As a researcher and leader at a Department of Energy national laboratory, I spend a lot of time thinking about water. “Why?” you may ask. The intricate interplay between these two critical domains is ...

Water and energy in buildings are intertwined, not only at the point of consumption, but also at the point of generation. Four percent of electricity use in the U.S., or 75 billion kWh annually, is ...

Researchers have unveiled an “evapolectric” device that pulls energy from the evaporation of water, producing significantly more electrical power than previous moisture-based energy technologies. The ...

Irene Cionni, a senior research scholar in Boise State’s Department of Geosciences, has been awarded a seed grant from ...

Glistening in the dry expanses of the Nevada desert is an unusual kind of power plant that harnesses energy not from the sun or wind, but from the Earth itself. The site, known as Project Red, it ...

Imagine generating power not from sunlight or wind, but from the simple mixing of fresh and salt water. This is the quiet promise of osmotic energy, a renewable energy source generated where river ...

We’re always looking to harvest energy from diverse, nominally “free” sources such as wind, water, solar, and even less-dense possibilities such as vibration and friction. Then there are lightning ...

While four Republicans joined Democrats to oppose the House energy and water development appropriations package, it squeaked through in a 214-213 vote on Sept. 4. September 4, 2025 Republicans in the ...

China uncovers a vast desert hydrogen find, 1.5 million tonnes of green energy poised to disrupt global fuel markets and ...

About 13 miles up a winding national forest road near Three Rivers, Oregon, Alain Bonneville stands in the middle of a small clear-cut site called Pad 29. Bonneville is the chief geoscientist at ...