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07 March 2014
London officials are urging the mayor to lobby the UK government for a renewed commitment to energy efficiency....
26 February 2014
There are lots of different ways to define the “smart grid,” but a new study shows people...
31 January 2014
A new smart-grid program being launched in the UK aims to help stabilize the power grid as more renewable...
13 December 2013
When it comes to renewable energy, too much of a good thing has in the past been a problem. Germany,...
19 November 2013
London expects to begin heating some homes with waste heat captured from the London Underground and an...
19 November 2013
Triple-digit prices for crude oil have opened up large new unconventional sources like Canada’s...
24 April 2013
A US research team inspired by the work of twin sisters from a New York high school has identified a...
21 March 2013
Modern society would grind to a very unpleasant halt without energy … we all know that. Outside...
13 March 2013
Grand solar energy plans — such as turning the Sahara or the Mojave into giant, clean power plants...
06 March 2013
What are the key takeaways from the World Economic Forum’s latest report on energy? One, global...
07 December 2012
If winter is making temperatures drop to frigid levels where you live, you’re likely grateful for...
15 November 2012
Foreign students will get more than just a place to stay while visiting the VTT Technical Research Centre...
31 October 2012
A technology first created for computer gaming is helping to launch a “new era of scientific supercomputing.”...
29 October 2012
A new Smarter Energy Research Institute aims to help energy and utility companies improve their services...
12 October 2012
With US production booming and low prices, natural gas could be an appealing fuel for a growing number...
08 October 2012
Refueling a Navy vessel in the middle of the Pacific ocean isn’t like topping off the tank of your...
13 September 2012
What if we could “tune” marine-energy devices so they could grab the maximum amount of power...
28 August 2012
Imagine being far from the comforts of home — maybe hiking through a remote wilderness or patrolling...
20 August 2012
Wastewater treatment plants could one day not only power themselves but be able to generate excess electricity...
14 August 2012
NASA is banking on advanced solar energy technologies to power spacecraft and satellites on future journeys...
01 August 2012
A new breakthrough could bring us a bit closer to a future in which building and car windows could generate...
26 July 2012
While the world continues to put up more wind turbines and solar panels, it also continues to use more...
19 July 2012
Algae could help us build a cleaner, more sustainable energy future, but not necessarily in the way you...
17 July 2012
“Liquid batteries” could provide the answer to the large-scale energy storage challenges...
15 June 2012
What’s the most telling comment in this year’s BP Statistical Review of World Energy? It’s...
06 June 2012
The tantalizing prospect of deep-water wind farms, using vast, floating turbines, is coming closer to...
04 June 2012
The global geothermal energy market continues to grow significantly in 2012. However, in the US, the...
01 June 2012
Let’s get a few potential objections out of the way up front: Yes, natural gas is cleaner than...
21 May 2012
The world was producing nearly 238 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy as of the end of 2011, with the fastest...
16 May 2012
With the opening of the Alamosa Solar generating facility, Colorado is now home to the world’s...
11 May 2012
For consumers, sentiment about prices generally follows two simple rules: more expensive and hard to...
23 April 2012
Nuclear energy is a lot of things: reliable, controversial, fraught with economic and engineering challenges....
19 April 2012
Which country generates the most electricity from hydropower? It probably comes as no surprise that China...
12 April 2012
What else is crude oil but ancient sunlight in liquid form, a fuel distilled from the remains of tiny...
11 April 2012
We tend to assume that moving toward a world of all electric, zero-emissions cars is just a matter of...
10 April 2012
Oil prices and the broader economy are linked in complex ways, but there’s no question the connections...
04 April 2012
Every alternative energy source has its disadvantages, right? Natural gas, while cleaner than coal or...
04 April 2012
What parts of the world have the best potential for solar energy developments? Desert regions like the...
02 April 2012
Which countries are getting the most energy from solar panels? Germany continues to lead the way globally,...
29 March 2012
How dependent are we on a steady supply of fossil fuels? In particular, how much does a fully functioning...
28 March 2012
Smart-grid technology and renewables are the keys to a more energy-secure and sustainable future, a lot...
28 March 2012
What’s the potential downside to a “Golden Age of Gas,” the International Energy Agency’s...
27 March 2012
Standards of living aren’t the only thing rising in so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India...
26 March 2012
Who uses the most oil in the world? In this category, the US does have the right to say, “We’re...
23 March 2012
When it comes to making sense of current energy issues, it seems wise to ask, say, a scientist. And one...
22 March 2012
Most forms of energy we produce also require us to use water, often lots of water. Think of all the water...
22 March 2012
This year’s World Water Day is focused on the most essential way in which we use water: to produce...
20 March 2012
With wind turbines becoming a familiar part of the scenery in many places, and the cost of photovoltaic...
19 March 2012
With wasted electricity accounting for nearly 25 percent of their total energy consumption, industries...
14 March 2012
What do we know about solar energy? We know that, despite the popular criticisms leveled against government...
