Full Episode
Friday, Feb 26
PBS NewsHour
  • Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Subscribe
  • The Latest
  • Politics
    Politics
    • Shields and Brooks
    • Politics Monday
    • Supreme Court
  • Arts
    Arts
    • CANVAS
    • Poetry
    • Now Read This
  • Nation
    Nation
    • Supreme Court
    • Race Matters
    • Essays
    • Brief But Spectacular
  • World
    World
    • Agents for Change
  • Economy
    Economy
    • Making Sen$e
    • Paul Solman
  • Science
    Science
    • The Leading Edge
    • ScienceScope
    • Basic Research
    • Innovation and Invention
  • Health
    Health
    • Long-Term Care
  • Education
    Education
    • Teachers' Lounge
    • Student Reporting Labs
  • For Teachers
  • About
    • Feedback
    • Funders
    • Support
    • Jobs

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Nation
PBS NewsHour

Get news alerts from PBS NewsHour

Turn on desktop notifications?

Renewable Energy

  • Full Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Subscribe
  • Live

Science May 02

Solar, wind energy struggle as coronavirus takes toll

By Cathy Bussewitz, John Flesher, Patrick Whittle, Associated Press

Economy Feb 13

South Africa seeks more renewable energy amid power cuts

South Africans have been outraged by rolling power cuts in the current mid-summer that also have worried investors.

By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press

World Sep 20

Watch 4:53
Why transitioning to only renewable energy will be difficult for the U.S.

After millions of protesters marched around the globe to demand action on climate change, we more closely examine what policies they are proposing. Miles O’Brien joins William Brangham to discuss current sources of U.S. energy and what it would take…

Science Sep 12

The new generator works by capturing heat energy in the air, which is warmed by the sun during the day. Heat in the air naturally wants to escape the planet into the cold of outer space. The device harvests the energy created by this heat transition, turning it into electricity. Photo by Jan Skowron/University of Warsaw/Handout via REUTERS.
This clean energy invention runs on nothing but cold, night air

A new thermoelectric generator could bring light to one billion people who live without power...if market forces will let it.

By Nsikan Akpan

Science Dec 19

Solar panels catch sun rays and turn them into electricity. Now, researchers can find and document them on rooftops across the U.S. Image by Fernando Tomás
How artificial intelligence spotted every solar panel in the U.S.

Curious onlookers can check out the open-access maps. Publicly available information on this scale could help revolutionize the future of energy.

By Vicky Stein

Aug 24

Watch 2:58
How a four-legged mowing system keeps solar farms producing energy

Despite the advantages they offer in terms of leveraging renewable resources, solar farms also bring with them special challenges. Among these is controlling vegetation growth around the panels--essential for ensuring a consistent, stable power source, but a laborious and time-consuming…

Continue watching

Aug 01

Watch 7:33
Does solar power offer a brighter future for off-the-grid Navajo residents?

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

Bypassed in the ‘30s and '40s, one third of homes in Navajo Nation still have no access to grid electricity. Yet ironically, it's a huge electricity exporter, with one of the biggest coal-fired plants churning out power sold to millions.

Continue watching

Apr 04

Watch 5:48
Can solar energy speed Puerto Rico’s recovery? Here’s what it would take

By Nsikan Akpan

It’s been just over six months since Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico and roughly 150,000 people still do not have power. A string of grassroots efforts aims to jumpstart the grid with solar energy. Science producer Nsikan Akpan explains…

Continue watching

Mar 20

Puerto Rico went dark 6 months ago. Could a solar smart grid prevent the next energy disaster?

By Nsikan Akpan

Making renewables a mainstay in Puerto Rico will require more than solar panels and wind turbines. There's also a monopoly and Congress with which to contend.

Continue reading

Feb 20

Watch 6:43
Morocco turns the Sahara desert into a solar energy oasis

By Monica Villamizar

Morocco says it wants to be the Saudi Arabia of solar energy. Its flagship project is a first-of-its-kind, $9-billion energy plant called Noor, meaning "light" in Arabic, and the size of the city of Paris. Special correspondent Monica Villamizar reports…

Continue watching

Jump to the First Page Previous Page
1 2 3 4 5 6
Next Page Jump to the Last Page

Support Provided By: Learn more

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Full Episode
Friday, Feb 26

Additional Support Provided By:

  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Fidelity
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Mutual of America: Your Retirement Company
  • Viewers Like You
  • Friends of the NewsHour
PBS NewsHour

© 1996 - 2021 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Sections

  • The Latest
  • Politics
  • Arts
  • Nation
  • World
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Health
  • Education

About

  • About Us
  • TV Schedule
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Funders
  • Support
  • Subscribe
  • NewsHour West
  • Jobs
  • Privacy

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS

Subscribe to ‘Here's the Deal,’ our politics newsletter

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Support our journalism

Learn more about Friends of the NewsHour.

Support for NewsHour Provided By

  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Fidelity
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Mutual of America: Your Retirement Company