Last week, Dr. Ernest Moniz was sworn in as the nation’s 13th Secretary of Energy. Moniz was confirmed by the Senate in a unanimous vote on May ...

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The U.S. currently imports more than 80% of the lithium it uses, with the silvery metal winding up in batteries from cell phones to electric cars.

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The End of the Shale Era: Big Shift in Junior Oil Exploration – Interview with Chris Cooper The oil and gas game can be a tricky one for juni...

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Last month Beijing's air pollution soared past levels considered hazardous by the World Health Organization.

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Today, getting a pipeline built is not so easy - there are too many environmental concerns and the industry has become highly polarized.

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As we begin a new year we wanted to take a look at the current energy landscape and see what the future holds for the global economy, America's oil an...

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Have our wishes been answered? Scientists have found an oil field which contains 200 times more hydrocarbons than there is water on the whole of the Earth.

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The energy grid is vulnerable to anyone with basic weapons and know-how.

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Certainly the folks at Gazprom are having a good snicker, reveling in the mockery that has been made of what should have been a landmark Ukraine-Spain...

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Google may have a bad track record on privacy practices, but when it comes to green, the internet giant is clean, racking up over $850 million in inve...

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Renewable Technologies and our Energy Future - An Interview with Tom Murphy   Rising geopolitical tensions and high oil prices are continuing t...

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On Thursday the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the first nuclear power plant in the US since the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania ba...

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There is perhaps no more controversial energy source after nuclear than "hydraulic fracturing," or "fracking," of subterranean shale deposits containing pockets of natural gas. 

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Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is an idea for creating renewable energy by exploiting the difference in ocean temperatures between the surface and the seabed. 

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As we start a new year, consider the miserable plight of the average Pakistani electricity consumer. 

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2011 saw huge advances in solar, wind and other renewable energy sources, and these advancements will continue into 2012.  

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Researchers have reduced the preparation time of quantum dot solar cells to less than an hour by changing the form to a one-coat quantum dot solar paint. 

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Economic South Asian superpower India has firmly embraced solar power, advancing the target date by five years for selling solar-generated electricity at the same rate as electricity generated by fossil fuel plants, from 2022 to 2017.

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 The U.S. biofuel industry has long been stymied by the lack of USDA federal crop insurance, leaving only the most adventurous farmers willing to...

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Americans looking south of the Rio Grande tend to forget, if they ever knew, that Mexico is, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, now America's second largest source of imports.

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Back in July Larry Page became Google's new chief executive and immediately began a campaign to reign in Google's projects and focus their resources.

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On 30 May, in the aftermath of Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that Germany would close all of its 18 nuclear power plants between 2015 and 2022, which produce about 28 percent of the country's electricity.

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The practice of injecting water into deep rock formations causes earthquakes, both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Geological Survey have concluded.

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In 2003, Egypt had its wind potential assessed and a wind atlas published. It showed that with wind speeds of 7-10 meters per second, almost the entire nation was ideal for wind power.

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On 28 October Air China conducted its first trial flight of a passenger jet powered by a mix of biofuel and traditional aviation fuel.

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Israel Electric Corp. has signed contracts to build a $1.3 billion 240 megawatt solar energy project in China.

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 Brazil has passed Settlement CONAMA no. 401/08 into law as of July 2009, tightening controls on the composition of batteries and cells and in particular on their final disposal.

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