Upcoming Environmental Protection Agency rules could have a “significant impact” on electric grid reliability by forcing the retirement of many power plants, according to...
AP - The U.S. District Court in Spokane has approved a new schedule that delays the cleanup of radioactive waste from the nation's most contaminated nuclear site by...
Greenpeace has been a thorn in the side of the consumer electronics industry with its Guide to Greener Electronics for years. The latest edition shows shuffling in the...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy is not aware of any U.S. clean energy companies experiencing disruptions in their rare earth metal shipments from China.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman Rajendra Pachauri called on President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to commit to working together to...
Reuters - Delegates at a global U.N. meeting to preserve natural resources moved closer on Tuesday to agreeing ways to set aside about $4 billion to help developing...
Iran will begin to load fuel into the core of its first nuclear energy plant in the southern city of Bushehr on Tuesday, the state news agency reported.
If space tourism ever becomes big business, as plenty of well-heeled backers hope, the danger of the enterprise might not be confined to those who book a ride to the edge...
This is Joel Francis. He's a student at Cal State Los Angeles, a former student body president, and a Marine Corp veteran. He also just challenged the billionaire...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department on Monday approved a permit for the world's biggest solar power project that will provide electricity to up to...
Wind farm developer First Wind Holdings is planning a $300 million IPO this week, but with a large debt load and choppy cleantech IPO waters, its success is unclear.The...
California energy users have a shock in store between 2015 and 2020, warns a new analysis by ICF International.That's when California's greenhouse gas law, the...
Despite some setbacks, the U.S. smart meter push is moving on at a stimulus-fueled pace, with 57.9 million smart meters planned and on the way.
"Smart grid" technology can help homeowners cut up to 20 percent of the energy they consume. So what's the delay? Commerce Sec. Gary Locke says the industry...
All of the phone companies have show interest in selling space on their networks for utility smart grid deployments — but some have been more aggressive than others. This...
Utilities around the world may be eager to embrace smart grids, but they don't necessarily want to have to deal with them themselves. Pike Research released a report...
The smart grid won't be a successful system until we engage the energy consumer, said IBM's CEO Sam Palmisano at the smart grid industry event the GridWise Forum...
Cisco and Itron are joining to go after the smart grid together.The two companies announced a somewhat far-reaching agreement under which the two will work to develop...
The Energy Department said Tuesday more than 2 million "smart" electric meters have been installed nationwide, sped along by funding in the big 2009 stimulus...
by Todd Woody.California legislators have passed the nation's first energy storage bill, a move that require the state's utilities to bank a portion of the...
by David Roberts.I've been doing a series of posts on the U.S. power sector and the new regulations it will soon face. If you missed it:A brief overview of the U.S....
"This project, which is the first of its kind, will allow customers to trade power across the interconnections and to take advantage of opportunities to buy lower...
Much of the electricity consumption in the U.S. is concentrated to a handful of hours during the year, primarily during hot summer days.
