Off-grid energy: The solution to Africa's 'resource curse'?
Despite being rich in natural resources — including a vast amount of renewable solar energy — Africa remains solidly at the bottom
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Could 'parasite power' change the world?
By 2016, many of the little energy aggravations that inconvenience you today — a run-down cellphone battery, a laptop with dwindling
Will oil prices hit record highs - or crash - in 2012?
Will 2012 be the year we see oil prices rise to crushing record highs? Or will the cost of crude
Sub-atomic 'avalanche' could pave way for super solar cells
Researchers at Kyoto University have discovered a way to unleash an “avalanche” of excitons — electron-hole pairs — 1,000 times as
What energy innovations will lead the way in 2012?
Among the startups vying to earn the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) title of “America’s Next Top Energy
Greenpeace 'likes' Facebook for 'unfriending' coal
Environmental activist group Greenpeace has made a lot of friends over the years through its campaigns and communication efforts on
Small utilities find energy 'smarts' in the cloud
Across the US, large utilities like investor-owned Pacific Gas & Electric and municipally operated Austin Energy have been working for
Keystone XL vote is energy policy madness
An 11th-hour deal by US Senators this past weekend paved the way for a two-month extension of unemployment benefits and
US vote sets loose a plague of 'zombie' green light bulbs
As the old saying goes, there’s more than one way to skin a cat. And the same applies to
Yes, energy and the economy are linked ... just not how you think
The inextricable link between energy and economic growth has been painfully clear to many people since mid-2008, when crude oil
For nuke-nixing Germany and Siemens, it's full-steam ahead with wind
Nuke-rejecting Germany plans to expand its renewable energy base even further with a new offshore power wind-energy plant featuring 80
Low-carbon future? Ha ... Coal demand to grow by 600,000 tons A DAY
While it’s common knowledge to anyone who follows energy news that the world’s appetite for coal keeps growing,