The numbers don’t lie—but politicians and industry bigwigs do. While pundits still wax poetic about an era of American energy independence, Bill Powers, author of the book "Cold, Hungry and in the […]

It takes water to create energy, and energy to move water. The extent to which these two modern-life giving forces are interwoven is rarely considered. A new report lays out the significance […]

The basic business approach used by much of America’s electric power sector has changed little over the past 100 years. Electric utilities operated state granted monopolies on electric sales, but were regulated […]

Twenty percent of global GDP already is produced in water-scarce areas. In the absence of more sustainable water management, the share could rise to 45% by 2050, placing a significant portion of […]

In an effort to create its own renewably-powered utility, Boulder, Colo., is reaching out to the solar industry to explore how the city will transition from its current electric supply from Xcel Energy to […]

The U.S. shale revolution opened up leagues of new resources over the past half-decade, but North America’s discovered reserves add up to just 7.6 percent of the world’s untapped potential, according to […]

Cost-effectiveness testing is such a complicated and often boring topic that it gets overlooked as one of the key barriers to achieving our energy efficiency goals. The fact is, the days of […]

Governor Andrew Cuomo just announced $165 million financing for New York State’s $1 billion Green Bank. Once the initial funds are approved by the public service commission, the Green Bank will look […]

Ask a utility representative and an energy storage vendor to tell you how to measure the costs and benefits of grid storage, and you’re likely to get two very different answers — […]

Many assume that it’s cheap labor that gives Chinese companies an edge at producing solar panels that cost less than those that come out of Europe or the United States. But a new study […]