U.S. ethanol exports in 2011 reached a record high partly due to Brazil’s need to import more ethanol after a poor harvest of sugarcane—the feedstock for most of Brazil’s ethanol—sharply decreased that […]
For the past couple of years executives from French oil giant Total have espoused a belief that the world is pretty close to a peak in oil supply. Today in a speech […]
There’s a thriving cottage industry devoted to debunking Robert Bryce of the Manhattan Institute. Last October, Bryce said be believed a still-unproven experiment with neutrinos called our entire scientific understanding of global […]
Within a decade, 100 million Americans could get cheaper electricity from rooftop solar – without subsidies – than is provided by their utility. This finding from our new report – Rooftop Revolution: […]
DETROIT (AP) — More natural gas-powered vehicles will hit the market soon, as rising gasoline prices, booming natural gas production and proposed tax credits make them a more attractive option. But they’re […]
Despite the German government’s plan to reduce incentives for new solar installations, some market segments in the country will remain attractive for photovoltaics (PV) in 2012, with the return on investment (ROI) […]
Opening the National People’s Congress – the annual meeting of China’s parliament – Wen says tackling the problems of “imbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable development” is the government’s most urgent task. Beijing cut […]
Japan, Germany, South Korea and the United Kingdom are fielding aggressive efforts to bring the economic and environmental benefits of cutting-edge micro-CHP technologies to mainstream energy markets. Micro combined heat and power, […]
Scaling up energy efficiency retrofits around the U.S. could save an estimated $1 trillion over the next 10 years while creating 3.3 million job years for a wide range of skilled workers, […]
The post below is a reproduction of a paper published in the open access journal Sustainability by Michael Dale, Susan Krumdieck, and Pat Bodger (Vol. 3). The article is a first in […]
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