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• New Biofuel Created from Bacteria and Fungus

  Published 26 August 2013 | viewed 14,543 times

  By throwing together a common fungus and a common bacterium, researchers are producing isobutanol — a biofuel that gallon-for-gallon delivers 82 percent of gasoline’s heat…

• Germany Proves Sunshine is not Necessary for a Booming Solar Industry

  Published 22 August 2013 | viewed 16,282 times

  Germany just broke its monthly solar power generation record once again. In July, the grey-skied country logged 5.1 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity from solar…

• Interview with Ernest Moniz: Nuclear Power and Renewable Energy Breakthroughs

  Published 15 August 2013 | viewed 11,492 times

  Ernest Moniz has been Secretary of Energy since May, that is, for about a month prior to President Obama’s announcement of his Climate Action Plan.…

• US Wind Sector Booms, Driving Prices Down

  Published 08 August 2013 | viewed 10,398 times

  Aside from the threat of losing a major federal tax incentive, 2012 was a great year for the U.S. wind industry.Wind energy installations soared to…

• 2014 Expected to be a Bumper Year for Wind

  Published 13 May 2013 | viewed 19,240 times

  According to Bloomberg, Warren Buffet’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. is gearing up to drop $1.9 billion on new wind farms in Iowa. The investment might…

• Clarifying the Clean Energy Innovation v Deployment Debate

  Published 16 March 2013 | viewed 7,189 times

  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…

• Contrary to Popular Belief Scientists are United on Climate Change

  Published 21 November 2012 | viewed 36,939 times

  Polls show that many members of the public believe that scientists substantially disagree about human-caused global warming. The gold standard of science is the peer-reviewed…

• The Religious Nature of the Fracking Debate

  Published 18 September 2012 | viewed 6,037 times

  The debate over hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the shale gas revolution it has spawned has a religious aura to it. Both sides have an…

• Networked Energy: Transforming the U.S. Electrical Grid

  Published 28 August 2012 | viewed 6,071 times

  Constructive national debate on energy policy in the United States has ground to a standstill despite broad political and economic consensus on the urgency of…

• We Need to Tax Carbon Emissions, Not Subsidise Fossil Fuels

  Published 14 July 2012 | viewed 6,190 times

  The International Energy Agency (IEA) made headlines recently by concluding that fossil fuels received far more global subsidies than renewable energy in 2010. However, it…

• Climate Change and the Potential for Future Instability in North Africa

  Published 23 April 2012 | viewed 11,751 times

  Northwest Africa is crisscrossed with climate, migration, and security challenges. From Nigeria to Niger, Algeria, and Morocco, this region has long been marked by labour…

• Independent Analysis Proves the Effectiveness of Federal Loan Guarantees

  Published 16 February 2012 | viewed 6,123 times

  Take a deep breath, because what I’m about to tell you may be shocking: Federal loan guarantees for energy projects have been successful, cost-effective investments—contrary…

• Major Solar Cell Breakthrough About to Rock the Photovoltaic Industry

  Published 02 November 2011 | viewed 24,770 times

  Too often, when talking about research and innovation on clean energy technologies, policymakers, pundits, and the media tend to assume that the biggest breakthrough will…

• Carbon Dioxide May Destroy All Coral Reefs by the End of the Century

  Published 19 September 2011 | viewed 25,715 times

  A new book out this week by United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health leader Peter Sale predicts that coral reefs will be…

• Is Nanotechnology the Answer to our Energy Needs?

  Published 21 June 2011 | viewed 10,837 times

  We are in a “Sputnik moment,” the president said in his second official State of the Union address in January. Energy Secretary Steven Chu also…