Today, most ethylene is made through steam cracking, a process that uses high-temperature steam to break down crude oil into ...

Ocean waves are a vast and steady source of renewable energy, but capturing their power efficiently has long frustrated ...

After a record 2024 for Methanol futures, trading interest continues to expand as market participants manage price risks. Methanol is seeing increased use as an alternative fuel in the shipping ...

Ethylene—the chemical used to create much of the world’s plastics—has a carbon problem that Professor Ted Sargent is working to solve.

Singapore’s government is channeling significant public funding into technologies that can generate electricity from falling rain, a bet that the city-state’s heavy tropical downpours could become a ...

For every ton of ethylene created, one ton of carbon dioxide is produced. With more than 300 million tons of ethylene produced each year, the production system has a huge carbon footprint that ...

A new approach to blue energy tackles one of the field’s most persistent problems: how to move ions quickly without ...

Photo Credit: Panels on a solar farm. Solar and other renewables overtook coal to become the biggest electricity source. Unsplash In the first half of 2025, renewable sources such as solar and wind ...

This map by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows generalized areas that contain some of the most abundant renewable energy resources in the lower 48 states. The lab is the U.S. Department of ...

The Iberian Peninsula’s widespread blackout raises questions about the resilience of the electric power infrastructure in the two countries — and to an extent, the rest of Europe. By Stanley Reed and ...