Alternative Energy Technology

After decades of slow progress and massive investment, some fusion power researchers are changing tactics

What happens when a country runs out of oil

Quickening economic growth in developing nations can expand forests and hasten the arrival of renewable energy technologies

Slower warming than predicted gives the world time to develop better energy technologies

Analysis by one of the world's leading financial institutions estimates the cost-emissions tradeoffs of different electricity futures in Germany and California 

Energy from wind, water and sun would eliminate nuclear and fossil fuels

Less polluting energy sources are proliferating in the U.S. If other nations join in, the results could have global impact

They came in all ages—college, graduate school, early career, mid-career, mature career, semi-retired---many ethnicities and backgrounds, but mostly one gender. These were women gathering at MIT in Cambridge, MA, for the fourth annual Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Symposium.

Some years the theme for the C3E Symposium has been less clear; this year it crystallized: transformation. Women are leading the transformation of innovation, of climate solutions, of our world. Each and every woman at this conference is dedicated to transforming systems and lives through engagement and work in clean energy.

Utilities that impose fees on solar homeowners see a sharp drop in installations

Global warming has become a 1-degree Celsius reality, making progress at climate talks in Paris even more imperative

Synthetic cells get one step closer to reality