The first geothermally generated electricity was produced in Larderello, Italy, in 1904. There are three types of geothermal power plants: dry steam, flash, and binary. Dry steam, the oldest ...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts solar energy will be the leading force behind this year’s growth in the electric power industry.

New types of battery storage ... problems of intermittency that traditionally come with these methods of generating power. Other potential solutions will come in the form of thermal energy ...

At EU level, renewables make up the largest share of power generation, followed by fossil fuels and nuclear energy. The percentage of renewable energy and other types of energy used to produce power ...

Zaps of static electricity might be a wintertime annoyance, but to certain scientists, they represent an untapped source of energy. Using a device called a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), ...

Renewable capacity additions will continue to drive the growth of US power generation over the next two years, according to the EIA.