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Unused offshore oil platforms can be reefed, by bringing above-water parts ashore and chopping the jacket down, to allow sunlight to supply a thriving ecosystem.
Elon Musk is a huge believer in the future of solar energy. But for Musk, it's not speculative. Every new press conference reveals the enormity his vision.
The Buoyant Airborne Turbine, or BAT, is inflated on site, eliminating cranes, cement foundations and steel towers, which allows it to be deployed in under 24 hours.
Can Omnigrid Micropower (OMC), a small energy services startup, help change the way a sprawling, chaotic country like India delivers energy to the poor?
After an absence of nearly 30 years, the Obama administration finally installed and fired up a new 6.3 kilowatt solar power system on the White House roof.
Glori Energy's AERO System improves water-flooded well production by pumping nutrients to native but dormant microbes. They grow, knocking loose stranded crude.
Researchers have proven that it’s possible to power engines with a cheap and abundant seawater. To prove their point, they flew a model airplane using the new technology.
As competing groups pressure the Obama administration about selling US natural gas overseas, the DOE recently authorized exports from a proposed Oregon terminal.
On a day late last month, winds energy set a record as output reached 10,296 MW. That day wind provided nearly 29% of the 35,768 MW of electricity flowing on the Texas grid.
Danny Roderick, Westinghouse CEO, announced that his firm was calling off R&D for their SMR, which is designed to produce 225 MWe, the new market's high-end.
Texas oil producers pumped 2.8 million barrels a day in January, the 28th month since August 2011 that the state’s oil output has increased by more than 25%.
As smoggy skies over China thicken into soup and life spans plummet, leaders recently pushed to develop a revolutionary thorium nuclear reactor in only 10 years.
Oasys Water can recycle fracking water, reducing water disposal by 80 percent and cutting the cost by up to 30 percent, thus making it cheaper than hauling water away.
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