The Energy Transformation Collection

Hot bricks won’t power a car, but in the world of grid-scale energy, thermal storage is getting its day in the sun.

Standard piles driven into the seabed require specialized ships. A new design rides the waves to make offshore wind farms easier to build.

Northwestern researchers have uncovered a way to limit perovskite’s rapid degradation, which could enhance the material’s potential as a more efficient and cost-effective solar solution.

Two recent reports explain why reducing the carbon footprint of driving around may be a major challenge.

Engineers compelled bubbles to jump from a heated plate during boiling to enhance heat transfer. Their research suggests microstructures could increase power plant efficiency.

Imagine an EV that stores electricity in its chassis. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a structural supercapacitor that could enable that and more.

Nearly 78 percent of the decrease in emissions is accounted for by the electric power sector, but auto efficiency also helped.

Researchers in Canada are developing a new concrete formula that can resist both structural and radiation damage.

Small modular reactors are the subject of intense focus, but gigawatt-scale plants are the workhorses of the nuclear power industry.

A wealthy petrostate may seem like an odd place for a major climate meeting, but the positive results of COP28 show the importance of getting oil-rich nations onboard with carbon emissions reductions.

New energy infrastructure will run headlong into production constraints for concrete, copper, and other critical materials. Engineers must solve this problem to decarbonize the energy system.

A recent report shows how the combined cycle gas turbine fleet is increasingly efficient and reliable.

78 GW of new wind power capacity was connected to the global power grid in 2022. This number is expected to grow to 136 GW each year over the next five years

Researchers have developed an energy-efficient, on-chip method that compensates for the temperature variations that degrade photonic chips--saving energy during data center and supercomputer use.

Fluorinated diamond-like carbon is a long-lasting coating that may improve process efficiency in steam power plants. The coated pipes form water droplets.

The zero-carbon power sector is growing, but which fields provide the most job opportunities?

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.

Italian reserachers showed the worth of floating wind farms despite a gap in the knowledge of their manufacture and operation.

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.

Everyone is responsible for emitting some greenhouse gases, but people in these states produce the most.