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Briefs: Shaping the Future in Solar, Hydro, EVs, and Space

Briefs: Shaping the Future in Solar, Hydro, EVs, and Space

Qcells, Voith, the Missouri University of Science and Technology, and Nexperia and IAV are pushing boundaries in space technology, solar cells,…


News Jun 18, 2026 by Karen Hanson
Briefs: Companies Partner for Grid Stability and Storage

Briefs: Companies Partner for Grid Stability and Storage

Sungrow, Frank Energy, Hitachi Energy, Samsung C&T, Rivian, Redwood Materials, Kraftwerke Oberhasli, and Voith have formed strategic partnerships.


News Apr 23, 2026 by Karen Hanson
Automation Platform Upgrades Arizona Hydro Systems

Automation Platform Upgrades Arizona Hydro Systems

Salt River Project has completed standardizing four hydroelectric dams in Arizona using Emerson’s Ovation platform


News Oct 17, 2025 by Claire Turvill
Google Makes History With 3 GW, $3 Billion Hydropower Deal

Google Makes History With 3 GW, $3 Billion Hydropower Deal

Google and Brookfield will begin an unprecedented partnership to create up to 3 GW of hydroelectric power to support Google’s data centers and…


News Aug 04, 2025 by Claire Turvill
9 Notable Renewable Energy Successes in 2024

9 Notable Renewable Energy Successes in 2024

What’s driving the banner year the U.S. experienced, and what barriers might renewables face?


News Dec 20, 2024 by Kevin Clemens
Waving From Hawaii: World’s Largest Ocean Generator Debuts

Waving From Hawaii: World’s Largest Ocean Generator Debuts

An 826-ton wave energy buoy has been deployed off Hawaii’s coast to capture wave energy at a scale large enough to help power the grid.


News Sep 30, 2024 by John Nieman
Underwater Energy: Wave Converter Nearing Commercial Deployment

Underwater Energy: Wave Converter Nearing Commercial Deployment

CETO’s certification is a major step toward making wave energy converters commercially feasible.


News Sep 28, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Safe Passage: Innovative Hydro Turbines Do No Harm

Safe Passage: Innovative Hydro Turbines Do No Harm

Hydropower plants can negatively impact the ecosystem. Here’s how Natel Energy is helping negate some of these impacts.


News Aug 27, 2024 by Devin Partida
Can Fishing Boats Become Hydropower Producers?

Can Fishing Boats Become Hydropower Producers?

Alaskan-based startup Sitkana has created small-scale hydropower installations for coastal regions or fishing vessels.


News Aug 06, 2024 by John Nieman
Smarter Renewables: AI, Digital Twins, and Energy Efficiency

Smarter Renewables: AI, Digital Twins, and Energy Efficiency

With digital twins, real-time monitoring, predictive analysis, and more, artificial intelligence is transforming renewable energy grid operations.


News Jul 17, 2024 by Karen Hanson
Methane Methods: Converting Harmful Gas to Renewable Energy

Methane Methods: Converting Harmful Gas to Renewable Energy

Companies are innovating ways to capture harmful methane from hydropower, sewers, and landfills and use it as renewable energy.


News May 23, 2024 by Emily Newton
Gravity Energy Storage Systems: Transforming Defunct Mines Into Efficient Energy Producers

Gravity Energy Storage Systems: Transforming Defunct Mines Into Efficient Energy Producers

As the shift to renewable energy reduces fossil fuel mining, mine shafts will undergo costly decommissioning. But one company’s solution may turn…


News Jan 07, 2024 by John Nieman
Estonian Pumped-hydro Storage Project Gets Green Light

Estonian Pumped-hydro Storage Project Gets Green Light

Energiasalv gets the go-ahead for constructing a large-scale pumped-hydro energy storage project in Estonia, Zero Terrain.


News Feb 08, 2023 by Stephanie Leonida
Researchers Develop Method for Extracting Hydrogen From Seawater

Researchers Develop Method for Extracting Hydrogen From Seawater

Researchers look to the sea and the process of electrolysis to generate hydrogen, an important renewable, green resource.


News Dec 21, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
New Public and Private Funding Drives Energy Storage Solution Development

New Public and Private Funding Drives Energy Storage Solution Development

Freyr Battery and Quidnet Energy have raised funds to advance their battery and pumped hydro energy storage solutions.


News Dec 13, 2022 by Mike Falter
Rethinking Small Hydropower Projects

Rethinking Small Hydropower Projects

Researchers suggest that small hydropower plants can be reliable, cost-effective, and flexible.


News Oct 31, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Customizable Data Acquisition System Helps Developers Design Marine Energy Technologies

Customizable Data Acquisition System Helps Developers Design Marine Energy Technologies

As a novel field, marine energy technology lacks access to historical data to help guide prototype development, but the National Renewable Energy…


News Oct 14, 2022 by Claire Turvill
$60M From DOE to go Toward Clean Hydrogen Tech

$60M From DOE to go Toward Clean Hydrogen Tech

The U.S. Department of Energy announced $60 million to lower costs of clean hydrogen technologies and establish a North American university…


News Sep 08, 2022 by Anteia Elswick
“Sun in a Box” may Provide Grid Energy Storage for Half the Cost of Pumped Hydro

“Sun in a Box” may Provide Grid Energy Storage for Half the Cost of Pumped Hydro


News Dec 07, 2018 by Paul Shepard
Arkema and Hydro-Québec partner on Li-ion Lab

Arkema and Hydro-Québec partner on Li-ion Lab


News Jul 12, 2015 by Jeff Shepard