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Popular Mechanics
December 11, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
Can Offshore Grids Solve Our Wind Power Woes? The European Commission met last month to discuss connecting their growing supply of offshore wind power with a grid spanning the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Mediterranean Sea.   |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2013
Peter Fairley |
Germany Takes the Lead in HVDC New developments in high-voltage DC electronics could herald an epic shift in energy delivery |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2010
Katherine Tweed |
More Power! ABB Building Longer, More Powerful Transmission in Europe, China It sounds like an infomercial, but ABB is bringing renewables onto the grid with more efficient transmission. |
National Defense
May 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Offshore Wind: An Untapped Energy Source Wind is now the world's fastest growing energy source. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2008
Peter Fairley |
Microsoft Scourge Mario Monti and Volunteer Mediators Break Through Europe's Transmission Bottlenecks Can volunteers succeed where the European Commission has failed? |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2006
Karl Stahlkopf |
Taking Wind Mainstream Given wind's intermittency, can the power grid handle much larger amounts of variable generation? |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Germany May Lead the Next Clean-Energy Revolution Without nuclear power, Germany will need to step up its solar and wind games. |
BusinessWeek
October 26, 2009
John Carey |
Wiring America Up to Green Power Should the U.S. subsidize vast high-voltage lines to transport wind and solar electricity to the big cities? |
The Motley Fool
November 15, 2010
Jim Mueller |
Rising Star Buy: Power-One Time to jump on this powerful opportunity. The company manufactures inverters that change DC electricity produced by solar and wind to AC electricity fed into electrical grids. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2012
Vaclav Smil |
A Skeptic Looks at Alternative Energy It takes several lifetimes to put a new energy system into place, and wishful thinking can't speed things along |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2008
Peter Fairley |
Closing the Circuit Engineers working in the teeming cities and lonely deserts of North Africa are creating the last links in a power grid that will ring the Mediterranean Sea |
Wired
May 2002
Alex Markels |
Sea Change The next wave of renewable power is bigger, cheaper, and multi-megawatts stronger than ever before. And it's about to go online in the North Sea... |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2011
Peter Fairley |
Flexible AC Transmission: The FACTS Machine Flexible power electronics will make the smart grid smart |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2011
Peter Fairley |
Why Japan's Fragmented Grid Can't Cope Bridging Japan's east-west frequency divide to stoke power flows will require real engineering hustle. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2013
John Boyd |
Japan's Digital Grid Scheme Japanese consortium aims to transform the country's centralized grid into islands of interconnected cells |
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010
Jeremy van Loon |
Where Wind Power Is Blowing Away Profits As wind power generation grows, it can create regional surpluses of electricity. That makes power prices fall, hurting wind profits. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2011
Peter Fairley |
Germany Folds on Nuclear Power Berlin's decision to shut down reactors means tough energy choices ahead |
Popular Mechanics
May 17, 2007
Tyghe Trimble |
Turbine Turbulence: How to Fix U.S. Wind Power On the outskirts of Abilene, Texas, if you get close enough, the whoosh of giant, energy-pumping blades might convince you that wind power is destined to grow. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2010
Surojit Chatterjee |
Google Joins Consortium to Create Wind Energy "Superhighway" Internet search engine giant Google plans to create a "superhighway for clean energy" by joining a consortium to develop an underwater power cable network. |
Mother Jones
Jul/Aug 2002
Alex Markels |
Prevailing Winds For decades, Big Energy blew off renewable energy as insignificant. Now the industry's biggest players are racing to build wind farms -- and cash in on the latest energy boom. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2012
John Boyd |
Japan's Green Power Dreams Delayed A year after Fukushima, nuclear power is still down and renewables are far from ramping up |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2011
Peter Fairley |
Japan Faces Post-Fukushima Power Struggle Crisis transforms renewable energy bill into an antinuclear symbol in Japan. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2010
Herman K. Trabish |
Xcel Shows It Can Catch the Wind in a Big Battery Utility's test results prove wind power and solar power can work better with a battery. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2009
Toby Shute |
China's Energy Solution: Ignore the Cost Perhaps you've heard the argument that the world needs to move from coal to renewables at any cost. China now appears to be applying this idea quite literally. Certain companies should benefit. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Robert F. Keane |
