The redesigned 2016 Chevrolet Volt features more handsome styling inside and out, and a noteworthy boost in its electric operating range that vastly blows away any conventional plug-in hybrid on the market. […]

China’s domestic oil production has peaked and is now declining, creating major problems, ranging from Beijing’s increased foreign oil dependency to upward pressure on global oil prices. via Forbes.com: Energy News http://ift.tt/2bnFdAC

Report describes pathways for development of advanced nuclear concepts In a report announced August 30, INL’s nuclear experts, in collaboration with their counterparts at Argonne and Oak Ridge National Labs, presented pathways […]

Three years ago, Wood Mackenzie reported on how water scarcity could impact global energy industries, from North American shale gas to Middle Eastern desalination. An updated report from Wood Mackenzie and Verisk […]

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has issued a draft manual on the compensation of distributed energy resources that could influence how regulators across the country design rates and how […]

We’re living in a time of records. More renewable energy came on stream in 2015 than ever — 147 gigawatts, equal to Africa’s entire generating capacity — and investment in the sector […]

There’s a global helium shortage. It’s not among the widely publicized problems of the world, but there is undoubtedly a helium deficit – the noble gas that most of us associate […]

If you spend enough time talking to people in cleantech, you’ll often hear them talk excitedly about how new business models will be key to unlocking the low-carbon energy economy. But what […]

This week I want to expand on the potential role of carbonate minerals for fighting rising CO₂ levels in the atmosphere. Previously, in Treasure of the Sierra Nevada and Cruising to Vegas […]

The world’s coal resources are clearly huge. How could China, or the world in total, reach peak coal in a timeframe that makes a difference? If we look at China’s […]