Moving the country towards renewable power when coal remains a cheap fuel source has been a challenge, one that a number of states are addressing by setting hard targets for their utilities. Two of the states that will require their utilities to provide a fixed percentage of renewable power in the n...

by Richard T. Stuebi Generalizations are always tricky, but it's safe to say that many employees of many electric utilities whose generation plants are mainly coal-fired have a hard time feeling very enthusiastic about renewable energy. You can imagine the rants: renewables are tiny and negligible, ...

It's Friday, so why not take some time to enjoy a unique, green renovation.  This home used to be an old, stucco box, but you'd hardly know it just by looking.  Mr. Jeremy Levine gutted the whole place and gave the home a new lease on life.  The interior of this North Eagle Rock renovation drowns...

by TonyfromOz SOLAR POWER (Part 3) This shows the now decommissioned Solar Two mirror array near Barstow California in the Mojave Desert. It uses nearly 2,000 heliostat tracking mirrors focussed on the tower and it produced 10 MW of power. It was decommissioned in 1999 and is now used for research b...

The solar power plant Abengoa Solar will build in Gila Bend, Arizona won't rely on fancy photovoltaic panels. No, it uses pretty much the same trick your evil ass used on bugs and leaves way back......