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How Renewable Energy will Benefit from US Natural Gas Exports

May 15, 2013 at 16:42 | Kurt Cobb

U.S.-based industries and utilities that consume a lot of natural gas have been trying to figure out just how to respond to proposals in Congress to allow expanded natural…

Fuel Efficiency Boosted by New HydraGen Technology

May 14, 2013 at 17:20 | Charles Kennedy

Canadian-based dynaCERT Inc. is making gains with its flagship product, the HydraGen, to boost fuel efficiency for the heavy truck industry. HydraGen is an advance patent-pending electrolysis system…

Nevada Renewable Energy – Good or Bad?

May 03, 2013 at 17:30 | John Daly

Say what you will, the energy matrix driving the U.S. economy is in flux, if for no other reason than the increasing volumes of natural gas and oil produced by…

Another EV Bites the Dust

May 03, 2013 at 17:14 | Barry Stevens

Why is Fisker Automotive’s Karma both a Failed EV and a Negative Fate?Called the “Solyndra of Electric car companies” by Bill Vlasic of the New York Times, Fisker…

Energy Storage: The Final Barrier to Wind and Solar’s Success

May 02, 2013 at 16:55 | Robert Rapier

Perhaps the biggest shortcoming of solar and wind power is their intermittency. In locations like Hawaii, where I live, wind and solar power are already competitive on price. My fossil-fuel…

Verizon Prepares for $100m Renewable Energy Investment

Apr 30, 2013 at 17:40 | Charles Kennedy

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) will spend $100 million to green up its facilities with solar panels and fuel cells, putting it in the big leagues with clean energy followers like…

First Commercial Scale OTEC Plant to be Built in China

Apr 30, 2013 at 17:24 | Brian Westenhaus

Lockheed Martin has announced that it is working with Reignwood Group to develop an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) pilot power plant off the coast of southern China.  Ocean…

Giant Concrete Spheres: New Form of Energy Storage for Offshore Wind Farms

Apr 30, 2013 at 16:57 | Charles Kennedy

Wind power has great potential, and researchers have even estimated that offshore, floating wind farms could provide as more than 20% of the world’s energy needs in the future. The…

Could MLP’s be Embraced by the Renewable Energy Sector

Apr 26, 2013 at 12:38 | James Stafford

MLPs may be the answer to clean energy’s investment woes; the ripple effects of the EU’s carbon trading shenanigans spread; bad news for hybrids as car owners sue Ford for…

LEDs Ready to Replace Incandescent Bulbs after Efficiency Secret is Discovered

Apr 24, 2013 at 15:31 | Brian Westenhaus

LEDs have a mysterious drop in the light produced called “droop” when a higher current is applied.  That limits the amount of lumens an LED can make thus holding the…

Clean Economy Doesn’t Mean Cleaner World

Apr 22, 2013 at 16:12 | Daniel J. Graeber

A flurry of recent reports on the renewable energy sector suggest that, while global investments are down from 2011 records, most of the major economies continue to support a low-carbon…

What does the Future Holds for EV’s after Tesla Model S Failed Road Trip

Apr 15, 2013 at 16:42 | Matthew Stepp

The Electric HighwayThe New York Times reporter John Broder recently published his account of an East Coast road trip he took with the Tesla Model S electric…

Fisker Fiasco Won’t Dent EV Funding

Apr 12, 2013 at 18:08 | Charles Kennedy

After being awarded $529 million in US loans, Fisker Automotive is laying off 75% of its workforce following the failure to secure a partnership deal to fund its operations for…

Have Canadian Researchers Cracked How to Store Renewable Energy?

Apr 05, 2013 at 18:19 | John Daly

Renewable energy sources suffer from three major problems.The first is the effective hammerlock monopoly that traditional hydrocarbon and coal industries have in many countries.The second is…

Renewable Energy, the Mafia’s Newest Playground

Apr 04, 2013 at 20:00 | Charles Kennedy

When the Italian authorities seized $1.7 billion in mafia-linked assets this week, many were surprised to see learn that the renewable energy industry is apparently becoming a favorite playground for…

Scotland 1st Nation to go Completely Renewable Energy by 2020

Apr 03, 2013 at 17:47 | John Daly

Throughout more than two millennia, Scotland has befuddled those attempting to assimilate it into greater political schemes.In 122 A.D., following a visit by Roman emperor Hadrian to “Britannia”,…

The Darker Side of Renewable Energy

Mar 21, 2013 at 18:10 | Gail Tverberg

Based on the sound of the name renewable, a person might think that using only “renewable” energy is ideal–something we should all strive to use exclusively. But there are lots…

Clarifying the Clean Energy Innovation v Deployment Debate

Mar 16, 2013 at 14:59 | Science Progress

Recently there has been a resurgence of what is becoming a classic (see: tired) debate between very smart people about the tension between clean energy innovation and deployment.This…

Using Oil Revenues to Research Alternative Fuels

Mar 01, 2013 at 15:22 | Robert Rapier

Energy Security TrustEnergy policy is a major topic of discussion during almost every State of the Union address. The most recent address was no exception, with President Obama…

The Angels and Demons Of Clean Tech Investment

Mar 01, 2013 at 15:19 | Climate Progress

Allocation of capital is one way society expresses its values. That’s why Chris Thile receiving a MacArthur Genius Award is one of humankind’s greatest redeeming acts, and why Kim…

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