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India’s first hydrogen-powered train operating on the Jind-Sonipat railway route

India launched its first hydrogen-powered train, and in just eight days, it had already traveled more than 1,200 kilometers without using diesel, resulting in savings of more than 3,200 liters of fuel

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August 9, 2026 at 6:37 AM

DC converter and bidirectional inverter equipment inside Purdue University’s solar nanogrid test home

Scientists directly connected the solar panels, battery, and heat pump of a 208-square-meter home and discovered that the usual path of the electricity was causing a daily waste of energy

By Adrian Villellas

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August 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM

Modern Australian home with rooftop solar panels and a residential battery energy storage system.

Australia’s home battery installations fell more than 70% in a single month, from 80,000 in April to just over 20,000 in May, after the rebate rules changed

By Sonia Ramírez

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August 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Wind turbines standing near a military radar installation in the United States.

The Pentagon has put 155 wind projects on hold, and the reason is not the turbines but what military radars may fail to see

By Adrian Villellas

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August 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM

A 3D-printed flow battery cell connected to laboratory testing equipment at Queen's University Belfast.

A $100 battery printed in Belfast could replace expensive lab equipment, and the breakthrough may change how scientists test renewable energy storage

By Kevin Montien

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July 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Illustration showing mixed plastic waste being converted into high-purity hydrogen through a new thermal treatment process.

Scientists turned mixed plastic waste into hydrogen fuel without sorting it first, and the carbon problem did not escape the reactor

By Kevin Montien

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July 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Homes with rooftop solar panels in Australia where batteries can join a virtual power plant.

Only 24% of Australian battery owners will hand control to an operator, even though it nearly doubles their savings, a really hard sell in the words of one energy boss

By Sonia Ramírez

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July 29, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Earthship home built with recycled tires, earth walls, and passive solar design in a desert landscape.

A home built with tires keeps a steady 68 °F without heating or air conditioning, a sustainable oddity that turns trash into comfort

By Kevin Montien

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July 28, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Martín Santiago Schmull stands beside the outdoor air intake of a Canadian well earth-to-air cooling system installed in his backyard.

He buried tubes in his yard and cooled his house without air conditioning using an old geothermal system, a simple idea that sounds very tempting when the heat gets nasty

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July 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Researchers testing a next-generation sodium-metal battery designed for ultra-fast charging and long cycle life.

A new sodium-metal battery charges in just 4 minutes and keeps its capacity for years, a number that sounds like a serious hit against today’s battery limits

By Adrian Villellas

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July 26, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Octopus Energy's Nook Cube plug-in home battery designed to store electricity through a standard wall outlet.

Octopus Energy launched a plug-in home battery, an idea that wants to make storing electricity at home almost as simple as plugging in another appliance

By Kevin Montien

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July 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Official rendering of the GE Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor proposed for Britain's nuclear expansion.

A Polish energy giant wants to build 14 small nuclear reactors in Britain, and the 2034 deadline may be the hardest part to believe

By Kevin Montien

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July 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Emily Morris and Thorsten Stoesser at Emrgy's canal hydropower installation designed to generate electricity without new dams.

A German engineer and an American developer created a hydropower plant without big dams, a quieter idea that aims to draw power from rivers without breaking them apart so much

By Sonia Ramírez

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July 24, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Row of conventional electric water-heaters in a utility room, ready to store hot water.

After the home battery boom, the humble water heater could become the next big hidden battery at home, storing energy without most people even noticing

By Adrian Villellas

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July 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM

High-resolution rendering of Denmark’s proposed North Sea Energy Island, surrounded by offshore wind turbines and a breakwater.

Denmark is studying an artificial energy island in the North Sea that could power up to 10 million homes by 2040, basically a giant offshore outlet in the middle of the sea

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July 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM

A digital rendering of the proposed Greensteel Australia electric induction mill at the former BHP site in Mayfield North.

Steelmaking is returning to Newcastle, but this time with renewables and no fossil gas, a historic industrial comeback for a city that never fully let go of its steel past

By Sonia Ramírez

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July 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Groundbreaking ceremony for the new solar-powered steel mill development in Niger State, Nigeria.

An Indian billionaire secured 500 hectares to build a massive project in Africa, and the move already feels like one of those bets that could reshape an entire region’s economy

By Adrian Villellas

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July 20, 2026 at 6:30 AM

A close-up of the concentrated solar-to-hydrogen prototype system using Fresnel lenses to focus sunlight onto high-efficiency four-layer cells.

German scientists have managed to convert up to 31.3% of sunlight directly into hydrogen, a number that puts the race for clean fuel from nothing but sun and chemistry on a whole new level

By Sonia Ramírez

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July 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM

A diagram showing a home solar nanogrid where panels, batteries, and a heat pump are connected via a direct-current bus.

A new study says linking solar panels, batteries, and heat pumps with direct current could save up to 16.7% on electricity, and the trick is avoiding invisible conversions happening inside the home

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July 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Compact 2.24 kWh balcony solar battery sold by Lidl in Germany for storing electricity generated by residential solar panels.

What appears to be a simple supermarket product could be hiding a small energy revolution: a 2.24-kWh battery that costs about $350 and is already attracting attention across Europe

By Kevin Montien

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July 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM

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