Renewable Energy
Vox’s news coverage and updates on the latest in renewables like solar power, wind energy, storage, and batteries.
Geothermal’s “breakthrough,” and the challenges ahead, explained.
The superconductor frenzy, explained.
One winner: Natural gas.
Biden hopes the third time is the charm for the first-ever regulations for power plant climate pollution.
We can’t truly switch to renewable energy without a breakthrough.
Time to approach your landlord or consider a window unit heat pump.
Make a home energy audit your resolution for 2023.
Climate change is pushing the power grid to the limit. Energy storage could help.
Americans are terrible at recycling. Electric cars are a chance to change that.
Blaming blackouts on wind and solar power totally misses the point.
The new climate law is more than just tax credits.
What Biden meant when he called climate change an emergency.
How batteries can help power homes, buildings, and the grid.
Buildings waste a lot of energy. One low-tech solution could fix that.
The US is spending millions to explore a surprising source of untapped power.
Automakers, industries, and governments are betting on hydrogen again. Will it work this time?
How countries like India can have economic growth and cleaner air.
To outcompete Big Oil, the clean energy industry needs to unionize.
Europe has already invested in offshore wind power. Now the US is getting onboard.
Freight and coal drove emissions up in 2021.
New York City is phasing out gas in new buildings. It’s a milestone in the fight to clean up climate pollution.
Congress will inject unprecedented funding into replacing dirty school buses, lead pipes, and more.
The natural gas industry was losing in cities across the US. Then came an obscure partisan tactic called preemption.
A clean electricity standard could be “the biggest change in our energy policy since the lights went on.”
In recent weeks, you’ve either had power problems or you’ve heard about them.
America’s EV charging station infrastructure is woefully lacking.
The road to the 2030 goal is clear. The road to 2050 is a little murkier.
“The infrastructure we have built right now really isn’t ready.”
It’s time for the world to get more ambitious with its emissions targets.
The world needs clean heat, and geothermal energy has it.
Voters could require the state’s electricity supplies to shift to 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.
China just stepped up its climate goals. Is it enough to avert climate chaos?
Planet of the Humans deceives viewers about clean energy and climate activists.
One man, some very old solar panels, and a law that looks a lot like part of the proposed US Green New Deal helped transform the way Germany gets its power.
More solar is not always and everywhere better.
The rise in renewable energy will scramble the decision making of grid managers.
The latest model has blades longer than football fields.
A chat with Paul Hawken about his ambitious effort to “map, measure, and model” global warming solutions.
But is the state ready to reimagine its power grid?
It is substituting computing power for raw materials — and computing power moves fast.