A new generation of super cells promises to reshape the future of energy.
Petroleum coke, or petcoke, is over 90 percent carbon and has become a fuel of choice for some Chinese industries.
The Kyocera Corporation recently announced it would be turning a Kyoto golf course into a solar power plant.
China, the world's largest carbon emitter, has made big plans to clean up its carbon-heavy energy supply. But when it comes to climate ambition, has the country set its sights too high?
Batteries will hasten the transition to the post-fossil-fuel age, but cause economic ripples around the world. Will lithium cartels replace oil cartels?
President Obama's ambitious new climate rules reflect an administration emboldened by recent victories on both domestic and global issues.
President Obama is set to release the final version of his Clean Power Plan on Monday.
A growing chorus of lawmakers, analysts, and industry insiders are calling on the US to better leverage its newfound energy abundance as a diplomatic tool.
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton rolled out an ambitious plan late Sunday to decarbonize the US power sector, the first of what her campaign says will be a series of energy and climate policy announcements.
British comedian Rowan Atkinson, in character as 'Mr Bean,' rides on a Mini car along The Mall in central London, Friday.
China, the world's largest carbon emitter, has made big plans to clean up its carbon-heavy energy supply. But when it comes to climate ambition, has the country set its sights too high?
Iran and six world powers reached a historic deal Tuesday that could have major repercussions on oil prices and the global energy industry.
Between economic turmoil in China and Greece, continued supply increases in the US, and an Iran nuclear deal, it's looking like oil prices are in for another stretch of declines.
Signs of lackluster demand have sent oil prices falling again; Rising oil supply isn't helping matters, either; Meanwhile in Washington, President Obama's climate plan comes under fire. Catch up on global energy with the Monitor's Recharge.
EPA's Clean Power Plan will survive challenges in court, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said Tuesday at a Monitor-hosted event. Ms. McCarthy said the agency wrote its rules – which would cut US power plant emissions 30 percent by 2030 – with legal challenges in mind.
The US nuclear industry has looked abroad for business as demand in the US has fallen. But without the Export-Import Bank's backing, some say it would be harder for US companies to seal nuclear deals abroad.
China has now made its contribution toward a global climate deal official, promising to peak its emissions by 2030. But while the world's top emitter will be a critical piece of any deal, many heavy emitters have yet to promise cuts.
A court orders the Dutch government to speed up climate efforts; GOP pushback on EPA’s Clean Power Plan gains traction; Russia moves forward with another plan to bypass Ukraine in shipping gas to Europe. Catch up on global energy with the Monitor's Recharge.
The Solar Impulse 2 airplane left Japan early Monday for a five-day flight to Hawaii, the eighth leg of its bid to fly around the world without fuel.
Supreme Court justices let stand Monday a lower court ruling that said energy giants BP and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. could not avoid federal fines for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill by blaming another company's failed equipment.