While oil prices rise in response to unrest in oil producing nations and increased demand from growing nations, Americans continue to discuss and consider alternative energy options and lifestyle changes amidst a slow economic recovery.
More than half of U.S. adults now back moratorium on new reactors.
Using ammonia borane, researchers were able to reuse "spent fuel" for possible application in storing hydrogen on vehicles.
While exposed spent fuel rods at the failing nuclear reactors in Japan pose new threats, the worst-case scenario would still be unlikely to expose the public to catastrophic amounts of radiation, says a nuclear engineering professor and expert on this particular kind of reactor.
C. David Myers, president of Johnson Controls Building Efficiency, told state leaders that building efficiency projects, which provide guaranteed energy and budget savings, can be achieved with no upfront cost to a government facility.
New Jersey School of Conservation will install a 300,000-watt solar array to power the school and lower its carbon footprint.
Three other states already have filed against the Nuclear Regulatory Agency for its 60-year storage standard.
As the unfolding crisis in Japan raises debates about the future for nuclear power and as Middle Eastern political unrest destabilises petroleum markets, the energy industry faces many considerable challenges as it heads to a flagship industry gathering.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers have discovered a method that uses less energy to remove hydrogen sulfide from "sour" natural gas reserves.
Hyundai, Nissan, and Toyota use their electric vehicle purchasing power and experience in more than cars.
Using reverse osmosis technology, the underground coal mining company will build an advanced water treatment plant to remove chloride.
Coal-fired units would be replaced with natural gas-fired units at the Burnsville, Minn., facility.
EPA does not expect to see radiation at harmful levels reaching the U.S. from damaged Japanese nuclear power plants.
The rule reportedly eliminates 20 years of uncertainty related to emissions of mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gas emissions.
Prices on Europe's largest power market spiked violently on Tuesday morning in response to 25 percent of Germany's nuclear capacity coming off line.
The NRC has sent 11 additional experts to Tokyo to provide assistance as requested by the Japanese government.
NRC analysts overnight continued their review of radiation data related to the damaged Japanese nuclear reactors.
McIlvaine estimates the investment in clean air technology will be more than $21 billion.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs are seeking cleanup of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes on property that formerly provided petroleum storage in above-ground tanks, most recently by Kinder Morgan.
The Roanoke Cement plant conducts energy audits for its business partners to help them take advantage of cost savings