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The Energy section of ECOnews covers solar and wind power, offshore wind farms, batteries and energy storage, green hydrogen, nuclear power and power grids. Follow the projects, records and innovations changing how the world produces and uses electricity.

Fish circle an offshore wind turbine foundation in the Dutch North Sea as sunbeams cut through the water.

They built turbines to generate energy… but without realizing it, they are bringing marine life back to a place where everything was dead

By Adrian Villellas

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February 5, 2026 at 10:23 AM

Vast solar panel arrays stretch across flat land with wind turbines in the distance, symbolizing India’s rapid clean power buildout.

A new report says India is electrifying faster than China at the same level of development and with fewer fossil fuels per person

By ECONEWS

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February 5, 2026 at 8:45 AM

China sold 11 million electric vehicles in one year, leaving less room for the oil it used to buy from Venezuela

By ECONEWS

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February 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Greenland’s ice sheet and coastline seen from above, highlighting the Arctic landscape where critical minerals and hydrocarbons may lie beneath the ice.

A geologist explains the hidden treasures in Greenland, Donald Trump’s target: rare earths, gold, copper, graphite, and enormous potential for oil and gas under the ice

By Adrian Villellas

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January 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Solar panels covering an alpine desert on the Tibetan Plateau where vegetation and soil moisture are increasing beneath the array.

On the Tibetan plateau, China has installed a 16-17 GW mega solar plant that is turning an alpine desert into a “micro-oasis”: more moisture, more grass, and soils with more carbon under 64 km² of panels

By Adrian Villellas

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January 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Close-up of solar panel cells on a rooftop array, illustrating research that shows panels can keep strong performance beyond 25 years.

Solar panels can last well beyond 25 years: Swiss arrays still produce over 80% of their power after three decades

By ECONEWS

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January 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Aerial view of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, a concentrating solar power plant with mirrored heliostats in the Mojave Desert.

Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System once looked like a city of mirrors in the desert, and now its planned closure in 2026 is no longer certain after a last-minute regulatory “no” put the plan on hold

By Adrian Villellas

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January 23, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Long row of older rooftop solar panels installed on a Swiss building, showing early-generation photovoltaic modules still in use.

These solar panels have been on Swiss rooftops for more than 30 years, and they are still delivering over 80% of their original output in Switzerland

By ECONEWS

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January 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Massive offshore wind turbine being installed at sea near Hainan, with other turbines visible in the distance.

China has brought a giant offshore wind turbine of up to 20 MW online off the coast of Hainan, and the debate is not just about energy but about what may be changing in the air around it

By ECONEWS

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January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Aircela’s rooftop machine in Manhattan converting air into gasoline using direct air capture and renewable electricity.

A New York startup says it can already make gasoline from air on a rooftop, and it demonstrated the process in Manhattan with a machine about the size of a refrigerator

By Adrian Villellas

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January 18, 2026 at 7:33 AM

Solar panels mounted on a raised frame in a snowy landscape, showing a winter solar installation under overcast skies.

The big “solar winter” myth collapses in 10 seconds. Your panels do not “shut off” in the cold, but there are two things that really can crush your output

By ECONEWS

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January 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Solar farm at sunset with a cutout of a surprised woman and an inset showing Kyosemi’s Sphelar spherical solar cell technology.

Sphelar, Japan’s spherical solar cells that challenge the flat panel design used since 1883

By ECONEWS

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January 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Offshore wind turbines in the Atlantic as the Trump administration orders a stop-work pause on East Coast projects.

One of the largest offshore wind energy projects in the US ends up in court after a blockade ordered by the Trump administration

By Adrian Villellas

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January 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM

General Fusion’s plasma compression fusion machine during magnetized target fusion tests in Canada.

Canada’s General Fusion sets a nuclear fusion record: 600 million neutrons per second

By Adrian Villellas

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January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM

Aerial view of solar panel arrays at a solar installation, tied to research on integrated solar generation and energy storage.

