EnviroMission is an Australian company that intends to construct a massive solar tower between New South Wales and Victoria. Scheduled for completion in 2005, the energy producing tower is remarkable in a number of ways. Most notably, the tower will be about one kilometer tall, taller than any other manmade structure. Furthermore, it is not a conventional solar power installation, as it will not...

The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory offers a New Publications page that contains five recently published reports freely available to view or download. The documents include: NREL Institutional Plan, 2001-2005; Photovoltaic Energy Program Overview, Fiscal Year 2000; Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future: Interlaboratory Working Group on Energy-Efficient and Clean-Energy...

Energy efficiency is a topic of great concern among a wide range of stakeholders and this 210-page report from the National Research Council delves into some interesting new findings on the subject. Released in December 2009, the report looks into the subject of energy efficiency technologies and their viability in the coming years and decades. The report is divided into five primary chapters...

What would 100% renewable energy look like where you live? This interactive world map encourages readers to explore the possibilities of a green energy transition by laying out a projected renewable energy mix for the year 2050, including residential and commercial solar, wind, water, and geothermal energy. There are a number of ways to interact with the map. Readers can use the bar at the top of...

Green Mountain Becomes First Campus Powered by Vermont Dairy Cows http://www.greenmtn.edu/gmcjournal/pop_102306_cow_power.asp Local farm leading way for green power http://www.addisonindependent.com/?q=node/295 CVPS Cow Power [Macromedia Flash Player] http://www.cvps.com/cowpower/Cow%20Power%20home.html The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy http://www.ashdenawards.org/ Vermont...

Today in Energy publishes one short, topical, data-driven article each day to help energy professionals and the general public keep up with the latest developments in renewable and nonrenewable energy. The report comes from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), and the articles are primarily U.S.-focused. Recent articles covered the impact of California's drought on the state's...

Keeping cities clean and "green" is at the top of many policy makers lists these days, and the "Clean Cities" initiative at the U.S. Department of Energy is a great place to learn more about everything from alternative fuel sources to hybrid vehicles. Visitors to the site can sign up for their free electronic newsletter, take a look through the alternative fuels and advanced vehicles data center,...

This 29-page paper "focuses on utility-scale electricity generation from wind and provides an overview of the history, technologies, economics, environmental impacts, regulations and policies related to this use of wind power." Published by the Renewable Energy Policy Project and updated in November 2003, the document outlines recent trends in turbine technology that have made wind energy more...

Published in 2011, The Energy Report from WWF makes a bold claim - that the world can be run entirely on sustainable energy by 2050. The Report also claims that the transition will not only be possible, but cost-effective as we already have most of the technology necessary to do it. The scenario will also contribute to equitable access to resources. The 256-page report can be downloaded in full...