Renewable Energy Industry Expanding Rapidly and Attracting Investors

According to a report released earlier this week by the renewable energy research firm Clean Edge, renewable sources supplied much greater amounts of energy...

British Government Doubles Renewable Energy Incentives For Households

The British government is expected to announce an increase in the one-off payments to help households  switch to renewable energy sources. The measure will be...

Wind Farm to Invade Middle East Oilfields

A cool breeze in blowing in the Middle East, a region perennially beset by news of war and terrorism and that is closely associated...

Complex Algae-Powered Energy System Made by a 15-Year Old

This years scholarship prize of $20,000 of Invent Your World Challenge went to a 15 year old fellow from Texas called Javier Fernández-Han, who proved us all that renewable energy is the way we should direct our creativity upon.
DeepWater Horizon Flaring "Waste" Natural Gas

NREL Investigates Methane to Diesel Process

One of the by-products of petroleum extraction and refining is natural gas. The main component, methane , is often simply vented into the atmosphere...

Germany’s Transition To Green Energy Moving Faster Than Ever

Germany's feed-in tariffs, an initiative that began in year 2000, allow small scale green energy producers to sell excess power to the national grid. The...
Sea level rise means this Portland, Maine, lighthouse is too close to the water.

Maine Passes Net Energy Metering Reform Bill

Solar energy is in the spotlight once again, as legislators in Maine have overridden a veto on a bill that addresses how net energy metering users,...

Re-engineering Nature – Hot Topic at ARPA-E Conference

The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy, or ARPA-E, began its three day conference in Washington, DC on Monday. Attendees included the best and...

Switching to Renewable Energy in the U.S. Will Bring Financial Benefits, Study Says

A study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences by scientists from the Natural Resources Defense Council in...

Google, KKR and Recurrent Energy Co-Fund Six Solar Power Plants

Google has made another clean energy investment, this time buying six solar power plants, which are currently under development and are expected to become...