Nanjing Tech University builds a solar redox flow battery that generates and stores energy in a single device

By Adrian Villellas

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January 5, 2026 at 8:47 AM

Rock sample with glittering iron pyrite (fool’s gold) grains linked to lithium in Appalachian shale research.

Fool’s gold could help power the green transition

By ECONEWS

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January 2, 2026 at 3:56 AM

Illustration of electron wave “shape” and orbital paths, reflecting the first experimental mapping of electron geometry in a crystal.

Scientists reveal the shape of electrons for the first time in a breakthrough that could reshape modern physics

By Adrian Villellas

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December 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM

They perform calculations using DNA that recharges with heat and works over and over again

By Adrian Villellas

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December 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM

Scientists create the missing piece for the turbines of the future: A ductile, corrosion-resistant alloy for extreme temperatures

By Adrian Villellas

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December 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM

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Energy

They built turbines to generate energy… but without realizing it, they are bringing marine life back to a place where everything was dead

A new report says India is electrifying faster than China at the same level of development and with fewer fossil fuels per person

China sold 11 million electric vehicles in one year, leaving less room for the oil it used to buy from Venezuela

A geologist explains the hidden treasures in Greenland, Donald Trump’s target: rare earths, gold, copper, graphite, and enormous potential for oil and gas under the ice

On the Tibetan plateau, China has installed a 16-17 GW mega solar plant that is turning an alpine desert into a “micro-oasis”: more moisture, more grass, and soils with more carbon under 64 km² of panels

Solar panels can last well beyond 25 years: Swiss arrays still produce over 80% of their power after three decades

Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System once looked like a city of mirrors in the desert, and now its planned closure in 2026 is no longer certain after a last-minute regulatory “no” put the plan on hold

These solar panels have been on Swiss rooftops for more than 30 years, and they are still delivering over 80% of their original output in Switzerland

China has brought a giant offshore wind turbine of up to 20 MW online off the coast of Hainan, and the debate is not just about energy but about what may be changing in the air around it

A New York startup says it can already make gasoline from air on a rooftop, and it demonstrated the process in Manhattan with a machine about the size of a refrigerator

The big “solar winter” myth collapses in 10 seconds. Your panels do not “shut off” in the cold, but there are two things that really can crush your output

Sphelar, Japan’s spherical solar cells that challenge the flat panel design used since 1883

One of the largest offshore wind energy projects in the US ends up in court after a blockade ordered by the Trump administration

Canada’s General Fusion sets a nuclear fusion record: 600 million neutrons per second

Nanjing Tech University builds a solar redox flow battery that generates and stores energy in a single device

Fool’s gold could help power the green transition

Scientists reveal the shape of electrons for the first time in a breakthrough that could reshape modern physics

They perform calculations using DNA that recharges with heat and works over and over again

Scientists create the missing piece for the turbines of the future: A ductile, corrosion-resistant alloy for extreme temperatures

A Czech homeowner found a stone from an old barn’s foundation poking out of his garden, and it was a Bronze Age spearhead mold whose rock probably came from Hungary, about 155 miles away

A sea captain left pigs near New Zealand for future navigators, and 192 years later a rescue of Auckland Island pigs led to diabetes safety trials while officials plan to eradicate the rest

Shell and FAW Trucks are testing an immersion cooling battery that bathes truck cells in liquid, and Shell says early results point to potential climbing gains of up to 98 percent, pending final validation

Germany now has a truck with no cab hauling Lidl groceries on a public road up to three times a day, and one human job still travels with it in a separate vehicle

Farmers can plant this perennial grain once and harvest it for several years while its roots reach 10 feet deep, and researchers say the catch shows up in the grain bin after the second harvest

A farmer digging in a Swiss marsh took a 5,500-year-old board for a box lid or a bench, and it turned out to be one of the oldest preserved doors in Europe

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