Efforts are continuously on to make solar panels more efficient so that in future sunlight can be used as an alternative to fossil fuels. Researchers are putting tremendous effort to minimize the inadequacies of current solar panels. Both, Michael Jensen, Ph.D., a mechanical engineer and Anna Dyson, an architectural scientist from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, along with their team are trying to make solar systems in terms of power and heat nearly eighty percent efficient. (more…)

DENVER - John McCain's record on solving the energy crisis is harming America's move to energy independence and probably will cost the country more than 100,000 jobs, Montana Gov.

Nevada's main electric utilities are extending financial incentives now offered to homeowners with solar power systems to customers installing wind turbines.

Maple Ridge windfarm photo: David Laribee The problem of the United States' electrical transmission capacity not be ready for a renewable energy big push, in particular the large-scale wind farms planned for ...

NorthWestern Energy says it seeking the permits needed for a natural-gas-fired power plant near Anaconda.

California law requires the state to get 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2010, and it is looking at Oregon's wind power industry as a way to do it.

How does it feel to have the best of both worlds? People who are using hybrid cars might have a taste of it. Hybrid technology tries to combine the advantages of combustion engines and electric motors. This way a person can save fuel especially in an urban environment. But the million dollar question is how to improve the performance of storage units? How to make high performance storage units safe for the end user? (more…)

An employee of Japanese electronics giant Mitsubishi displaying the world's highest efficiency solar power cell in Tokyo on August 27.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm was in her element at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night: microphone in hand, facing a friendly audience, moving around the stage, chatting about alternative energy.

Wyoming officials say a pair of wind developers have committed to buying 585 megawatts of capacity on a transmission line that would connect to Colorado's Front Range.