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24 November 2020
Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
As a way to reduce the amount of diesel fuel that powers trains, governments and transit companies around the world are turning to solar panels as a way to utilize renewable energy. In Australia, a solar train launche...
9 November 2020
London, United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
The Tyre Collective, a project by four recent graduate students in London, is seeking to capture vehicle tire pollution, the microplastics that go into the air from the friction of tires. They have been developing a d...
15 July 2020
Philippines
Text
1500-3000 Words
Since the Philippines relies on boats to transport people and goods across the island nation, a shipbuilding company is designing a new low-carbon alternative of the bangka — a traditional Filipino boat — that uses th...
4 June 2020
Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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1500-3000 Words
Floating wind turbines off the coast of Portugal is one of the latest experiments to convert wind energy into electric power. These machines can generate electricity for a city of up to 60,000 people. While it will ta...
4 February 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Monitoring spikes in ethylene allows produce distributors to reduce food waste. The Philadelphia based company, Strella Biotech, uses sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) to track when produce begins to emit ethyl...
28 October 2019
California, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
Localized, distributed energy systems are popping up around California. As the larger electricity system becomes less reliable in the face of wildfires, more individuals are turning to microgrids and solar energy with...
19 September 2019
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Text
800-1500 Words
To reduce carbon usage in electric grids, companies around the world have turned to new technologies that store wind energy that can be converted to electricity. One such company called Hydrostor, based in Ontario, Ca...
19 September 2019
Puerto Rico
Text
Over 3000 Words
After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, knocking out power across the country, solar energy has stepped in to be a sustainable possibility. Such efforts have included lobbying local legislatures to incentivize communit...
Carolina Public Press
John Sharpe
26 July 2019
North Carolina, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Coastal cities across South and North Carolina are considering the benefits of underground power lines. With hurricane winds doing major damage to above-ground lines, buried lines often go unharmed, leaving residents ...
13 May 2019
California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Years after the California Energy Commission funded and launched demonstration microgrids, they’re seeing results. These microgrids, which are localized energy sources that can work independently from large electric g...
30 March 2019
Rivera Hernandez, Honduras
Broadcast TV News
5-15 Minutes
Residents of Rivera Hernandez, Honduras are trying to improve their community in a district that’s under gang control. One such effort is a vocational school to train children and adults in electricity and solar energ...
28 March 2019
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Radio
Under 3 Minutes
After years of asking the city of Albuquerque to light their streets, the community group, Light the District has started doing it on their own. Recognizing that unlit streets can lead to crime and injuries, the group...
2 January 2019
Louisville, Colorado, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Solid state battery technology is gaining momentum towards positively impacting electric cars in both cost and distance efficiency. In Louisville, Colorado, one company is looking at expanding this momentum by raising...
Ensia
Bianca Nogrady
6 November 2018
Hamburg, Germany
Text
1500-3000 Words
Hydrogen fuel has made promising strides from Germany to Japan, thanks to shifting markets for renewables, improved storage technologies, and emissions-reduction goals. Electrolysis that uses renewables to make the fu...
17 October 2018
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Text
1500-3000 Words
After Hurricane Maria devastated much of Puerto Rico, much of the country was left without power and some were subsequently left sick due to fumes from generators. After receiving a call from a relative in his home co...
16 June 2018
Baku, Azerbaijan
Text
Under 800 Words
Turning rainwater into electric power may sound farfetched, but it has become a reality thanks to 15-year-old Reyhan Jamalova in Azerbaijan. Appropriately dubbed Rainergy, this new source of renewable energy has the p...
30 May 2018
Belgium
Text
Under 800 Words
Batteries have begun replacing power plants. Instead of fueling up a plant when electricity demand peaks, networked batteries can kick in and deliver stored energy, reducing emissions and saving money. The technology ...
12 April 2018
Stockholm, Sweden
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
Stockholm, Sweden has opened the world's first stretch of road that will recharge car's batteries as people drive. Similar to a tram system, but half the cost, motorists install a moveable arm to the undercarriage of ...
The Guardian
Lucy Jolin
28 November 2017
England
Text
Under 800 Words
The healthcare world is highly innovative right now as it tries to make medicine more personalized and harnesses engineering. Hitachi is trying to aggregate data in order to prevent disease and help the healthcare sy...
Smithsonian
Molly A. Seltzer
4 August 2017
McIntosh, Alabama, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
One of the greatest challenges to integrating renewable energy sources into the power grid has been the issue of storage - where and how to keep power generated during off-hours (such as overnight) when demand is low....
24 July 2017
Peterhead, Scotland
Text
Under 800 Words
A factor that has often held back further development of renewable energy is the initial cost. But new advances in technology are helping make offshore wind power more feasible in deep water, furthering the growth pot...
1 July 2017
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Text
Over 3000 Words
As electric utilities expand to include evolving forms of energy such as varied renewables, the already complex puzzle of storage and distribution (effectively addressing surges and lulls in demand) has grown more dif...
The Better India
Priya Mohan
7 June 2017
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Text
800-1500 Words
A team of engineers at IIT Madras, a public university in India, has partnered with local utilities and the national Ministry of Power to bring sustainable, low-cost electricity to off-grid rural villages in the north...
21 February 2017
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
There is an ongoing competition to improve batteries as a method of energy storage that is environmentally conscious. Intense research on batteries is ongoing, including the development of the "saltwater battery', in ...
Christian Science Monitor
Bikash Sangraula
16 January 2017
Kathmandu, Nepal
Text
1500-3000 Words
Over the last seven years, Nepal's electricity use has remained under the control of the Nepal Electrical Authority (NEA), a monopoly that has been illegally supplying electricity to certain industries 24/7 leaving th...
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