For the first time ever scientists have managed to use the Sun’s rays to create the same energy that is currently produced in coal or gas-fired power stations. The breakthrough in Aust... Read more
The research is delivered as a warning to asset managers, shareholders and bankers Call it an act of the greatest folly, or simply one of greed. But it seems that the world’s energy companie... Read more
The one way to slow devastating storms and reverse climate change is clean energy, and the only way to do that is to pay more for R&D. We’re losing the war on climate change. And our bes... Read more
Futurist, scientist and Singularity proponent Ray Kurzweil has a more than optimistic view on climate change. In concordance with his Law of Accelerating Returns, Kurzweil sees solar power t... Read more
Over the last three years, with its economy in tatters, Ireland embraced a novel strategy to help reduce its staggering deficit: charging households and businesses for the environmental dama... Read more
“It will be a game changer.” Most methane comes from natural gas, a fossil fuel. Stanford and Penn State scientists are taking a greener approach using microbes that can convert... Read more
Access to clean, reliable and affordable energy is one of the major sustainability and human development challenges of the 21st Century. Energy empowers communities, yet reliance on traditio... Read more
Adding transparent solar cells to the glass would be a relatively small cost Imagine a world where the windows of high-rise office buildings are powerful energy producers, offering its inhab... Read more
Batteries of biological waste products from pulp mills A breakthrough for inexpensive electricity from solar cells, and a massive investment in wind power, will mean a need to store energy i... Read more
“The clean energy industry in the United States is indeed poised for crisis “The clean energy industry in the United States is indeed poised for crisis, as the bulk of the... Read more
To feed the world’s growing and more affluent population, global agriculture will have to double its food production by 2050 Five steps, reflected in the maps, could be taken to help f... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Biofuels reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in comparison to fossil fuels. Smithsonian researchers highlight a new study that factors in environmental costs of biofuel produ... Read more
Already having a far-reaching impact on GHG emissions in some regions of Europe Cities can progress from consuming energy and emitting greenhouse gases (GHG) to actually producing energy whi... Read more
Expansion of renewable energies should appreciably improve the health status of the 700,000 US workers employed in the energy sector Read more
Image via CrunchBase Renewable energy technologies will never get off the ground until they become cheaper than fossil fuels. Today, Nanosolar CEO Martin Roscheisen says his startup took a s... Read more
