Wind Power Surpasses Hydroelectric in a Crucial Measure
A wind turbine farm in Colorado City, Tex. Credit Spencer Platt/Getty Images The wind industry crossed an important threshold in the...
Wind Power Could Blow Past Hydro’s Capacity Factor by 2020
Legacy hydroelectricity -- clean, dispatchable and cheap -- has long dominated the renewable energy sector as a dependable workhorse. But...
NYSEG proposes alternative fix to gas needs in Lansing
Tompkins County Legislator Martha Robertson discusses the proposals NYSEG has made to the New York State Public Service Commission to...
A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months
2016 Microsoft Corporation Earthstar Geographics A rapidly advancing crack in Antarctica’s fourth-largest ice shelf has scientists...
UB researchers bulid ultimate solar-powered water purifier
Researchers used this floating solar still prototype for some of the experiments. The device, which they call a “solar vapor generator,”...
Chart of the month: Driven by Tesla, battery prices cut in half since 2014
Prices per kiloWatt-hour of storage, from battery surveys by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Electric vehicles already match petrol cars on...