A New Source of Liquid Energy?
In the poorest parts of the world, energy is scarce. That is why some scientists are excited about the prospect of generating electricity from urine. Human waste, after all, is Continue Reading
Why Power Markets Tilt Toward Renewables Even With Cheap Oil
If you’re a power plant developer, chances are you’ll be selling renewables in a developing nation in the decades ahead — even with fossil fuel prices bumping along historic lows. Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia’s Oil Chief Prepares for a World After Fossil Fuels
Even as it pumps near-record quantities of oil, Saudi Arabia is getting ready for a time when the world will no longer need its biggest export. The world’s largest crude Continue Reading
$2 Billion Loss for Generators as a Million U.S. Roofs Get Solar
Rooftop solar is casting a $2 billion shadow over power generators across the eastern U.S. With more than a million U.S. houses set to have solar panels by the end Continue Reading
Renewable Energy Growth Blows EIA Forecasts Out of the Water, Again
Another year, another U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) assessment report that makes the agencies own forecasters look foolish. In the latest Electric Power Monthly report, which covers all twelve months Continue Reading
Here’s How Electric Cars Will Cause the Next Oil Crisis
With all good technologies, there comes a time when buying the alternative no longer makes sense. Think smartphones in the past decade, color TVs in the 1970s, or even gasoline Continue Reading
New Grid Storage Technology Helps Integrate Renewables
Developing cheap energy storage is a critical step in moving to renewables and away from fossil fuels as the primary source of electricity: it’s the only way such intermittent sources Continue Reading
Companies Go Green on Their Own Steam
U.S. companies are cutting emissions voluntarily and buying clean energy at the fastest pace ever, as lower renewable energy prices and easier availability of these sources makes these economical options. Continue Reading
First Solar’s Cells Break Efficiency Record
Driving forward in the race for highly efficient solar cells, First Solar says it has converted 22.1 percent of the energy in sunlight into electricity using experimental cells made from Continue Reading
U.S. refiner biofuels costs top $1 billion, nearing 2013 record
U.S. oil refiners paid more than $1 billion to comply with rules to produce more ethanol-infused gasoline last year, the most in two years, according to filings that will likely Continue Reading