You Could Charge Your Car With 60 lbs of Nuts

A startup working at LA's clean tech incubator is developing a way to convert shells from nuts like almonds and peanuts into energy to power cars and homes.

Jan 30th, 2017

A startup working at LA's clean tech incubator is developing a way to convert shells from nuts like almonds and peanuts into energy to power cars and homes.

Opportunities in Exporting

Opportunities in Exporting

Manufacturers are faced with a number of challenges as they look to expand operations. And these challenges can seem especially complex when looking to fully understand exporting opportunities. Watch the 5 Minute video series.

Sugar Hill Solar Site, Clifton Park, N.Y., June 15, 2021.

Solar Could Power 40% of U.S. Electricity by 2035

But meeting that goal would require massive changes in policy and billions in federal investment.

Workers secure a central solenoid magnet for the ITER project as it departs from Berre-l'Etang in southern France, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. The first part of a massive magnet so strong its American manufacturer claims it can lift an aircraft carrier arrived Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 at a high-security site in southern France, where scientists hope it will help them build a 'sun on earth.' Almost 60-feet tall and 14 feet in diameter when fully assembled, the magnet is a crucial component of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, a 35-nation effort to develop an abundant and safe source of nuclear energy for future generations.

Magnet Milestones Move Nuclear Fusion Dream Closer

Countries are making progress on an energy source key to the fight against climate change.

In this image from video, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Lydie Evrad speaks to media via video conference, Sept. 9, 2021.

Agency Says Science, Objectivity Key to Fukushima Water Release

The water was once used to cool the plant's reactors, but started to leak after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Implosion of the idled Colbert Fossil Plant, Tuscumbia, Ala., Aug. 25, 2021.

Study Calls for Strict Limits on Oil, Coal

Researchers now calculate that 60% of the world’s oil and gas and 90% of its coal need to stay underground.

In this Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, file photo, Nuclear reactors of No. 5, center left, and 6 look over tanks storing water that was treated but still radioactive, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Agency Seeks Transparency in Release of Fukushima Water

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency want more detail on the controversial plan.

Vision Marine Technologies' Vision Marine Bruce 22 boat with one of their E-Motion motors.

Electric Boats Making Waves Without the Noise

The boating industry has sputtered far behind the auto sector — but that's in the process of changing.

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Bacteria May Hold Key for Energy Storage, Biofuels

Currently, there are no sustainable methods for storing green energy.

U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, Feb. 2020.

Energy Dept. Awards Millions for Particle Accelerator Projects

The programs will help build a diverse, skilled pipeline of American scientists and engineers.

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, left, gestures to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during a meeting at Suga's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Kerry met with Japan's top diplomat to push efforts to fight climate change ahead of a United Nations conference in November.

U.S. Climate Envoy in Japan to Push Emissions Cuts

The United States is the second-largest carbon emitter. Japan is fifth.

Homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on Aug. 30 in Lafitte, LA.

Energy Companies Begin Surveying Ida's Damage

Storm-ravaged communities face the possibility of weeks without power in stifling, late-summer heat.

This Sept. 21, 2016 file photo shows Unit one of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station near Jenkinsville, S.C. Federal authorities say a fourth executive has been charged for his role in a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer site in South Carolina. Former Westinghouse executive Jeffrey A. Benjamin faces multiple felony counts of fraud, according to an indictment filed Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021.

Failed Nuclear Contractor to Settle for $21M

The 2017 debacle cost ratepayers and investors billions and left nearly 6,000 people jobless.