Consistency Key to Renewable Energy Policy
A new report on funding renewable energy projects offers a primer on how policy decisions are best engineered to boost the industry.
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Wood Pellets Energizing Europe, Timber Industry
A thriving transatlantic trade in compressed wood scraps is creating New World timber jobs and meeting Old World clean energy requirements.
Falling Cost of Renewables Softens Nuclear Shutdown
As renewable energy sources approach cost parity with traditional sources, phasing out nuclear power might in Germany be economically smart.
Germany’s Road to Natural Gas Has Coal Detour
Germany's energy revolution makes a shift to natural gas likely all over Europe.
Energy Conservation Through the Lens of Faith
An ecumenical effort to combine spirituality and sustainability adds solar panels and wind turbines to the pantheon of religious symbols.
Inventor of Plastic Solar Cells Sees Bright Future
Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci, inventor of the plastic solar cell, reviews the past, present and bright future of his invention with Miller-McCune's solar guru, John Perlin.
Noise Complaints Draw Opposition to Wind Farms
The health effects from wind turbine noise tell us interesting things about the way we hear things.
Greener Battlefields Would Be Safer for Troops
Allied troops would be much safer if they could cut the petroleum tether, according to a chorus of military leaders and planners.
Can Mining Provide a Renewable Energy Future?
Developers are looking into mining waste heaps as a home for solar panels and windmills.
Locally Owned Wind Power: Quaint it Ain’t
The financial crisis is a blessing in disguise for community wind power, an underserved sector of the burgeoning U.S. wind industry. And turbines are giving old farms a second wind.