Gas costs too much. So does heating oil. And electricity. Americans love to complain about the cost of our energy. On the campaign trail, politicians love to offer policies that will lower it. But, as ...

Wind generating capacity in China has reached more than 42 GW—the most of any country. At the end of 2009, more than 10,000 utility-scale wind turbines had been installed in China, according to the ...

Climate change has not been strongly influenced by variations in heat from the sun, a new scientific study shows. NASA/SDO/AIA From major offshore discoveries to major advancements in solar power, the ...

When you’re buying a car, one factor to consider is the MPG (miles per gallon). Did you know that HERS (Home Energy Rating System) acts in the same way for houses? The HERS Index score tells ...

In Choke Point: U.S., Circle of Blue explores the emerging collision between the diminishing water supplies and the rising energy demand across the sectors of the U.S. economy. Water is a crucial ...

Every year, three in 20 households receives a disconnection notice from their energy provider and one in five must go without other basic necessities just to make energy bill payments. As energy costs ...

In Part 1, we examined the evolution of battery technology. In this part, we examine what batteries can and cannot do, and the energy problem that humans hope that batteries can help solve.Batteries ...

Back in 2010, China became the world's largest wind energy producer and the boom is continuing unabated, fuelled by government support and ambitious renewable energy targets. Data from the China Wind ...

The holiday season traditionally conjures up images of trees and homes strung with festive lights, cooking delicious food for cherished guests and a warm hearth to keep cold weather at bay. However, ...

Today’s graphic is special type of flow chart, called a Sankey diagram. This particular one shows the total estimated energy consumption in the United States in 2015, and how energy flowed from source ...