The town of Hamlet, North Carolina, seemed to hit the jackpot in September 2014. After the community had endured decades of economic despair and high poverty rates, the world’s largest producer of ...

In 1884, marine engineer Charles Parson used coal to power his groundbreaking invention, the multi-stage steam turbine, to produce electricity. This technological revolution marked a new dawn of power ...

Imagine tires that charge a vehicle as it drives, streetlights powered by the rumble of traffic, or skyscrapers that generate electricity as the buildings naturally sway and shudder. These energy ...

University of Waterloo engineering researchers in Canada have developed a way to capture electricity from water evaporating on walnut shells, opening up off-grid possibilities for small electronic ...

Australia’s Stralis Aircraft is integrating H3X’s HPDM-250 motor into its Beech Bonanza hydrogen-electric propulsion demonstrator. Credit: H3X Armed with $20 million in new funding, U.S. startup H3X ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Whatever one thinks about the merits of bitcoin, one thing is clear. It has a huge environmental impact. So far ...