Energy

Here's a fast new way to power a city fleet of electric buses.

20 | June 3, 2013 1:01pm | By Tyler Falk

Brewing and serving coffee with a precision typically reserved for manufacturing might just be the answer to a wired, mobile, impatient, caffeine-hungry world. Austin-based Briggo is betting on it.

3 | June 3, 2013 3:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

From the cradle to the grave, a typical pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. The biggest gas-emitting step might surprise you.

16 | June 2, 2013 9:29pm | By Janet Fang

Google is sinking $12 million in a 96-megawatt solar power plant in Africa, its first renewable energy investment in the continent.

2 | May 31, 2013 8:56am | By Kirsten Korosec

Expanding access to electricity in the developing world with renewables is creating economic opportunities for women through assisting businesses, microfinance and longer workdays.

3 | May 29, 2013 8:45pm | By David Worthington

The German beer industry is worried that natural gas extraction could ruin the purity of German beer.

38 | May 29, 2013 6:42am | By Tyler Falk

Energy analyst Chris Nelder refreshes his outlook for 2013.

26 | May 29, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

Electricity for the grid and for water desalination plants, from a little known Canadian company. Saudi Arabia interested too.

4 | May 28, 2013 5:55am | By Mark Halper

New report from McKinsey Global Institute identify the top world-changing technologies that will add the most value to the global economy.

15 | May 24, 2013 9:12am | By Joe McKendrick

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?

25 | 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.

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

There's more good news for Tesla.

22 | 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?

5 | 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?

10 | 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.

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