The Best Articles in Renewable Energy
The most useful articles and videos in Renewable Energy from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Renewable Energy Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Renewable Energy by Refind users in 2024 so far.
- ‘An engine for the imagination’: the rise of AI image generators
- For the first time in decades, Congress seems interested in space-based solar power
- ‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power
- Satellite beams solar power down to Earth, in first-of-a-kind demonstration
- This shockingly simple battery could store energy forever
Videos
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The world is experiencing not one energy transition, but hundreds
From ensuring access to energy for global citizens to building low-carbon industry, business must act now on renewables, not wait for policy to set out new f...
Could Solar Energy Actually Save the Electric Grid in a Heatwave?
Solar energy is the fastest growing clean energy source in the U.S., compared to wind, water and nuclear power. As extreme temperatures from heat waves strai...
Trending
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As Use of A.I. Soars, So Does the Energy and Water It Requires
Generative artificial intelligence uses massive amounts of energy for computation and data storage and millions of gallons of water to cool the equipment at data centers. Now, legislators and…
These Plants Could Mine Valuable Metals From the Soil With Their Roots
A government agency is funding research into phytomining, in which plants are used to extract valuable metals from the soil through their roots.
How to Escape From the Iron Age?
We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in Renewable Energy—all under 10 minutes.
Electric vehicles are better than gas-powered cars in winter—here’s why
All cars lose range when the temperature drops below freezing, not just EVs.
‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power
Tesla speculated electricity from thin air was was possible – now the question is whether it will be possible to harness it on the scale needed to power our homes
For the first time in decades, Congress seems interested in space-based solar power
Shared by 315, including Jennifer Ouellette, Pippa Malmgren
Satellite beams solar power down to Earth, in first-of-a-kind demonstration
Experiment brings credibility to idea of space-based energy
This Is How Solar Panels Actually Work
Interested in a solar-power system to reduce your electricity bill? Here's how the whole business of converting sunlight to electricity works.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Renewable Energy.
A bunch of handy charts about climate change
A couple dozen pictures are worth a couple thousand words.
Smaller, cheaper, safer: The next generation of nuclear power, explained
The nuclear industry’s big bet on going small.
Direct Solar Power: Off-Grid Without Batteries
Using solar panels without backup infrastructure makes renewable energy production much more affordable, efficient and sustainable.
This shockingly simple battery could store energy forever
Capacitors, acid batteries, and other methods of storing electric charges all lose energy over time. These gravity-fed batteries won't.
‘An engine for the imagination’: the rise of AI image generators
An interview with AI image generator CEO David Holz
«“in 10 years, you’ll be able to buy an Xbox with a giant AI processor, and all the games are dreams.”»
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