The U.K. is contemplating ways to take advantage of its enormous tidal range, and no vision looks more fetching than the proposal for Swansea Bay.
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Solar Power Rocked The American Energy House In 2012
Production of electricity from U.S. solar power plants rose a staggering 138.9 percent in 2012, a faster growth rate than any other type of generation.
EnergySage Aims To Be The Kayak Of Solar
EnergySage launches its online solar-shopping portal, promising easy access to quotes for installation and financing.
Wind Storage Plan: Energy Island Or Fantasy Island?
Belgium says it wants to build an offshore island with a below-sea-level reservoir in the middle that would be used to store power from offshore wind turbines.
Boston’s Deep Energy Retrofit Goes Platinum
With a 5-inch-thick shell of super-insulation materials, a retrofit apartment complex in Boston plans to reduce heating and hot water costs by 73 percent.
Oregon Passive House Aims To Slash Energy Bills
Oregon’s Pumpkin Ridge Passive House, currently being built with super-insulated walls and airtight windows, is expected to have energy bills that average just $50 per year.
Apple Designs A Wind Energy Storage Scheme
Apple Insider uncovers a patent application by the computer company for a system to convert wind energy into heat in order to store the energy for later use.
Low-Energy House Of Bamboo Blends Into Belgian Forest
With amenities such as a heat pump, radiant underfloor heating and high-performance insulation, this modern bamboo-clad house is as energy efficient as it is attractive.
Wind Energy-Related Deaths: How Common Are They?
One database tracking the info puts the numbers of wind-energy-related deaths at more than 70 since 1980, with a spike in the boom years since 2000.
Top 5 Home Winterization Tips For Energy Awareness Month
In honor of October being National Energy Awareness Month, we decided to round up five of the best home winterization tips we could find!
Polls: On Energy, Swing Voters Swing Clean
Two new polls reveal the same thing: Voters support clean energy – especially voters in swing states.
Drought Puts Focus On Water-Hog Energy Producers
Water is a key hidden cost of fossil-fuel power generation, and nukes, and a new report suggests that’s another argument for turning to solar and wind.
Wave Energy Devices Put To Test In Oregon
Wave energy is picking up steam on the West Coast, with the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center beginning operation of the Ocean Sentinel test site.
On Wind, Obama Sees A Clean Energy Winner
Once, Solyndra was going to make clean energy an albatross for President Obama. But with wind the focus, everything seems to have changed.