Renewable Energy

A town on the Jersey Shore needs money to fix its boardwalk, and a wave power developer says his concept might be just the ticket to raising funds.

For several hours on Tuesday, wind turbines were sending more power to the grid than the Pacific Northwest’s famous hydroelectric projects.

A Hawaii project will use geothermal power to make hydrogen by electrolysis; the hope is to use the hydrogen stabilize the grid, making room for more renewables.

Nobody has taken legal action – yet – but bird advocates are not happy with the Obama administration’s site approval for a 1,000-turbine Wyoming wind farm.

When wind turbines go in, employment grows and incomes rise, according to a new study that looks at wind power’s local economic impact.

A new study shows that climate-change skepticism and denial are given a bigger role in news coverage in the U.S. than in several other major countries.

A five-turbine, 30-megawatt project in Rhode Island waters files for final permits to begin building the first offshore wind farm in the United States.

Two new polls reveal the same thing: Voters support clean energy – especially voters in swing states.

WET-NZ, the first wave energy device to take advantage of a new Oregon test buoy, will now move on to Hawaii for a full year of DOE-funded assessment.

President Obama blocks a Chinese company’s purchase of four tiny wind farms under development in Oregon, citing unspecified national security concerns.

Citing weather concerns, Ocean Power Technologies pushes deployment of the first commercial utility-scale wave generating device in the U.S. from October to next spring.

With indirect land use changes included in the accounting, biofuels are usually an environmental loser, the Swiss federal lab EMPA says.

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.