Water splitting, the process of harvesting solar energy to generate energy-dense fuels, could be simplified thanks to new research including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. “The key idea is to generate a solar fuel: hydrogen gas, which can be burnt to release energy on demand without releasing carbon dioxide,” said Binghamton […] Read more
Smart speakers are the fastest growing segment of technology. Utilities are taking notice: are they the next tool for managing energy usage? “We really think customers are expecting us to test and play in that industry,” Will Ellis, who directs customer programs at PEPCO, said during a panel at the Annual Conference of the Association […] Read more
Environmentally friendly with a beautifully textured facade, this brick house built of recycled materials in Poland has been nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2019. Polish architecture firm Biuro Toprojekt designed the dwelling — fittingly named the Red House — that pays homage to the Cistercian […] Read more
Here’s another sign the solar industry is maturing: it takes fewer people to get a megawatt of panels up and running. The decline has been steep — it took 23 people to manufacture, develop and install a megawatt of solar panels in the U.S. in 2017, down from 101 in 2010, according to a report […] Read more
IA’s January 2019 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) expects several U.S. natural gas market trends from 2018 to continue into 2019 and 2020, including relatively stable Henry Hub natural gas prices and increasing natural gas production and exports. According to the STEO, total U.S. natural gas consumption is expected to increase slightly through 2020, with increases in the […] Read more
