Alternative Energy

Jan 04, 2013 at 16:51 | Daniel J. Graeber

The U.S. government announced this week it was issuing a request to see whether or not there was any competitive interest in leasing more than 100 square miles of an…

Jan 04, 2013 at 16:48 | John Daly

The global nuclear power industry, having survived the near death experience of the 11 March 2011 disaster at Tepco’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex still has an ongoing problem worldwide…

Jan 04, 2013 at 16:45 | Environmental Finance

Global investments in clean technologies tanked in 2012, as investors shied away from capital-intensive deals and technology risks, according to Cleantech Group.The San Francisco-based analysis firm’s preliminary 2012…

Jan 04, 2013 at 16:34 | Matthew Stepp

Improving energy storage technology is widely recognized as essential to the viability of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), therefore a core technology for dramatically reducing transportation greenhouse gas emissions. But the…

Jan 03, 2013 at 16:09 | Brian Westenhaus

The U.S. taxpayers are in better than $16 billion dollars now and just got hooked for another $12.1 billion more.  That’s $161,333 per for 75,000 jobs.  Admittedly, compared to…

Jan 02, 2013 at 17:02 | Charles Kennedy

With tax credits expiring on 31 December, Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy Holding’s Co. has managed to complete construction of two wind farms in California—adding another major project to its hungry…

Dec 31, 2012 at 12:52 | John Daly

Despite the recent victory of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, which is pro-nuclear and won a nationwide parliamentary vote on 16 December, issues surrounding the country’s nuclear energy policies will not…

Dec 28, 2012 at 18:13 | Barry Stevens

What has not been said of Electric Vehicles? A Google search of “EV” results in 71,900,000 hits. Talk of hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), and all-electric…

Dec 21, 2012 at 17:27 | John Daly

What a difference a month makes.During the heated U.S. presidential debate last month, Republicans lined up the U.S. military’s interest in renewable fuels in their gunsights, with both…

Dec 21, 2012 at 16:57 | Wolf Richter

Corporate subsidies, in an era of fiscal-cliff attacks on Social Security and Medicare, have dodged attention despite their magnitude and absurdity. Take the renewable-fuels subsidy ecosystem—and a train of tankers…

Dec 19, 2012 at 16:59 | Barry Stevens

Economic Growth! Energy independence! Climate Change! There are countless arguments for moving beyond fossil fuels, for world energy needs. Unfortunately, many hurdles must be overcome before we can feasibly count…

Dec 17, 2012 at 17:08 | John Daly

As the global nuclear energy industry at present is recovering from the potential death blows of the 11 March 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that destroyed Japan’s six reactor Fukushima…

Dec 17, 2012 at 17:04 | Futurity

New research reveals how cells extrude cellulose—findings that could improve biofuel production and help better fight bacteria.Understanding the production and deposition of cellulose, the primary component of plants’…

Dec 14, 2012 at 16:40 | Charles Kennedy

Solar technology can use heat from the sun to extract heavy crude from aging fields—and the idea is gaining ground and investment from big oil companies like Shell.Last…

Dec 14, 2012 at 16:31 | John Daly

The Japanese people have had a uniquely ambivalent attitude towards nuclear power ever since August 1945, when Hiroshima and Nagasaki achieved the dolorous distinction of being the first cities to…

Dec 14, 2012 at 16:19 | Futurity

An insight into the properties of fullerene could lead to a new class of electronic acceptors for better and cheaper organic solar cells, report researchers.Organic solar cells have…

Dec 13, 2012 at 17:12 | John Daly

Unprecedented storm wreaks havoc on Romania’s energy sector – yet another sign of changing global weather patterns?Ever since an earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011 effectively destroyed…

Dec 11, 2012 at 16:53 | Climate Progress

Almost exactly a year ago, during the height of the Solyndra hysteria, Mitt Romney made a rather odd statement about solar. (Yes, we’re still talking about Romney).“When…

Dec 10, 2012 at 17:12 | John Daly

One of the more problematic Soviet legacies of the USSR’s nearly five-decade domination of Eastern Europe is a series of nuclear power plants. The Soviet nuclear legacy includes two reactors…

Dec 10, 2012 at 17:09 | Ed Dolan

Are solar, wind, and other alternatives the magic bullets that will solve the world’s environmental and energy problems? Take a closer look, says Ozzie Zehner in Green Illusions. Zehner…