A natural resource is defined as a form of energy and/or matter which is essential for the functioning of organisms, populations and ecosystems. In the case of humans, a natural resource, in his words ...

Renewable power generation is facing short-term headwinds in the U.S., but its long-term growth seems assured.

A U.S. News panel of financial advisors answers the internet's most-searched questions about investing in renewable energy.

Renewable energy is useful energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, including carbon neutral sources like sunlight, wind, rain, tides, ...

In states with deregulated energy markets, finding a renewable energy supplier is fairly simple. The nuts and bolts of those plans are not. Sam Becker is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in ...

MGM Resorts International has reached a major clean-energy milestone, powering up to 100% of its daytime electricity needs on the Las Vegas Strip with solar power. The move highlights how the U.S.

Sometimes specific crops and trees are grown just for biomass power. These are often referred to as energy farms. For many years, farmers have been growing switchgrass as a side crop for livestock ...

Environmental impacts are an inherent part of electricity production and energy use. Electricity generated from renewable energy sources has a smaller environmental footprint than power from ...

Today, we often hear about “drop-in” fuels. These are renewable fuels are specifically developed for use in existing, mass-produced, transportation vehicles and other equipment — ethanol blend ...

This week’s question—could the world ever run entirely on renewable energy?—is shadowed by a much larger one: Namely, will politicians and powerful forces of delay like Big Oil ever allow the world to ...

Last month, I blogged about the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), for which I was a coordinating lead ...