Associated Press has reported that Haiti’s president Michel Martelly hopes to double the number of rural households that receive electricity within two years through loans to buy solar kits. Dubbed “Give Me Light, Give Me Life,” the program is part of a $45 million energy package that...

Last month, IKEA announced plans to incorporate solar power at every single one of its stores in the Southern US. Collectively, the stores and distributions centers will account for 10.7 megawatts of solar generating capacity. Reinforcing the company’s long term commitment to...

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville have collaborated to develop an alloy than can produce hydrogen from water using sunlight, a novel method that the researchers say has profound impacts for the future of solar energy and hydrogen production. A team...

In 1836, a couple named Marcus and Narcissa Whitman were the first emigrants to travel the full length of the Oregon Trail. Narcissa became the first white woman to cross the Rocky Mountains, and in 1843 Marcus led a wagon train of 1,000 pioneers up the deadly trail, starting the first Great...

Each day, the sun sends enough energy to the earth to provide for all of our daily energy needs, 15,000 times over. When it comes to perfecting an ecologically-sound energy source that will never be depleted, solar is the answer. Yet for decades, we’ve been told that solar energy is too...

Propulsion comes in many weird and wonderful ways; from the combustion engine to steam engines, there’s been a whole host of innovations and new, exciting ways to get you down the road. Here’s a few of some of the best and some of the weirdest. Bio Biomass – or Biofuel to me and you –...

The evidence indicates that government investments have significantly helped the US renewable energy market. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 provided $94.8 billion for clean energy. The program was established under section 1603 of ARRA, and provided cash grants...

December’s chill has gripped on tightly to New Jersey but at Kennections Hair Concepts on Route 1 in Lawrenceville, they’re feeling the sun’s rays no matter what temperature the thermometer reads. Kennections Hair Concepts recently installed a 31 kW solar energy system in an unused lot...

In 1970, Kermit the Frog first sang on Sesame Street about how hard it was “bein’ green.” Kermit, however, quickly traded lamentation for celebration, proclaiming, “It’s beautiful! And it’s what I want to be.” Forty years ago, The Muppet Show, like...

EarthTalkTM From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I’d like to know the relative electricity cost of utility scale solar and wind plants versus rooftop residential solar. In other words, how can I know whether to subsidize my utility’s alternative energy plant...