Energy

Old habits die hard. As natural gas prices rise, coal has reversed its slide and surged ahead as the clear leader in electric power generation. CO2? What CO2?

May 23, 2013 12:33pm | By Mark Halper

Once a bastion of dungarees and power tools, the iconic retailer thinks it has figured out a modern way to market all those abandoned stores that it still owns.

May 23, 2013 7:51am | By Mark Halper

There's more good news for Tesla.

15 | May 23, 2013 6:35am | By Tyler Falk

Department of Energy ships important material to Prague for testing in advanced reactor.

3 | May 22, 2013 6:12am | By Mark Halper

The Take's C.C. Sullivan wonders why designers, architects and artists think that recycling is automatically an aesthetic success. It takes a bit more than just reusing old stuff to create good...

3 | May 22, 2013 3:00am | By C.C. Sullivan

Two entrepreneurs have some advice for would-be startup founders: Don't spend too much time planning when you should be selling.

4 | May 21, 2013 3:00am | By Beth Carter

Erosion happens. So how do you harness these natural processes to re-nourish beaches and fortify the coastline?

3 | May 20, 2013 2:35pm | By Janet Fang

An undersea gold rush could be coming soon with the rising cost of minerals and advancements in technology opening the seafloor to mining.

3 | May 19, 2013 9:20pm | By David Worthington

Three moves this week demonstrate country's determination to sell nuclear abroad as it builds and plans 150 reactors at home - more than a third of the world's present total.

6 | May 17, 2013 4:42am | By Mark Halper

Will black carbon cause the death of space tourism before it has taken off?

9 | May 16, 2013 10:49am | By Charlie Osborne

The solar company's plans to roll out an energy storage product marks a shift within the industry to offer more services.

3 | May 16, 2013 9:36am | By Kirsten Korosec

The first lab-grown burger will be eaten soon.

19 | May 16, 2013 5:52am | By Tyler Falk

The bloom is sliding off the rose of renewables. Electric and hybrid vehicles losing favor too. What about nuclear?

28 | May 16, 2013 4:51am | By Mark Halper

BERLIN -- Could a troupe of classical performers help rejuvenate patronage for opera?

2 | May 16, 2013 3:00am | By Shannon Smith

The Electric Power Research Institute sees drones as a potentially powerful tool to respond to power outages after big storms.

3 | May 15, 2013 11:09am | By Kirsten Korosec

To paraphrase them: "Fire up the fission. These imported fossil fuels are breaking us."

May 15, 2013 5:28am | By Mark Halper

Energy analyst Chris Nelder reports from a foreign country deep in the throes of shale gas fever.

35 | May 15, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

Amtrak's most popular route will soon get locomotive upgrades.

7 | May 14, 2013 12:42pm | By Tyler Falk

Now you can set your home light bulbs to flash or change color when your sports team scores. Tunable to any alert - stock prices, weather forecast, traffic reports, social media - through the Net.

5 | May 14, 2013 3:43am | By Mark Halper

Lease the car and the driver too for 60 years of carbon-free power.

9 | May 13, 2013 12:28pm | By Mark Halper