Harvesting the Ocean: A New Approach to Wave Energy Conversion
By Tyler SeedWhile much attention on renewables in recent years has focussed on solar and wind technologies, awareness has been growing arou...

A Gift from NOAA?
Come, sit by the fire and I'll tell you this holiday tale: This week, many wee ones (and large ones too, for that matter) will tear open gif...

The Next Secretary of Energy: Will He Flinch & Cave to the Fossil Fuel Culture?
The following guest submission is from a poster who wishes to be identified as 'Silverthorne-Cebes', and describes himself as: Economist, r...

Stanford University reports a confidence-boost for renewables
I've often wondered about the wisdom of trying to co-locate offshore wind turbines with wave-energy technology as a way of saving on transmi...

Oil Shock II
As OPEC's members and friends meet in Algeria to agree on deeper cuts in oil output, the effectiveness of their actions will depend greatly ...

The grid and renewables: supersize me
Climate talks in Poznan, Poland, this week included a meeting to discuss the concept of a super-grid that would connect renewable-rich regio...

New Research Ranks Top Renewable Energy Options
Image credit: WikipediaNew research from Stanford University ranks wind power as the most promising alternative source of energy. Titled Rev...

AskNature.org: A Peek Into Mother Nature's R&D Lab
A valuable new tool has hit the Web, and it promises to make a wealth of Mother Nature's wisdom available to architects, designers, engineer...