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Wired
June 2005
Carl Hoffman |
The Mad Genius from the Bottom of the Sea Unlimited energy. Fast-growing fruit. Free air-conditioning. John Pina Craven says we can have it all by tapping the icy waters of the deep.   |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2008 |
Slideshow: Powering a Far-flung Military The U.S. military, one of the world's most energy-hungry organizations, is tackling the mammoth task of ensuring its future security by using renewable energy sources |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2008
Peter Fairley |
Largest Solar Thermal Storage Plant to Start Up Spanish solar power station will produce 50 MW in the dark |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
William Sweet |
The Biggest Little PV Plant in the East The northeastern United States is not where most would think to put a photovoltaic power plant. But one just started up in Pennsylvania this winter. It's delivering the watts, but at what cost? |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008
Jennifer Bogo |
Geothermal Power in Alaska Holds Hidden Model for Clean Energy At Chena Hot Springs Resort, a visionary owner and an ingenious engineer tap into one of the world's most overlooked energy resources to produce electricity, heat buildings and soon, they hope, generate hydrogen. |
CFO
July 1, 2006
John Goff |
Power Source How a fresh crop of CFOs is propelling the alternative-fuels industry. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2008
Sandra Upson |
A Less Well-Oiled War Machine The high cost of petroleum is forcing the U.S. military to turn to solar, geothermal, and wind energy. |
Reason
June 2009
Ronald Bailey |
Energy Futures A quick guide to alternative energy sources we may see in the not-too-distant future. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2008
Alex Hutchinson |
Solar Thermal Power May Make Sun-Powered Grid a Reality For five decades solar technologies have delivered more promises than power. Now, new innovations are exiting the lab and plugging into the grid -- turning sunlight into serious energy. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2009
Jennifer Schonberger |
An Unexpected Player in the Solar Market Global security company Lockheed Martin has entered the solar power space -- and it has big plans. |
Industrial Physicist
Oct/Nov 2004
Jesse H. Ausubel |
Big Green Energy Machines Zero-emission power plants and Continental SuperGrids can multiply the power of the energy system 5-10 times while shrinking it in a revolutionary way. |
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... |
Wired
October 23, 2007
Amanda Griscom Little |
Olive Drab Goes Green: The Military Deploys Solar, Wind, and Biomass Power In December, the Department of Defense will complete nation's largest 15-megawatt solar installation. |
National Defense
November 2014
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
New Energy Technologies Could Provide Military With Inexhaustible Power Sources The Defense Department will need renewable energy sources that can juice up soldier equipment, sustain weapon systems and power bases, all while reducing the department's logistical tail and reliance on fossil fuels. |
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 |
Parameters
Spring 2006
Nader Elhefnawy |
Toward a Long-Range Energy Security Policy An overview of US and international energy policy, including the prospects for an economy based on renewable energy, the security problems likely to result from tightening oil supplies, and a possible basis for making the transition to alternatives. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2008
Willie D. Jones |
Ocean Power Catches a Wave Europe and New Zealand to install commercial generators, but U.S. slow to respond. |
National Defense
September 2006
Grace Jean |
Fuel Cell Technology Positioned as Viable Alternative to Generators Developers of fuel cell technologies are confident that they can answer the call for "more power on the battlefield." |
Popular Mechanics
October 7, 2009
Chris Sweeney |
5 Technologies Missing From the Clean Energy Bill Micro hydroelectric power... Waste to energy... Water efficiency... Geothermal energy... Solid oxide fuel cells... |
National Defense
May 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Offshore Wind: An Untapped Energy Source Wind is now the world's fastest growing energy source. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2012
Jean Kumagai |
Virtual Power Plants, Real Power Five kilowatts here, a hundred kilowatts there -- with a smart grid, it all adds up |
This Old House
May 2007
Max Alexander |
Solar Hot Water A brilliant way to cut as much as 80 percent off your water-heating bills is to use a solar hot-water system. It doesn't use any fossil fuels and it doesn't cause any pollution. You don't even need to live in a sunny climate. |
BusinessWeek
February 18, 2010
Mark Scott |
Now, an Alternative to Alternative Energy Big money is starting to flow into biomass, geothermal, and marine wave power projects. |
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? |
Popular Mechanics
November 24, 2009
Chris Ladd |
How Centuries-Old Flywheels Can Improve the Electric Grid For millennia, flywheels have powered everything from potter's wheels to steam engines, storing kinetic energy in their momentum as they spin. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2010
Seth Blumsack |
