Energy Production
How Solar Changed in 2025 (And What’s Next)
I called 2024 the year of perovskites. We got our first commercial shipments and some record-breaking efficiencies. But 2025? This was the year ...
Energy Production
Why Coastal Cities Are Betting on Osmotic Power
What if you could power cities just by mixing river water with seawater? Around 15,000 TWh of energy pours into the oceans each ...
Energy Production
How Two Overhyped Materials Could Change Solar Forever
What if solar panels could generate twice the power for a fraction of the cost, making them cheap enough that you’d actually want ...
Energy Production
Why Space Solar Might Finally Work (But Not How You Think)
Thanks to reusable rockets that fly, land, and fly again, launch costs are coming back down to Earth. And that’s revived a ...
Energy Production
How Hydrogel Can Double Solar Panel Lifespan
Why are the world’s most efficient solar panels learning to sweat? When it comes to solar, you’d assume more sun equals more power, ...
Energy Production
How This Bifacial Solar Panel Reaches 91% Efficiency
What if I told you there’s a way to get up to 30% more power from the same solar panel footprint? No breakthrough ...
Energy Production
How Self-Healing Solar Panels Could Change Everything
Solar panels are built to last around 30 years, weathering all kinds of abuse during that time.1 That’s a solid run for any ...
Energy Production
Why Thorium is About to Change the World
Thorium reactors are like the solid-state batteries of nuclear power: vastly superior, yet forever on the horizon. But now, a Danish company is ...
Energy Production
Why Does AI Need Nuclear Power?
As the new wave of generative AI scales up, so does its hunger for energy. Data centers are expanding at an unprecedented rate, ...
Energy Production
The Genius of a Hybrid Solar Tile + Heat Pump
Believe it or not, solar panels aren’t exactly pros at handling the sun. Sounds backward, right? But it’s true — excess heat can ...
