There is no single solution that will solve the world’s energy demands, but sequestering biomass is showing promise for ...

Alaska's push toward renewable energy is bringing an unexpected bright spot to the Last Frontier. When Jenn Miller and her husband, Chris Colbert, installed solar panels on their Anchorage home in ...

"Energy transition" is a very common term but has no official definition. This article reviews the four key theories and what they tell us about the present and future.

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It doesn’t take a lot of energy to dig up coal or pump oil from the ground. By contrast, most renewable sources of energy involve obtaining and refining resources, sophisticated manufacturing, and ...

Clean electricity from the sun and wind has expanded at record speed, but the next phase of decarbonization will be defined by something different: a source that can run almost all the time, in almost ...

The energy trilemma describes the balance between sustainability, equity, and supply security that must be taken into account in the energy transition. The energy transition poses challenges for ...