Alternative Energy / Renewable Energy

Dec 22, 2015 at 16:12 | Gaurav Agnihotri

In a never ending quest to find new sources of power, researchers of Purdue University claim to have found something that can be labelled as a…

Dec 17, 2015 at 14:36 | Gaurav Agnihotri

As negotiators from almost 200 nations reached a historic agreement at the COP21 summit in Paris, the world showed that it stood united in its fight…

Dec 11, 2015 at 16:06 | Michael McDonald

Across the entire auto industry, perhaps no company attracts more interest than Tesla despite the fact that the company sells only a tiny fraction of the…

Dec 02, 2015 at 10:01 | Robert Rapier

Energy on the Edge Along with the OPEC meeting that takes place late this week, the biggest story in the world of…

Nov 25, 2015 at 14:57 | Michael McDonald

The energy storage market is rapidly becoming one of the most exciting spaces in all of renewables. Unlike solar, wind, coal, and natural gas power which…

Nov 03, 2015 at 15:38 | Brian Westenhaus

University of Cambridge scientists have developed a working laboratory demonstrator of a lithium-oxygen battery which has very high energy density, is more than 90% efficient,…

Oct 13, 2015 at 16:02 | Roger Andrews

In its submission in advance of the December climate conference in Paris, the EU committed to reduce its overall emissions at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.…

Oct 12, 2015 at 10:08 | Dave Forest

Renewable energy developers, take note. There's a new spot on Earth leading the way for projects in solar, wind, and other sources of green power.California.That's because…

Oct 05, 2015 at 17:01 | Gaurav Agnihotri

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges that the world faces today. Rising global greenhouse emissions (GHGs) are creating major impacts on the global climate and the world is…

Sep 21, 2015 at 16:10 | Michael McDonald

California is a poster-child for both the successes and challenges of green energy. Less than two decades ago the state was experiencing an energy meltdown with skyrocketing electricity prices, limited…

Sep 04, 2015 at 15:52 | Euan Mearns

This post examines EU renewable energy targets and how the various member states are doing in meeting the targets agreed for 2020. It has been found that the compliance…

Aug 18, 2015 at 14:44 | Michael McDonald

One of the seminal achievements of the last century was the Space Race and its successful culmination in putting a man on the moon. What must…

Aug 17, 2015 at 17:35 | Gaurav Agnihotri

Since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Germany has been one of the few countries that have successfully moved away from nuclear energy. Germany has so far…

Aug 14, 2015 at 15:59 | Michael McDonald

As the oil price bust continues, renewable energy and sustainability innovation is continuing unabated. For instance, an architecture company recently unveiled a set of plans for a smart floating farm…

Jul 30, 2015 at 16:26 | Michael McDonald

Warren Buffet is generally regarded as something of a demi-god in investing circles. Most of the praise comes for his stock picking abilities though, rather than…

Jul 24, 2015 at 17:14 | Henry Hewitt

A product, technology or energy source that is both cost-effective and bankable will scale, and this is the key to victory. The good news for photovoltaics…

Jul 15, 2015 at 17:02 | Colin Chilcoat

There’s little debate surrounding the ultimate future of the energy industry. Hint: it’s renewable. Simply put, the way of finite resources is just that – helplessly…

Jul 06, 2015 at 17:46 | Alexis Arthur

Last month, an estimated 1,700 NATO troops undertook a military exercise to test a range of renewable and energy efficiency technologies that will hopefully reduce NATO’s…

Jun 09, 2015 at 17:29 | Gaurav Agnihotri

Renewable energy sources are getting a new lease on life thanks to rapidly rising cost of fossil fuel extraction and rising greenhouse emissions. According to a…

Jun 08, 2015 at 15:22 | Darrell Delamaide

As it celebrates the 350th anniversary of its foundation this year, French multinational Saint-Gobain sees itself in the forefront of the meeting the challenge of climate…