How the Free Market Rocked the Grid It led to higher rates and rolling blackouts, but it also opened the door to greener forms of electricity generation |
Food Engineering
November 4, 2007
Wayne Labs |
Sustaining Your Energy Action Plan An energy action plan should start with a thorough analysis of the manufacturing facilities WAGES, that is, the five utilities water, air, gas, electricity and steam. |
National Defense
May 2009
Matthew Rusling |
Green Construction Standards Adopted at Army Posts Army engineers are evaluating hundreds of construction projects to ensure that they meet "green" building standards. |
Food Processing
April 2012
Dave Fusaro |
PepsiCo Casa Grande Plant Reaches 'Near Net Zero' for Sustainability Frito-Lay's Casa Grande, Ariz., plant is nearly self-sustaining in water, heat and electricity. |
National Defense
April 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Navy's Energy Reform Initiatives Raise Concerns Among Shipbuilders The secretary of the Navy's announcement last fall of several initiatives to wean the sea service off fossil fuels has generated excitement but also some trepidation among energy researchers and defense contractors. |
Wired
July 2001
Steve Silberman |
The Energy Web The best minds in electricity R&D have a plan: Every node in the power network of the future will be awake, responsive, adaptive, price-smart, eco-sensitive, real-time, flexible, humming -- and interconnected with everything else... |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Jennifer Bogo |
Why Texans See Green Gold in Renewable Resources As America's petroleum heartland, Texas isn't known for being environmentally sensitive. But its oil-boom, energy savvy attitude could put the state in a surprising position -- leading the charge to alternative energy in the U.S. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Samuel K. Moore |
The Water Cost of Carbon Capture Coal power's carbon savior could double its water woes |
National Defense
August 2012
Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Energy: Market Holds Promise, and Plenty of Caveats The big daddy of military renewable energy projects is the Obama administration's directive for the U.S. military to deploy 3 gigawatts -- enough to power 2 to 3 million homes -- of renewable energy, including solar, wind, biomass and geothermal, by 2025. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2006
Jill Jusko |
Energy: New Plants, Old Problems Hundreds of new power plants are in the works in the United States, but they won't make energy cheaper or more reliable for manufacturers or consumers. |
National Defense
July 2009
Jeff Smith |
In the U.S. Military, Energy-Saving Projects Proliferate The U.S. military has been working on large and small green projects in recent years. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2009
Harry Sawyers |
The Guide to Home Geothermal Energy Unlike wind and solar, geothermal's power source never varies. |
BusinessWeek
March 6, 2006
Adam Aston |
Here Comes Lunar Power Hydropower, the granddaddy of green energy, is making a comeback. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2011
Marc Gunther |
GE's Big Bet on Natural Gas The company cites a push toward natural gas and says its new plant leads the way in efficiency. |
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. |
Geotimes
February 2006 |
Turning Trash Into Energy Global investment is growing in a variety of projects that take trash and convert it into usable energy: Turkey to oil... Poop power... From bread basket to fuel pump... Flying high on plant waste... Trash to light up New York... |
National Defense
June 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Pragmatism Driving New Energy Programs On U.S. Military Bases The Defense Department has set lofty goals for its facilities when it comes to renewable energies. It wants to produce 3 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2025, with each service branch kicking in one more gigawatt. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 6, 2010
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back? The United States is rapidly falling behind other developed countries such as Denmark, Germany, Japan, and China, all of which use government policy to develop their renewables industries. |
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. |
National Defense
August 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Defense Department Needs Investors to Buy Into its Renewable Energy Goals Most bases rely on local utilities to supply them with the vital energy they need to function. The Defense Department wants to turn the clock back, but not with fossil fuels. It is looking to alternate sources of energy -- solar, wind and waste -- to help it meet some lofty goals. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2006
Karl Stahlkopf |
Taking Wind Mainstream Given wind's intermittency, can the power grid handle much larger amounts of variable generation? |
Food Engineering
November 1, 2008
Kevin T. Higgins |
Cover Story: How Green Was My Factory Renewable energy is becoming a factor in all types of food facilities, though it's only one part of a wider drive toward green building design. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2005
Jill Jusko |
Power Hungry No doubt about it, manufacturing is a powerfully hungry energy consumer. But the energy landscape is changing, and manufacturers must be ready to adapt to an uncertain future. |
