In comparison with traditional electric power generating sources, such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydroelectric, solar power has a tremendous land footprint per amount of electricity generated ...

A new “energy-multiplying” solar breakthrough could push efficiency beyond 100% and transform how we capture sunlight.

A new solar breakthrough may overcome a long-standing efficiency barrier. Researchers used a “spin-flip” metal complex to capture and multiply energy from sunlight through singlet fission. The result ...

Wind and solar generated a record 17% of electricity in the U.S in 2025.

A recent op-ed has readers divided on which groups rooftop solar benefits and harms: is it the homeowners who install the ...

Efforts to study, prepare for and address climate change have taken a major hit. But a few programs are hanging on thanks to ...

Environmentalist and educator Bill McKibben spoke to the University of Connecticut about the future of renewable energy on Thursday, April 2.

New research published in the journal Nature confirms what The Heartland Institute and our allies in the free-market environmental community have long argued: wind and solar power have low power ...

Lawmakers are trying to find solutions to the mounting economic weight of energy costs on utility customers. To address this, ...

There’s a lot happening right now in U.S. energy and policy and it’s easy to lose track of the larger picture. I’m going to ask you to turn your attention, at least for a few minutes, to something ...

Energy security concerns that once limited investment in renewable energy could now accelerate its development more than ...