Solar farming: How does agrivoltaic use affect crop yields?
Climate solutions that rely on agrivoltaics—the practice of integrating solar panels into farm fields and ranches—can offer benefits because they boost clean energy production while…
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Testing the Waters: Scotland Surges Ahead on Ocean Power
By a quirk of geography, the Orkney islands, located off the northern tip of Scotland, are unusually well positioned to bear witness to the ocean’s…
The Silent Tragedy of Local Restrictions on Renewable Energy
New research shows how policies blocking cleaner energy sources, often inspired by persistent disinformation, harm the communities that adopt them. Communities across the United States…
Solar as an asset class in a high-interest rate environment
Patrick Donati is a renowned renewable energy expert and the founder of Terrawatt. In this interview with Only Natural Energy, Patrick shares insights on solar…
Community Opposition Adds Roadblocks to Large Renewables Projects
A survey of renewable energy developers in the United States—and instances of community opposition to large solar and wind projects in Canada and abroad—indicate that…
The EU’s Green Deal is going out with a whimper
Flushed with their successful defense of the watered-down nature restoration law, progressive lawmakers in the European Parliament would have you believe that the Green Deal…
The U.S. has never produced more energy than it does today
U.S. energy production is going gangbusters. Despite persistent false claims that the Biden administration is waging an “unprecedented assault” on American energy, the U.S. is…
Green shipping picks up speed
Elise Hansen An international treaty aims to bring the shipping industry to net-zero emissions by around 2050. Can novel fuels, wind power and coordination on…
How could Australia actually get to net zero? Here’s how
Every bit of warming matters if we want to avoid the worst impacts for climate change, as the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on…
Colombia’s offshore wind power plans spark hope and caution
“The wind and the strength of our seas place us in a privileged area for the installation of wind power generation projects, and this will…
Just how fast will clean energy grow in the U.S.?
To slash U.S. emissions of climate-warming carbon pollution, many experts have settled on a plan that can be largely described in two steps: Clean up…
E-fuels: yes or no
In the coming years, we will witness a transformation in the mobility sector: diesel and gasoline will give way to alternative solutions such as electric…
Biogasoline with Indirect Air Capture of CO2
Several ferments yield a biofuel using wheat chaff as substrate. The focus here will be on butanoic acid. According to an old British patent [565.773],…