Feed The Grid

When it comes to renewable energy, state policy has yielded by far the most progress. In 29 states, this has come mainly through renewable portfolio/energy standards, known as RPSs. These laws require public utilities to purchase or generate a certain ...

“Diverting a large portion of our nation's corn supply for ethanol use has diminished corn supplies for livestock and food producers, and increased the cost of corn for consumers,” said Olsen. “We need to support HR 1462 for the benefit of our families and ...

NIGHTS are cooler, and we’re regularly getting the evening showers. This means, the hot summer is almost over, and with it, floods, landslides and just about every calamity that we have become very familiar with. According to the United Nations University (UNU), Philippines ranks third among the countries most vulnerable to climate change and disasters caused by natural hazards

W ith a rich wind resource, massive renewable energy demand and access to the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator and PJM Interconnection markets, Illinois has emerged as one of the nation's most important states for wind power.

“Diverting a large portion of our nation's corn supply for ethanol use has diminished corn supplies for livestock and food producers, and increased the cost of corn for consumers,” said Olsen. “We need to support HR 1462 for the benefit of our families and ...

The intent was to boost the production of ethanol and other biofuels so the country could reduce its growing dependence on imported oil. At the time, President George W. Bush, a former oilman, complained that the nation was “addicted to oil.” Peak Oil, a ...

The 20-megawatt Maibarara geothermal project has successfully secured registration as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) venture sanctioned under the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

If Germany can phase out nuclear power and still thrive, why would other nations pursue a uranium-fuelled future, wonders Jochen Flasbart        

I'm heartened to see that public support for renewable energy in the UK has risen to an all-time high, according to the results of a poll released by DECC at the end of April. And perhaps just as well, because compared to most other European nations, we in ...

Full-service future: A worker at a gas station pumps hydrogen into a fuel cell car in April in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture. The station, operated by JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp., is the first in the nation to offer both gasoline and hydrogen fuel. | KYODO ...

On Saturday, conservation groups in 22 states and 8 nations overseas will stand along their coastlines in solidarity against offshore drilling in the annual "Hands Across the Sand" event. The event, happening locally on Folly Beach and in nearby Garden City and Hilton Head Island are designed to raise awareness for alternative energy, "to say “no” to offshore drilling and “yes” to clean energy

Prices for wind energy in Brazil, currently the lowest in the world, may rise at least 15 percent due to government policies designed to make the nation's power grid more reliable.

With dire warnings likely to match or exceed the worst fears about the effects of global warming, environment and development experts gathered today at United Nations Headquarters to debate the twin challenge of curbing climate change while sustaining ...

Georgia Power also is undertaking the largest voluntary solar power construction program in the nation, while Southern Co. and Turner Renewable Energy bought a 139-megawatt solar project in California last month, the fifth solar purchase completed ...