13 March 2012
The world might be on the brink of a “golden age of gas,” as the International Energy Agency...
08 March 2012
In the US and elsewhere, a lot of news coverage lately has focused on the vast new supplies of natural...
07 March 2012
As we close in on the one-year anniversary of the deadly triple disaster in Japan — earthquake,...
02 March 2012
LEGO is helping a new crop of wind turbines sprout up in the North Sea off of Germany’s coast....
01 March 2012
It was a different world for nuclear power stations when Oldbury came onto the scene in the UK in 1967....
28 February 2012
Why is it people continue to do so many things they know aren’t good for them: eating fast food,...
24 February 2012
Who could argue with the goal of achieving an “energy-secure” future? It’s a worthy-sounding...
24 February 2012
In the good-versus-evil, broad-brush-strokes world of modern politics, it’s always someone’s...
22 February 2012
We’ve heard over and over again in recent years that a smarter, more technologically advanced energy...
21 February 2012
As a natural resource on a finite planet, uranium is no more unlimited in supply than oil, coal or natural...
20 February 2012
Nuclear energy stands at a strange crossroads. In one direction, the path taken by Germany and Siemens,...
17 February 2012
What does an oil price shock have to do with subprime mortgages? Well, consider this: the global economy...
16 February 2012
Could the natural gas “boom” end up being the Darth Vader to Lando Calrissian … as...
13 February 2012
There’s been a lot of crowing in certain media arenas lately about the “death” of peak...
07 February 2012
What’s the best way to understand developments in the energy world? A Daily Ticker story on Yahoo!...
07 February 2012
Compared to natural gas, the US is using proportionately less coal than it once did for generating electricity....
31 January 2012
In his most recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama laid out an all-energy-sources-go...
31 January 2012
The renewable energy industry might be suffering growing pains, but the key word there is “growing,”...
30 January 2012
Energy and water are linked in many ways, though we don’t always give much thought to the connections....
30 January 2012
Energy is the “lifeblood” of the global economy, as a report issued at the just-wrapped-up...
27 January 2012
The US will produce 20 percent more crude oil a decade from now, become a net exporter of liquefied natural...
26 January 2012
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address this week highlighted a lot of issues related...
23 January 2012
North Sea oil production passed its peak more than a decade ago, but the UK is still looking offshore...
18 January 2012
What will our energy landscape look like in, say, 30 years? As physicist Neils Bohr is quoted as saying,...
16 January 2012
As if the year 2012 doesn’t already portend challenges enough, what with all the Mayan prophecy...
12 January 2012
Friction is a fickle friend for motorists. On the one hand, you wouldn’t want to find yourself...
10 January 2012
It’s that time of year again, when the Sugar Plum Fairies have put away their dancing shoes, and...
10 January 2012
We mentioned in an earlier post that the size of the global gas-flaring problem is massive – 150 billion...
10 January 2012
Financial impact 150 billion cubic meters per year of flared gas is roughly equivalent to … • Gas use...
09 January 2012
The company name Eight19 doesn’t seem to suggest anything … until you hear the reason its...
04 January 2012
Rising levels of obesity and the McMansion trend of the real-estate bubble era already provide evidence...
03 January 2012
A looming but hidden energy crisis in Saudi Arabia could wreak havoc both at home and internationally,...
03 January 2012
Nuke-abandoning Germany is rapidly expanding its already large base of renewable energy, putting it on...
02 January 2012
The fast-expanding shale gas industry in the US has hit a literal bump with the closure of several fluid...
02 January 2012
Cash-strapped water utilities in California are turning to solar energy to keep operating in the face...
29 December 2011
Electricity utility Landsvirkjun plans to build the world’s longest submarine power cable to connect...
28 December 2011
The past year was a busy one for the smart grid, with advanced energy meters and other major grid improvements...
23 December 2011
Our thoughts today are with the family, friends and co-workers of Amonix CEO Brian Robertson, who passed...
23 December 2011
Coal, oil and natural gas helped power the Industrial Revolution, and make life as we know it today possible....
22 December 2011
With budget cuts, rampant climate-change denial and a Republican party eager to turn back the clock on...
21 December 2011
By 2016, many of the little energy aggravations that inconvenience you today — a run-down cellphone...
21 December 2011
Will 2012 be the year we see oil prices rise to crushing record highs? Or will the cost of crude collapse...
20 December 2011
Researchers at Kyoto University have discovered a way to unleash an “avalanche” of excitons...
15 December 2011
The inextricable link between energy and economic growth has been painfully clear to many people since...
15 December 2011
Nuke-rejecting Germany plans to expand its renewable energy base even further with a new offshore power...
13 December 2011
While it’s common knowledge to anyone who follows energy news that the world’s appetite for...
12 December 2011
After several years of courtship, Siemens and Shanghai Electric are tying the knot and looking to raise...
12 December 2011
Late December brings with it more than Christmas these days: as winter looms in the northern hemisphere,...