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As National Geographic reported in June 2004 ... part of the National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. "And still the question is, can we get enough?" ...

This story appears in the November 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine ... By then the boom of renewable energy was in full swing. And a law that Hans-Josef Fell had helped create back ...

Growth in renewable energy sources also has her even more excited for the future. "There's been enormous progress in solar and wind," Benson explained. "These technologies are much cheaper and ...

Though costly to implement, solar energy offers a clean, renewable source of power. 3 min read Solar energy is the technology used to harness the sun's energy and make it useable. As of 2011 ...

Wind is a clean source of renewable energy that produces no air or water pollution. And since the wind is free, operational costs are nearly zero once a turbine is erected. Mass production and ...

We all know the outlines of the problem, of course: the energy we use to light our homes, drive our cars, and fuel our factories must come from somewhere. The best way to get it is from renewable ...

A National Geographic emerging explorer with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, she wants to resurrect the molten-salt reactor, a 1960s-era design that she hopes will revive nuclear energy as a ...

Renewable energy is growing faster than any other electricity source in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information ...

This story appears in the July 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Plenty is happening with renewable energy technologies, with soaring growth in solar and wind systems and in ...