Energy

Using the latest climate and energy models, Mark Jacobson shows that wind energy production increases during the coldest spells and can help prevent cold weather–related blackouts.

Made from affordable and durable materials, this technology could make coastal wastewater treatment plants energy-independent and carbon neutral.

On a working wind farm, researchers show that angling turbines slightly away from the wind can boost overall energy produced and even out the otherwise variable supply.

The sweeping plan to overhaul transportation, energy and other sectors cites climate change as a “direct threat to the national security of the United States.”

Microbes store surplus wind and solar power in the form of methane, which could be burned during times of peak demand, while also recycling existing CO₂ in the atmosphere.

​By using the publicly available data, researchers have identified factors that promote the use of solar energy and those that discourage it.

Researchers propose three ways that 100% clean, renewable energy could prevent blackouts.

At the Wind Engineering Lab, a team is working to harness a building's natural ventilation to allow it to stay cool or warm up at just the right times.

Vertical axis turbines, which may have fewer impacts on birds and the environment, could increase public support for new wind energy installations.

​New software suggests how to save money by building out alternative energy infrastructure at the neighborhood level to crowdsource power.

​In the Future of Everything radio show, Stanford's Russ Altman and John Dabiri discuss what fish, birds, and other creatures have to teach us about renewable energy.

​An engineer and an historian discuss how technology and human behavior are shaping the sustainable energy revolution.

A new design for wind turbines, coupled with new ways of arranging turbines so that they work together, could provide the answer.

Imagine a future where the entire U.S. energy infrastructure runs on clean, renewable energy. It’s possible to do it by 2050, says a civil and environmental engineering professor.