Big Oil and Gas Companies Will be Struggling in Years to Come
As oil prices drop, the biggest oil and gas companies may be the ones that suffer the most. While smaller companies may find it...
Shell Abandons Arctic Oil Drilling
Royal Dutch Shell is giving up Arctic oil drilling, for now. After spending $7 billion on the search and fighting for the right to...
New Technology Recovers Energy from London’s Underground
New hybrid technology, tested on London's underground system, can recover enough energy to power busy stations and lead to great energy savings.
The underground system...
Community Organizations Lead in Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Several celebrities, schools, and state governments have pledged to pull their investments from fossil fuel companies.
Reversing funding for these oil and coal companies is...
Oceanic Temperature Difference to Power 120 Hawaiian Homes in 2015
A small power plant that can convert the temperature difference between deep ocean and surface ocean waters into electricity was unveiled in Hawaii last week,...
Students Develop Five Systems to Harvest Energy From Railways
Engineering students developed five systems that could harvest electricity from railway crossings.
Every once in a while, unfortunately more often than we would like to,...
How Much Renewable Power Americans Actually Use
A new FERC estimate says 18% of the electricity used by the United States in June came from renewable sources, and 98% of new electricity...
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,...
Electric Usage Now 22% Renewable
New numbers report electric usage by countries involved in the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) have been released for 2014.
The OECD includes 34...
Evaporation as New Source of Renewable Energy
Evaporation is now becoming a source of renewable energy with the help of bacteria and the two new devices, Evaporation engine, and Moisture mill,...
