Energy

  BY RANDALL CHASE DOVER, Del. -- A Massachusetts energy storage company that received a $24 million federal stimulus grant and a $43 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy has filed for bank...

  By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday identified 17 sites in six Western states as prime candidates for solar energy projects on public lands, continuing a push for sola...

  By Marc Gunther "We are starting to create the ecological U-turn that David Brower talked about, decades ago. On coal, it''s dramatic. We''ve seen a halt to the coal rush." &quo...

By Susan DeFreitas The Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames was constructed back in Victorian times, and now it''s getting a distinctly steampunk facelift with the addition of 4,400 photovoltaic pan...

  By Dean Praetorius It might surprise you to hear that the U.S. military may be advancing the field of alternative fuels. But rising petroleum costs and a desire to cut dependence on oil have pushed the m...

  By Brandi Colander Today, NRDC joined forces with Facebook and Opower to launch a landmark initiative designed to kick energy efficiency up a notch. Seizing upon the potential for social networking ...

  By Lynne Peeples Spending less on one''s monthly energy bill -- that''s appealing. Saving the environment at the same time, says Ryan Park, "that''s icing on the cake." ...

By Tom Zeller Jr. The debate over natural gas development and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking -- the process of injecting huge volumes of water, sand and chemicals deep underground to break up rock formations...

Would you drink liquid coal? The video below from the Renewable Energy Accountability Project (REAP) suggests "coal isn't just clean ... it's refreshing" when you drink it. But this isn't an ad ...

By Lucia Graves WASHINGTON -- Jonathan Silver, the head of the Department of Energy's loan guarantee program at the heart of the Solyndra controversy, is stepping down from his position, department officia...