ClearEdge Power completes $73.5 million financing round Series E funding validates company’s technology and market position; follows strong customer adoption, DOE funding and company growth HILLSBORO, Ore. – August 23, 2011 – ClearEdge Power, a leading manufacturer of scalable, high-efficiency stationary fuel cells, today announced that it has raised $73.5 million in Series E financing through the sale of new …

Many of us fondly remember Fred Flinstone and his foot-powered automobile. Unfortunately, the self-powered car never materialized in our real world. Instead, we have millions of cars on the road today that all use a lot of gas and produce fumes that are harmful to our environment. Environmentally friendly cars are a big step in the right direction. While many …

The sun’s rays generates massive amounts of energy which are transmitted down to the earth’s surface. Whenever the sun’s light reach the earth’s surface the intensity of the heat directly from the sun’s rays is not as hot because some of the heat happens to be rerouted before it reaches the earth’s atmosphere. When the direct sun light is hot …

Department of Energy Finalizes a $967 Million Loan Guarantee to Support the Agua Caliente Solar Project Arizona Project Expected to Generate Approximately 400 Solar Related Jobs Washington D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the Department of Energy finalized a $967 million loan guarantee to Agua Caliente Solar, LLC. The loan guarantee will support the construction of …

By Daryl J. Ehrmantraut Our future energy requirements depend on reaching the ‘holy grail’ of electricity generation – Finding a cheaper alternative to coal and other fossil fuels. The availability of an alternative energy source would also contribute significantly to energy self-sufficiency in North America. Every hour more energy from the sun hits the earth than the world’s entire population …

Photograph by Tim Wimborne, Reuters This story is part of a special series that explores energy issues. For more, visit The Great Energy Challenge. For years, the energy world has puzzled over how to harness the sun to make rooms cool. That may sound counterintuitive to those who think primarily of the uncomfortable heat beating down on roofs and windows …

Currently under development for eventual commercial deployment in the estimated 85 million commercial buildings and homes in America, SolarWindow(TM) is the subject of ten new patent filings and is the world's first-of-its-kind technology capable of generating electricity on see-through glass windows.

By Congressman Jerry McNerney Ph.D., Co-author of Clean Energy Nation: Freeing America from the Tyranny of Fossil Fuels I make it a point to meet with as many people as possible to learn from the experiences of others and stay connected. It’s important to represent my constituents effectively. In the last year, the tone of the conversations has changed. People …

This could not become a case of “Too good to be true”, if you consider the paradox that if anything is good and is cheap it seems to promptly get sent to a silent grave. This is often easily seen in the field of alternative medicine, so I have no idea why it would be any different with alternative energy. …

We no longer need to burn fossil fuels to produce usable energy. Today there are many alternative forms of usable energy available to us. Choosing to utilize other forms of renewable energy such as solar panels not only reduces our carbon footprint and the impact that we have on the world, but also provides us with a sustainable energy source …

GE wind turbines are among the top selling renewable power items on the market today. General electric is one of the couple of companies in the world that invest seriously within alternative, renewable energy dependent products. The organization creates top quality generators that may transform wind energy in to electrical energy without giving off considerable amounts of greenhouse gas. General …

In their new book, CLEAN ENERGY NATION Congressman Jerry McNerney, a renewable energy expert, and technology writer Martin Cheek assess the positive and negative aspects of various alternatives.

We have known, for quite some time, that the fossil fuels we use today are a finite source of energy; we only seem to disagree on when those sources will run dry. Alternative sources have been around for quite some time, including electric power and solar power, but none has yet supplanted dead dinosaurs. Presented here are some other fuels,some strange, some downright weird.

GE wind turbines are among the top selling alternative energy items currently available. GE is among the few companies in the world which invest seriously within alternative, renewable energy dependent products. The organization produces high quality turbines that may transform blowing wind power in to electrical power with out emitting large amounts of greenhouse gasoline. GE produces 1.5 MW series, …

South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences and Festivals announced today it will launch the inaugural SXSW Eco Conference to bring together experts in the fields committed to finding solutions for a sustainable world.

Spain is one of the world’s most advanced renewable energy players. In 2009, renewable energy represented 12.5 per cent of total energy generation in Spain, and this is expected to go up to 20 per cent by 2020.

Jorge Ribal asked: Since Don Quixote de la Mancha’s times (and even before), wind energy has been used to help us on different daily life activities. Wind energy can be utilized in order to grind grain and even to pump water: that’s what windmills do. In that case, wind energy becomes mechanical energy to perform such activities. But when a …

Solar panels for homes which convert the sun’s rays to generate electricity have many great benefits to homeowners and our planet altogether. Nowadays, with so many homeowners switching to solar energy to power their electricity needs, solar energy has grown in demand. Its efficiency, durability and environment friendliness have contributed in its popularity. 1. Economical Electricity rates have been sharply …

Solar panels for homes that make use of the sun’s energy to create usable electricity contain many amazing benefits for homeowners as well as our planet altogether. Recently, with a significant increase in homeowners turning to solar energy to power their electrical needs, the growth of solar energy has truly rise in demand. Its efficiency, durability and environment friendliness have …

Jose Marc Castro asked: Many people believe that hybrid electric cars have opened the marketplace for pure electric cars as well as increasing demand for hybrid vehicles. But what exactly is a hybrid electric car and what can it do for you? Hybrid vehicles A hybrid vehicle is one which integrates both traditional internal combustion engine power with that of …