Solar energy

How two mayors of small towns in right-wing America are showing the way to energy and climate progress: through local action.

29 | May 1, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

Your window might be an unlikely place to plug-in your smartphone, but a team of designers has made that possible with a novel take on the portable charger.

1 | April 29, 2013 7:31pm | By David Worthington

Has the photovoltaic industry's agonizing four-year run of squeezed profits and bankruptcies ended? And will people still buy as the cost climbs?

45 | April 24, 2013 3:41am | By Mark Halper

Terrestrial Energy's safe, liquid reactor could be ready in eight years.

10 | April 23, 2013 4:55am | By Mark Halper

Swiss giant ABB paying big bucks for - an inverter maker? This isn't pinup stuff, but it could be rock solid business.

April 22, 2013 8:53am | By Mark Halper

The $204 million whopper is part of a renewable energy push.

11 | April 22, 2013 4:35am | By Mark Halper

Solar power added twice as much to the grid in the first quarter of 2013 as it did in all of 2012.

7 | April 22, 2013 3:10am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

Can a new project aimed at concentrating sunlight bring solar power back in fashion?

3 | April 22, 2013 2:38am | By Charlie Osborne

The number of Americans working in the solar industry has doubled in three years. California now employs more solar workers than actors. Find out which states lead the nation.

7 | April 18, 2013 12:56pm | By Kirsten Korosec

Creating a renewably powered grid is easy compared to crafting a new regulatory framework that will make utility investors whole during the transition.

20 | April 17, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

MELBOURNE -- Part of a global network of coworking spaces, a thriving outpost in Australia is driving innovation through diversity.

April 17, 2013 2:30am | By Lieu Thi Pham

It took the Curiosity eight months to get to the Red Planet. The Fusion Driven Rocket could slash journey time and open up space travel.

11 | April 12, 2013 3:51am | By Mark Halper

Has the solar trade dispute between China and Europe crossed a line?

2 | April 9, 2013 10:48am | By Charlie Osborne

James Hansen has been campaigning against global warming for decades. He retired as boss of NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies this week, giving lift-off to his latest call for nuclear.

20 | April 5, 2013 3:41am | By Mark Halper

U.S. natural gas prices are rising, while wind and solar are growing rapidly. The global transition to mostly renewable grid power may now be unstoppable.

45 | April 3, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

Tesla just announced that vehicle sales have exceeded targets. It will soon pay back government loans.

12 | April 1, 2013 10:22am | By David Worthington

Centralized power grids are becoming less reliable. That means a growing market for microgrids.

1 | April 1, 2013 10:08am | By Tyler Falk

Think solar energy is clean? Researchers want to make it cleaner.

2 | March 25, 2013 1:34pm | By Tyler Falk

Apple is working to make a cleaner cloud.

1 | March 22, 2013 10:47am | By Tyler Falk

The United Arab Emirates has lots of oil. So why is it investing in the world's largest solar power plant? The answer's simple, really.

11 | March 19, 2013 12:53pm | By Tyler Falk