The bright spot for the U.S. solar market in 2013: home roof tops

The U.S. market is forecast to install 4.4 GW of solar panels this year, a 33 percent increase from 2012, according to a report.

(Reed Saxon / AP)

Google pumps $12M into African solar energy project

Google pumps $12M into African solar energy project

Move marks the search company’s first investment in Africa.

Google X is acquiring high altitude wind startup Makani Power

Google X is acquiring high altitude wind startup Makani Power

This is the first time we’ve heard that Google’s secretive moonshot lab has bought an outside company.

Using data and computer models to store wind energy underground

Using data and computer models to store wind energy underground

A laboratory has completed a study that comes up with two ways to use compressed air technology to store wind energy in underground chambers.

Coming to America: A new trash-to-energy plant planned for Arizona

Coming to America: A new trash-to-energy plant planned for Arizona

The city of Glendale could be an unexpected trash power leader, if it gets a garbage-to-energy plant built by engineering firm Abengoa.