Renewable bonds
With solar and wind booming, the chemical industry dabbles with forgoing petroleum as its feedstock.
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Energy
- Bioenergy not a climate cure-all, panel warns
IPCC report on using land to fight global warming cites risks to food and water.
- Solar plus batteries is now cheaper than fossil power
Falling prices help utilities start to decarbonize.
- Quest for fire
Rob McGinnis aims to use renewable energy to turn carbon dioxide and water into gasoline
- The little reactors that could
Billed as safe and cheap, NuScale's small reactors aim to revive the ailing nuclear industry and help save a warming planet.
- The quest for boundless energy
Although designs abound, reactors that can breed fuel remain mostly a dream.
- National Academies urges renewed commitment to fusion
U.S. should stick with ITER, build a power plant, panel says.
- Ireland slashes peat power to lower emissions
Harvested from drained and denuded bogs, peat is more polluting than coal.
- Advances in flow batteries promise cheap backup power
Upstart technology could enable widespread adoption of renewables.
- Liquid sunshine
Ammonia made from sun, air, and water could turn Australia into a renewable energy superpower.
