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Move Over, Oil, There's Money in Texas WindAfter breakneck growth the last three years, Texas has surpassed California as the top state for wind power.
Clean Power or Dirty Coal?Bowing to veto threats from the White House, Congress stripped from an otherwise admirable energy bill two important provisions on alternative fuels.
A Green Energy Industry Takes Root Under the California SunSolar power is booming in California, the product of billions of dollars in investment and mountains of enthusiasm.
What's Your Consumption Factor?To mathematicians, 32 is an interesting number: it's 2 raised to the fifth power, 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 2. To economists, 32 is even more special, because it measures the difference in lifestyles between the first world and the developing world.
Lightning Farms: The Spark is there, but hasn't been lit just yetThe possibility of harnessing the spectacular power of lightning has captured the imagination for a long time — or at least since Doc Brown returned Marty McFly to 1985 at the moment that lightning struck Hill Valley's clock tower in "Back to the Future." This summer, a c …
If I.T. Merged With E.T.A breakthrough in an energy technology revolution could drive the I.T. revolution into every corner of the world to create jobs.
On an Upstate Wind Turbine Project, Opinions as Varied as the WeatherAlmost everyone, in the abstract, is for wind energy. But as residents of Long Island learned last summer, it's often not so simple at all.
A New Push to Regulate Power CostsMore than a decade after the drive began to convert electricity from a regulated industry into a competitive one, many states are rolling back their initiatives.
Record Failures at Oil Refineries Raise Gas PricesA third of the country's oil refineries have reported disruptions like fires, power failures, leaks, spills and breakdowns this year.
Record Failures at Refineries Raise Gas PricesA third of the nation's oil refineries have reported disruptions to their operations since the beginning of the year, which is helping to drive up the cost of gasoline.
Windmill Cuts Bills, but Neighbors Don't Want to Hear ItA 35-foot windmill is at the center of a collision between the ideals of alternative energy and the suburban reality of New Jersey's notorious not-in-my-backyard culture.
Democrats Press Plan for Energy Tax ReversalSenate Democrats are seeking a major reversal of energy tax policies that would reverse incentives and benefits to the oil industry and instead underwrite renewable fuels.
From Turkey Waste, a New Fuel and a New FightThanks to the abundance of local droppings, Benson is home to a new $200 million power plant that burns turkey litter to produce electricity.
With Help, Could Ethanol Be the Next Internet?Many of the same venture capitalists who financed Internet companies in the 1990s are now financing alternative energy start-ups.
The Zero-Energy SolutionHow a system installed in your own backyard may one day power your house and your car.
A Return to the Land, for FuelMore companies in Hawaii are looking to its agricultural past to supply its energy-independent future.
Venture Capitalists Want to Put Some Algae in Your TankInvestors are now searching for a holy grail that symbolizes wealth in both profits and what's good for the environment.
Bush Makes a Pitch for Amber Waves of Homegrown FuelPresident Bush put on a white coat and visited a laboratory in Franklinton, N.C., to promote his goals for making alternative fuels from switch grass, woodchips and other plant waste.
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