrated solar thermal power plant developed by Vast Renewables in Australia with heliostat mirrors reflecting sunlight to a central tower.

The green “giant” that was going to revolutionize solar energy ends up in liquidation: Vast Renewables smells like an abrupt end

March 10, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Global map showing terrestrial water storage loss and gain measured by NASA GRACE satellites, highlighting expanding drought regions worldwide.

Scientists issue their starkest warning yet: continents are drying out at an unprecedented rate and are already raising sea levels above large ice sheets

March 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Kawasaki gas engine designed to run on a natural gas and hydrogen blend of up to 30 percent for power generation

Japan launches the first “hybrid” gasoline engine that runs on 30% hydrogen, and the key is that it does not require a complete overhaul

March 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Grid scale battery energy storage system at the Cushaling wind farm in Ireland designed to store renewable wind power for several hours.

Ireland launches its first grid-scale “4-hour battery,” and what it can do in 0.1 seconds is truly amazing

March 8, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Illustration of a solid-state hydrogen battery showing hydride ions moving through a solid electrolyte between two electrodes.

Unprecedented change in the energy industry: China has already created the first functional hydrogen battery

March 7, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Shine 2.0 portable wind turbine charging at a campsite, pitched as a camping alternative to solar energy

A wind turbine the size of a bottle to take camping: why Shine 2.0 is becoming the alternative to solar energy

March 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Storage tanks at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where researchers report microbes living in highly radioactive reactor-building water.

Life has been found beneath the damaged reactors at Fukushima, and the details about the radioactivity in the water are horrifying

March 5, 2026 at 6:39 AM