A recent survey conducted by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has revealed that almost 4 out of 5 people support the use of renewable sources in the UK for energy creation. The survey which is published today shows that solar energy has the highest level of support [...]

We are currently on the frontier of green energy. Scientists have been busy researching and developing ideas to launch humanity into the future of energy usage. A number of these technologies that have been admittedly doomed in their infancy. However, many have been vitalized with a number of incredible breakthroughs. [...]

Self-sufficiency is a major ideal in Tennessee. Of the state’s great strengths has always been the do-it-yourself and independent attitude of our people. From the days of voyageurs, trappers and settlers to the present day, many Tennesseans live in the country and we want to be free to do what [...]

A few weeks ago, I commented on how Canada is selling parts of its Atlantic coast to BP, Shell and other oil companies, and on how these deals could mean new oilrigs off the coast of Nova Scotia. This week, the US is also opening up parts of their Atlantic [...]

In a peer-reviewed scientific study, American and British scientists have come to the conclusion that wind farm noises cause significant damage to people’s sleep and mental health. The scientists looked into two groups of residents in Maine, United States with one variable: one group lives within a mile of a [...]

It is certainly a historic moment for one wind turbine project in the UK… The Guardian newspaper reports that the first power has been generated from the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The first phase of the London Array project will see 175 turbines generating enough power to supply more [...]

The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) granted a lease for an offshore wind farm off the coast off Delaware. In charge of the project is a unit of U.S. power company NRG Energy. But despite the lease grant, the firm had decided last December to put the project on hold [...]

An American industry group says U.S. wind power developers are installing record-high numbers of turbines in 2012 — but that growth could drop if a production tax credit expires at the end of this year. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) says that in August, for the first time, the [...]

Reuters is reporting that Deepwater Wind is working to build the first U.S. offshore wind farm off Rhode Island. Deepwater’s chief executive spoke to Reuters. The American wind power developer plans to start construction of the $250 million, 30-megawatt (MW) Block Island project by early 2014. This reportedly comes ahead [...]

The already uphill battle to promote renewable energy instead of traditional fossil fuels has become even harder. On Friday, September 14th, the US House of Representatives passed the No More Solyndros Act, effectively halting the Department of Energy’s (DoE) loan guarantee program.  Republicans wrote the bill because, in light of [...]