Scotland Sets New Wind Energy Record
In June alone, the nation's wind turbines generated over one million megawatt hours of electricity.
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Making Electricity From Dirt
By harnessing power from soil microbes, one engineer is trying to charge cell phones across rural Africa.
New Life for Crematories’ Waste Heat
The idea of capturing waste heat for other purposes is well known and very green, but what about when the waste heat is derived from burning the dead?
Remembering California’s Nuclear Meltdown
We provide some background and context for the nuclear-power crisis in Japan.
Combining Heat and Power
An old American idea to capture and use waste heat from electricity generation, adopted by Europe, needs to come back home for a visit.
Trash Crops to Cash Crops
Two guys in a pickup truck brewing fuel from farmed trees and grasses aim to show Americans that switching to alternative fuels is a viable option right now.
Lunar Power: Running on Moonshine
While industrial production of ethanol may not be the savior as it was once heralded, home distillers are willing to tap into a more parochial form of energy independence.