This article discusses various heating systems and the opportunities to reduce fossil fuel consumption for residential heating. The discussion will review heating system efficiency, costs of different energy sources, and the GHG emissions from these sources. It will also help you compare your existing heating system efficiency to the best currently available systems to determine if it’s replacement is economically justifiable.

On Monday, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced conditional commitments for more than $1.37 billion in loan guarantees to BrightSource Energy, Inc. in support of the construction and start-up of three utility-scale concentrated solar power plants. The plants, to be located in the Mojave Desert in Southeastern California, will generate approximately 400 megawatts (MW) [...]

It’s well documented that a reduction of greenhouse gases will require a multi-pronged approach, involving a combination of new technologies along with some existing but not often popular clean energy technologies.

Achieving an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from our personal vehicles will require dramatic technology improvements and probably favor complete conversion to electric cars by 2040.

By Brian Fikes
Climate change is coming and the consequences will be dire. A review of objectives and plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions suggests we won’t do enough, quickly enough. Will the meeting in Copenhagen be our last chance?

While the Waxman-Markey climate bill has passed in the House, the Senate has yet to prepare a bill to vote on.  This week, two key senators, Kerry (D-MA) and Graham (R-SC), moved the agenda forward by announcing a bipartisan proposal for a climate change bill, that would include support for nuclear energy and expanded domestic [...]