Alternative Energy Twisting in the Wind The Pickens plan was not the only one to cut back on ambitious alternative energy plans. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Energy Storage and the Future of Energy Batteries and compressed air will play a role in making renewable energies more effective. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Solar Power May Be Asked to Protect and Serve The U.S. Army is making a big push for renewable energy, and it's a smarter move than you may think. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Solar Pushes Germany's Energy Costs Lower?! Electricity futures prices have fallen in Germany, thanks to wind and solar. |
Popular Mechanics
October 15, 2009
Jennifer Bogo |
Lone Star Energy: Why Texas Will Resist the Call for a Unified Grid A recent proposal to link the eastern, western and Texas grids together to create a national, energy-friendly supergrid has sparked the interest of utilities and energy insiders, but Texas doesn't want to participate. |
BusinessWeek
September 9, 2010
Carol Matlack |
Sahara Solar Energy Could Power Europe Inc. A European consortium wants to invest $560 billion in Sahara solar panels. |
Chemistry World
December 3, 2012
Maria Burke |
Push for renewables may have unforeseen consequences On a global scale, lots of studies indicate fully integrated planning of resources should be synchronized across sectors and countries, says Antony Froggatt, senior research fellow at Chatham House, but it is hard to put into practice. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
Peter Fairley |
China Doubles Wind Watts Trumping rivals in wind energy despite dismal returns. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2013
Jean Kumagai |
The Smartest, Greenest Grid What the little Danish island of Bornholm is showing the world about the future of energy |
BusinessWeek
June 17, 2010
Mark Scott |
Of Greenbacks and Green Power A country by country look at the power of green power. |
Chemistry World
February 2011 |
What proportion of the world's energy supply will be sustainable by 2020? Three experts from different fields provide insights into scientific and political problems that impact energy stability. |
Chemistry World
October 12, 2009
Sarah Houlton |
EC pushes renewables research The European Commission has called for a dramatic increase in investment in low carbon technologies to address climate change and secure the future energy supply. |
BusinessWeek
June 26, 2008
Adam Aston |
The War Over Offshore Wind Is Almost Over It's no longer if, but when, where, and how many wind farms will go up along the U.S. coast. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2009
Toby Shute |
Is the Pickens Plan Losing Wind? It's been one year since T. Boone Pickens presented his plan to cure America's dependence on foreign oil. If nothing else, it got the conversation moving in the right direction. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2011
Peter Fairley |
Fukushima's Positive Impact Japan's melting nuclear fuel rods may bring about overdue developments in global power systems. |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2010
Toby Shute |
How Sand Might Can a Solar Plan Desert solar power may have a little problem. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2005
John Teresko |
Powerful Opportunities As global manufacturing faces conflicting energy challenges new answers are being found. The winning opportunities are in power management, renewable resources and distributed power generation. |
Geotimes
August 2005
David Pimentel |
Weighing in on Renewable Energy Efficiency With our supply of fossil fuels running out, the author tells us about alternative energy sources: biomass, biodiesel, hydroelectric, wind, hydrogen and photovoltaics. He ends with comments on the European lifestyle. |
Wired
Bryant Urstadt |
Deliver Clean Energy to Distant Cities Building wind turbines and solar farms in the middle of nowhere sounds great. But it's not easy to move all that clean energy to the people. The solution is to go underground or underwater. |
InternetNews
March 24, 2010 |
IBM Smart Grid Push Aims for Power Efficiency In a team-up with eMeter, IBM plans to help public utilities improve their power usage and efficiency. |
Fast Company
October 19, 2011
Anthonia Akitunde |
European Offshore Wind Conference Europe leads in offshore wind power, with more than 1,000 turbines pumping 3,294 megawatts into the grid. |
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Germany Shows How Renewable Energy Should Be Done A change to Germany's feed-in tariff rates shows a commitment to renewable energy and a new model for solar. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Google, the Power Company? A 350-mile transmission line funded by Google is just what the wind industry needs. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2011
Peter Fairley |
A Less Mighty Wind Three reasons wind power could wane |
Chemistry World
March 18, 2014
Hepeng Jia |
Bumpy road for Chinese renewable energy Huge losses at star Chinese renewable energy firms are ringing alarm bells as the nation vows to keep its growth momentum by investing in the environmental sector. |
Chemistry World
September 1, 2011
Jon Cartwright |
Limestone is efficient energy distributor Limestone batteries could be the key to transporting energy across huge distances, according to chemists in Germany. |
