News
Tag · Renewable-Energy
Stories tagged “renewable-energy”
19 stories on The Good Press tagged with this topic.
Technology
China's New Iron Battery Lasts 6,000 Cycles With No Capacity Loss
Researchers at the Institute of Metal Research built an all-iron flow battery that ran for 6,000 charge cycles — about 16 years of daily use — without measurable capacity decay, using cheap, abundant materials and a water-based electrolyte that cannot explode.
Technology
All-Perovskite Solar Cells Crack 30% Efficiency for the First Time
Chinese researchers have built the first all-perovskite tandem solar cell to surpass 30% certified efficiency, a milestone that pushes the cheap, flexible technology past long-time leader silicon.
News
Solar and Wind With Batteries Now Beat Coal and Gas on Cost, IRENA Finds
A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency shows round-the-clock solar and wind paired with battery storage now deliver firm power at $54–$82 per megawatt-hour — undercutting new fossil fuel plants in the best regions.
Science
Perovskite Solar Cells Hit 98% Efficiency After 1,200 Hours of Heat Stress
Rice University engineers cracked the longstanding "yellow phase" durability problem, pushing perovskite photovoltaics one major step closer to mass commercial use.
Technology
New Iron Battery Lasts 6,000 Cycles With Almost Zero Decay
Chinese researchers have unveiled an all-iron flow battery that ran 6,000 charge cycles without measurable capacity loss — a milestone that could finally make cheap, long-duration grid storage practical.
Technology
Clean Energy Just Outgrew Global Electricity Demand for the First Time
A new Ember report shows renewables added more power in 2025 than the world's entire rise in electricity use — a historic tipping point in the energy transition.
News
US Community Solar Passes 10 GW — A Clean Energy First
The U.S. community solar sector has officially surpassed 10 gigawatts of installed capacity, enough to power roughly 1.8 million homes.
Technology
Eavor's Closed-Loop Geothermal Wins CleanTech of the Year
Canadian startup Eavor's underground loop system can harvest Earth's heat anywhere — no fracking, no water, no volcanic hotspot required.
Technology
Solar Panels That Generate Power From Raindrops? It Works.
Spanish scientists have created a thin-film coating that lets solar panels harvest energy from both sunlight and falling rain — with a single drop producing over 100 volts.
Technology
Scientists Build First Quantum Battery That Charges With Light
Australian researchers built a laser-charged quantum battery that gets faster as it grows — flipping how conventional energy storage works.
Technology
Scientists Shatter the Solar Cell Efficiency Ceiling with a 130% Quantum Yield
A team from Kyushu University and Johannes Gutenberg University achieved what was long thought impossible — extracting more energy carriers from sunlight than photons absorbed.
Technology
UK Startup Achieves World-First Plasma Ignition Inside a Fusion Rocket Engine
British company Pulsar Fusion has achieved the first-ever plasma ignition inside a nuclear fusion rocket engine — a milestone that could one day shrink Mars travel from months to weeks.
News
Rhode Island's Revolution Wind Farm Comes Online, Powering 350,000 Homes
Revolution Wind, Rhode Island's first utility-scale offshore wind farm, has begun delivering clean energy to the New England grid — enough to power more than 350,000 homes across two states.
Technology
Sodium-Ion Batteries Hit the Road: The Cheaper, Safer Power Source Going Mainstream in 2026
Named one of MIT Technology Review's 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2026, sodium-ion batteries are moving from lab curiosity to mass production — with CATL and BYD leading the charge.
Science
Scientists Create Slippery Nanopores That Could Turn Every River Mouth Into a Power Plant
Researchers at EPFL have developed lipid-coated nanopores that triple the power output of blue energy systems, bringing the dream of generating clean electricity where rivers meet the sea dramatically closer to reality.
Technology
New DOE Report Identifies the "Hidden Technology" That Could Unlock Commercial Fusion Power
A landmark Department of Energy report argues that advanced plasma diagnostic tools — not just bigger reactors — are the key missing piece for making fusion energy commercially viable.
News
Africa's Solar Revolution Hits Record Pace With 54% Growth in New Installations
Africa installed 4.5 gigawatts of new solar capacity in 2025 — a 54% jump that signals the continent is becoming a major force in global renewable energy.
Technology
Grassroots Inventors Are Building Their Own Wind Turbines — and Teaching the World to Follow
A growing movement of renewable-energy enthusiasts is constructing homemade wind turbines from scratch, empowering communities to achieve energy independence.