
Birds Halt UK Offshore Wind Farm Expansion

Birds Halt UK Offshore Wind Farm Expansion

California solar plant greeted with fanfare, doubts about future


High-Powered Lasers Deliver Fusion Energy Breakthrough
A new experiment releases more energy than is pumped into fuel—a major milestone—but a long journey still remains for sustainable energy from fusion

Paris restaurants turn food scraps into biogas

Global Wind Capacity Up 12.4 Percent in 2013

Floating Wind Turbines Coming to Oregon Coast
A demonstration project received approval from the federal government, though Europe is still likely to see the technology first

India to Build World's Largest Solar Power Plant
The facility is designed to triple the country's solar capacity

Pay-as-You-Go Solar Gaining Steam in Africa
Cheap energy from sunlight could displace kerosene in African villages

New Hybrid Solar Device Exploits the Best of Both Worlds
The M.I.T. invention combines the electricity generation of photovoltaic cells with the energy storage of solar-thermal systems

Icelandic Drilling Project Opens Door to Volcano-Powered Electricity
The project unexpectedly struck a pocket of magma and decided not to plug the hole with concrete

Goodbye and Good Riddance to Inefficient Incandescent Lightbulbs
When will consumers realize the 60-cent incandescent light bulb was no bargain?

Is 2014 the Year of the Fuel Cell Car?
Major automakers suggest that cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells will finally hit the road this year