The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of reaching less than $1 a watt for complete installed solar systems by 2020. Reaching $1/watt would bring the cost of solar power […]

It was as if the International Energy Agency were appearing on the old American television game show To Tell the Truth last week as it offered a third contradictory forecast in the […]

The Bakken crude oil formation spread out over North Dakota and Montana should give up more than 1 million barrels of oil per day next month. North Dakota is already the second-largest […]

In this week’s Petrodollars column from Oilgram News, Anchorage correspondent Tim Bradner reviews the important tax issues that Alaska’s state legislature faces in the  new year. —————————– Alaska is putting a major […]

Environmentalists won’t stop the shale gas craze. Neither will federal regulators. But a lack of water could possibly do so. And that is why drillers are looking for new ways to find […]

The talk in Texas currently is about using its newly discovered shale gas abundance and its growing renewables capacity synergistically. But is natural gas a bridge to renewables or is it actually […]

Continually declining solar photovoltaic prices will continue to power an international market surge, with annual installations doubling by 2020 en route to grid parity around the world, despite each international energy market […]

If we declare that there’s an obesity epidemic and then rejoice in low prices for junk food, we’re deluding ourselves into thinking we’ll solve the problem. But that’s precisely the paradox we […]

LEED might not be the only game in town when it comes to green building certifications, but it’s certainly a huge force in the sector, as a new report from the program’s […]

There are 834 drilling rigs hunting oil and gas in Texas – 47.5 percent of U.S. rigs and 24 percent of drilling rigs worldwide, according to the latest Baker Hughes Rig Count. Most of […]