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 14
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Arctic Oil Drilling Moratorium Needed to Protect Environment: UK Parliament Committee
The race for resources is outpacing both our legal capacity to regulate it and deal with any potentional accidents.
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BBC's Top Gear Test Track Has Gone Solar
The UK-based car show Top Gear is not known for its environmental leanings. Yet its test track and studio will now be 100% powered by the sun.
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Japan Backtracks on Nuclear Power Phase Out Deadline
90% of the Japanese public supports phasing out nuclear power, but government recommendations have softened on how quickly this might happen.
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Siemens Lays Off 38% of US Workforce - Cites Lack of Wind Power Support Romney Favors
Yet, Romney blames Obama for it all. In what Orwellian world does this make sense?
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Introducing the Great American Interactive Wildfire Map
Climate change is causing more frequent and longer-lasting wildfires. Climate Central shows you where they are.
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Trump's Anti-Wind Ad Gets Trumped by UK Advertising Standards Authority
An anti-wind campaigning group in Scotland, backed by Donald Trump, has its misleading advertisement banned from publication.
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5MW Solar Waste Treatment Plant Avoids Feeding the Grid
A new large-scale solar plant in the UK is deliberately designed to prioritize energy use by the company that commissioned it, feeding only minimal energy into the grid.
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Pollution from Drilling & Shipping In the Arctic Will Make It Melt Even Faster
Arctic-bound oil companies like Shell and Gazprom are going to speed the melt of sea ice that's already shrinking thanks to global warming.
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US Nuclear Facilities at Greater Than Expected Risk From Flooding Due to Dam Failure: Whistleblower
A whistleblower at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says officials there are trying to justify not making public a report showing that the risk from dam failure to US nuclear power plants is greater than acknowledged.
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Chevron Fined a Measly $17.3 Million For Oil Spill in Brazil
This is what a slap on the wrist sounds like.
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Shell Stops Arctic Drilling for 2012 - Greenpeace Declares Victory for People Power
After a series of technical mishaps in its Arctic drilling efforts, Shell is calling it quits until next year.
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Here's to Four Decades of Coal Industry Ads Insulting Our Intelligence
The fossil fuel industry has spent more than forty years trying to clean up its image in the public eye. It does so mostly by lying.
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Japan Plan Phases Out Nuclear Power by 2030, As Renewable Energy Projects Quickly Approved
Unfortunately it's not just renewable energy that will be replacing nuclear power in Japan, but also increased imports of coal, oil, and natural gas.
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There Will Soon Be Oil and Gas Drilling in Up to 42 National Parks
There are already oil and gas drilling operations in or nearby twelve national parks. Thirty more are under consideration
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Energy News: US Emissions Set to Rise in 2013, Cuomo's Fracking Aide, Indian Point Power Agreement Set to Expire
Higher natural gas prices are likely to lead to a shift back to coal, a new EIA report shows. More...
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UK Grid on Brink of Breaking Major Wind Energy Record
At some point today, more wind power than ever before will feed into the UK's National Grid. But this is just the beginning.
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Tar Sands Development Already Bumping Into Air Pollution Limits for Sulphur and Nitrogen Dioxide
Sulphur dioxide is already 20x natural occurring levels, with nitrogen dioxide pollution being 10x what it'd be without tar sands mines.
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Chevron Failed to Properly Inspect Pipe That Ruptured, Causing Massive Calif. Fire
Chevron violated its own internal procedures in not replacing section of pipe that lost 80% of its wall thickness.
