New discovery allows low-grade silicon to be turned into high-efficiency solar panels
Some technical breakthroughs are great because they push back the limits of what we can do, bringing us to new summits, while other are great because they allow us to do more with what we already have.
Latest Stories in Energy - Page 11
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A Tent City in Texas Gets the Power of Solar Light
Solar lighting has long been heralded as a game changer for development projects abroad. Now one charity is deploying it in the tent cities of the USA.
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London Array, World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm, Begins Producing Electricity
The first turbines have been installed, with the remaining turbines of the 670 MW first phase on track to be installed by the end of 2012.
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It’s Time for the Green Cloak to Come Off of Natural Gas.
Casey Sheahan, CEO of Patagonia, shares his thoughts on natural gas and the recent Frack Free Colorado event.
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Energy News: US' First Tar Sands Project Given Green Light, Keystone XL Blockade Enters Second Month, More
Plus, can you believe there have been over 4000 oil spills in the North Sea since 2000, but only 7 fines have been given?
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Sweden to Import Garbage as Trash Supplies Run Dry
As other nations struggle to cut the amount of waste piling up in their landfills, Sweden is facing an entirely different sort of challenge -- they've run out of trash.
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The Great Transition, Part I: From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy
The great energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is under way.
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US May Overtake Saudi Arabia to Become World's Top Oil Producer (Maybe)
So much for the notion that the Obama administration has been anything other than chummy with the oil industry.
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Gulf Oil Spill's Effect on Whales Downplayed by NOAA, New Documents Reveal
Documents obtained by Greenpeace show that NOAA's press release on a dead sperm whale didn't tell the full story.
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Do Well in School, Get a Solar Panel, Pakistani Students Told
$46 million is going to give students who do well their own solar power.
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The Science is Clear: Hydraulic Fracturing is Putting the Lives of our Children at Risk
In this guest post, Sandra Steingraber warns of the dangers to Colorado's water supply if natural gas fracking is allowed to continue.
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Energy News: US Wind Power Passes 50 GW, China's Solar Power Industry on Life Support, More
Plus: India gets it's first net metering system; pro-fracking groups astroturf rally in Albany, New York
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Saudi Arabia to Transition to 100% Renewables
Comments by Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud hint at an interesting oil end game for oil producing nations, in an all renewable energy future.
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Killington Resort Gondola Now Powered by Cow Manure
Killington's K-1 Express Gondola will get its electricity from Green Mountain Power's Cow Power program this winter.
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EU May Cut Transport Biofuel Mandate for 2020 in Half
This would mean less than half a percent increase in the mandated amount of renewable transport fuel to be used over the next eight years.
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Occupy the Pipeline Shuts Down Spectra Construction in NYC
Pipeline developer Spectra cancelled construction for the day at the mere threat of protest.
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Obama, Romney Clash Over Who'd Drill More Oil, Burn More Coal
Oh yeah, and neither acknowledge the existence of climate change.
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Ontario's Premier Dalton McGuinty Resigns, Done In By Clean Energy
The Best of Green leader was essentially done in by his green energy policies and NIMBY voters: a cautionary tale
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Texas Tar Sands Protests Continue: 50 Join a Tree Blockade, Press Gets Boxed Out
The Tar Sands Blockade gains momentum. Daryl Hannah gets arrested, 50 protesters form a blockade, and the police haul off journalists.
