America's first offshore wind farm to be completed by the end of this yearREAD MORE

America's first offshore wind farm to be completed by the end of this year: Deepwater Wind and General Electric announced that the Block Island offshore wind farm near Rhode Island should be complete by the end of 2016.

How to live comfortably without power if an emergency forces you off grid READ MORE

How to live comfortably without power if an emergency forces you off grid: What would you need to do to live comfortably off the grid? Consider these basic systems and make your power outage as comfortable as your regular life.

World is embracing clean energy, says expert READ MORE

World is embracing clean energy, says expert: An expert argues that investment in renewable electricity now outstrips that in fossil fuels, and that increasing numbers of policies to improve the efficiency of energy use and to make energy systems more flexible are pointing to a global momentum in the adoption of sustainable energy systems.

Renewable energy investments: Major milestones reached, new world record set: For first time, developing world investments in renewables (up 19 percent in 2015) topped developed nations' (down 8%); World record total of $286 billion invested in renewables last year, makes $2.3 trillion over 12 years READ MORE....

Renewable energy investments: Major milestones reached, new world record set: For first time, developing world investments in renewables (up 19 percent in 2015) topped developed nations' (down 8%); World record total of $286 billion invested in renewables last year, makes $2.3 trillion over 12 years: Coal and gas-fired generation attracted less than half as much capacity investment as renewables last year; Renewables added more to global energy generation capacity than all other technologies combined; For first time, developing world investments in renewables (up 19 percent in 2015) topped developed nations' (down 8 percent); and world record total of $286 billion invested in renewables last year; makes $2.3 trillion over 12 years.

'Community solar' systems may add savings to local, cooperative energy projects READ MORE

'Community solar' systems may add savings to local, cooperative energy projects: Part of the future of solar energy, especially for residential use, may be small'community-based' systems in which neighbors join together in the construction and use of solar systems to optimize the energy produced in their neighborhood -- and share in the benefits. Increases of 5-10 percent in the energy produced are possible, say experts.

Solar and wind power will be the cheapest forms of energy in the future READ MORE

Solar and wind power will be the cheapest forms of energy in the future: A new study demonstrates that an energy system based completely on renewable forms of energy will be economically viable in the future. Within ten years, solar and wind power will be the cheapest forms of energy production for Asia's largest energy markets.

Solar cells as light as a soap bubble: Ultrathin, flexible photovoltaic cells could find many new uses.READ MORE

Solar cells as light as a soap bubble: Ultrathin, flexible photovoltaic cells could find many new uses.: Imagine solar cells so thin, flexible, and lightweight that they could be placed on almost any material or surface, including your hat, shirt, or smartphone, or even on a sheet of paper or a helium balloon. Researchers have now demonstrated just such a technology: the thinnest, lightest solar cells ever produced.