A LED fixture Duke Energy has previously installed. The utility will work with the city of Franklin to convert more than 700 streetlights to LEDs. Submitted photo by Duke Energy Franklin and Duke ...

An assessment ranks the feasibility of converting 245 operational coal power plants in the U.S. into advanced nuclear reactors, providing valuable insights for policymakers and utilities to meet ...

A new energy system that makes it possible to capture solar energy, store it for up to eighteen years and release it when and where it is needed has now taken the system a step further. After ...

Salt River Project wants to convert a coal-burning unit to natural gas at the Springerville Generating Station. The proposal passed an initial committee, but needs a final vote from its board. The ...

Westlake Village-based Energy Vault Holdings Inc. is helping to take a coal mine slated for shutdown in Sardinia off the Italian coast and lay the infrastructure to turn that mine into an energy ...

From kinetic and potential to chemical and sound, various forms of energy exist on our planet. Each has its own properties and fuel processes that make aspects of life possible, including driving a ...

So-called rock-eating microorganisms obtain their energy to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) from inorganic sources and make up the vast majority of biomass producers. Using electron microscopy and ...

Scientists from Ohio State University have developed a method to convert captured carbon dioxide (CO 2) directly into methane using a unique nickel-based catalyst, significantly reducing energy ...

Solar cells are one of the most important technologies in the transition to renewable energy, but there’s still plenty of room for improvement. Researchers at New York University (NYU) Tandon have now ...

How could geological processes have favored the emergence of life on Earth? A study published in Nature Communications reveals an abiotic energy conversion mechanism, inspired by cellular membranes. A ...