October 2, 2014
Can renewable energy and desalination tackle two problems at once?
Over the past four years, a record-setting drought has impacted Texas, the second-most populous state in the U.S. The drought started in October …
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September 2, 2014
Calculating America's energy landscape
Studying the landscape-scale impact of energy development, especially renewable energies, requires working at the interface where policy, …
September 4, 2013
Think differently: renewable hydrogen generation
Most of the existing solutions for renewable energy storage represent riffs on our current energy infrastructure. They are either inherent to …
September 4, 2013
Energy storage brings a renewable energy future one step closer
Renewable energy sources promise to address many of the energy challenges facing society: They derive power from inexhaustible supplies of …
May 16, 2012
Policy in the field: What's next for tax policies and the American clean energy economy?
It takes green to be green. Renewable energy technology requires dedicated investments, whether public or private, to succeed. The costs are …
January 20, 2012
Crystal Ball EARTH: Energy: Oil and gas around the world
Energy is a combined product of natural resources, human ingenuity and economy; it is also an engine for economic and social development. This is …
January 20, 2012
Crystal Ball EARTH: Energy: A fool's look into the future
In the 1985 classic “Back to the Future,” Doc Brown, the mad scientist played by Christopher Lloyd, queries his time-traveling visitor, Marty …
January 5, 2012
Is there really a minerals crisis?
China sent the high-tech industry and markets reeling last September when it blocked exports of raw rare earth minerals to Japan. In mid-October …
January 5, 2012
GSA meeting: Hydrocarbons not going into the sunset just yet
HOUSTON – Energy — in particular biofuels (and developing sustainable feedstock for biofuels), oil and hydrocarbons — was a primary topic on …
January 5, 2012
Congress lets bans on outer continental shelf drilling expire
In July, President Bush lifted the executive ban on outer continental shelf (OCS) drilling, putting pressure on Congress to follow suit. In the …