A solid-state transformer (SST) is an AC-AC converter, sometimes called a power electronics transformer (PET), that replaces ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) the National Laboratory of the ...

The Department of Energy announced the National Renewable Energy Laboratory will change its name, highlighting the shift ...

The reorganization reflects the ongoing shift in the federal government’s energy priorities: less renewable energy, more fossil fuels. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington The Energy Department is ...

University of Notre Dame and University of Tennessee provide funding as members of The Conversation US. You might not know it from the headlines, but there is some good news about the global fight ...

When I arrived in Reykjavík, Iceland, last March, a gravel barrier, almost thirty feet at its highest point, had been constructed to keep lava from the Reykjanes volcano from inundating a major ...

According to a new report from the International Energy Agency, the world will spend $580 billion on data centers this year — $40 billion more than will be spent finding new oil supplies. Those ...

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced new measures to cut energy bills alongside a “pay-per-mile” electric-vehicle levy as part of Labour’s second budget. The policy changes are expected to cut ...

The race is on to harness the near-infinite power of nuclear fusion—by building a star on Earth. And scientists are closer than you might think. Nuclear fusion in the sun occurs when hydrogen is ...

Critics raised national security concerns about giving access to Canada’s homegrown nuclear technology to companies involved with the U.S. Department of Defence You can save this article by ...

For many, the word “laboratory” is associated with sterile white lab coats and test tubes. Living Laboratories, however, don’t necessarily fit this mold, as demonstrated during the Living Laboratories ...