Energy

Scientist examining advanced laboratory equipment used in artificial photosynthesis research to convert carbon dioxide and water into fuel.

China succeeds in mimicking photosynthesis and transforming CO₂ and water into fuel: the experiment that could revolutionize the production of synthetic gasoline

By Adrian Villellas
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March 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Gloved hand using a pipette in a lab setup with gallium and glassware, illustrating hydrogen production from sunlight and water

Australian scientists have succeeded in producing hydrogen using gallium, sunlight, and seawater: a breakthrough that could make clean energy cheaper

By ECONEWS
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March 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Aerial view of China’s Three Gorges Dam surrounded by water and low clouds, illustrating the massive hydropower project.

China has already altered the Earth’s rotation with a mega infrastructure project and is now planning a project that will triple the power of the Three Gorges Dam

By ECONEWS
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March 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Aerial view of Spain’s Almendra Dam, a massive hydroelectric structure with a towering concrete wall above a rocky gorge

The colossal Helmantica dam, built in 1970, remains one of Spain’s largest hydroelectric power stations, with a wall as imposing as a medieval fortress

By ECONEWS
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March 11, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Shine 2 portable wind turbine generating electricity outdoors to charge phones and small devices

Say goodbye to solar panels: this portable turbine generates energy even at night and in the rain, and promises to charge your cell phone, laptop, and power bank with just a light breeze

By ECONEWS
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March 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Submarine fiber optic cable system used for earthquake and whale detection beneath the ocean

The cables that carry 99% of the internet could become a giant microphone for detecting earthquakes, tsunamis and even whales

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Aerial view of the Lianghekou hydropower dam on the Yalong River in Tibet, rising 295 meters above the valley.

China has just launched a hydroelectric “beast” in Tibet that generates 11 billion kWh per year, and whose dam, at 295 meters high, is almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower

By Adrian Villellas
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March 1, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus structure after power outage affecting cooling systems

Chernobyl is left without power after damage to the Ukrainian power grid, and the IAEA confirms that cooling systems are losing capacity, causing the world to turn its attention back to the sarcophagus

By ECONEWS
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February 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
WindRunner ultra-large cargo aircraft designed to transport 105-meter wind turbine blades, targeting first flight by 2029.

The “impossible plane” now has a date: WindRunner promises to fly by the end of 2029 and transport 105-meter wind turbine blades as if they were giant suitcases

By Sonia Ramírez
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February 25, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Underground view of the Oklo mine in Gabon, where scientists confirmed a natural nuclear reactor operated about 2 billion years ago.

In 1972, an impossible anomaly was detected in a mine in Gabon, leading to the discovery that the Earth created a nuclear reactor 2 billion years ago

By Adrian Villellas
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February 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Perovskite solar cell research inspired by taurine found in octopus to improve device stability

Scientists had been unable to solve this problem with perovskite for years, and it was an octopus that finally gave them the answer they needed

By Kevin Montien
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February 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Concept spacecraft near a swirling red space vortex, illustrating NASA’s nuclear rocket engine test for deep-space travel

NASA conducts the first test of its nuclear engine for interstellar travel

By Adrian Villellas
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February 19, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Nathan Trevallion and Catherine Birmingham with their three children outside their off-grid forest home near Palmoli, Abruzzo.

They lived happily in an Italian forest, with solar panels, well water, and a vegetable garden… until the state decided to take away their three children

By Adrian Villellas
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February 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Inside China’s EAST ‘artificial sun’ tokamak in Hefei, where researchers ran ultra-dense plasma tests for fusion energy.

China has just broken a barrier that physicists believed to be unbreakable for decades, and its 150 million-degree artificial sun could bring us closer than ever to the energy of the stars

By Adrian Villellas
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February 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Aerial view of the proposed Sites Reservoir location in Colusa County, Northern California, showing dry rolling hills, ranchland, and roads.

California’s largest reservoir in half a century has been given the green light: it will cost nearly $7 billion, affect 24 million people, and could change the future of water in the state

By ECONEWS
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February 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Mechanical extraction of banana pseudostem fibers for textile and paper production

The tons of banana trunks left over after harvesting are being turned into raw material for clothing and paper, while mechanical extraction and controlled drying are accelerating industrialization

By Adrian Villellas
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February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
High power microwave pulsed energy system developed in China for potential satellite disruption

China surprises the world with a microwave weapon that fires 20 gigawatts for a full minute and could blind Elon Musk’s satellites without firing a single missile

By ECONEWS
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February 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
High voltage power lines carrying electricity from Sweden as wind power output drops during cold winter weather

Wind farms in trouble: Sweden supplies electricity “as much as the lines can carry.”

By Adrian Villellas
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February 12, 2026 at 10:45 AM
A hydroelectric dam in Ecuador releases water, as CELEC restores generation at Agoyán and San Francisco to bolster the power grid.

Massive blackouts? Not this time: the miraculous return of two hydroelectric power plants built in the 1980s is now saving the country from an energy catastrophe thanks to a surgical intervention carried out by CELEC in record time

By Adrian Villellas
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February 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Donald Trump pictured in front of offshore wind turbines, illustrating Europe’s North Sea wind expansion after the Hamburg Declaration.

Trump lashed out at European wind turbines. Now Denmark and other countries want more wind energy

By ECONEWS
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February 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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