Britain's Sustainable Development Commission publishes its list of five options for harnessing the tidal power of the River Severn.

With a tidal rise of 14 meters each day, the Severn is one of the world's largest potential sources of tidal stream energy....

Last week I was watching BBC News and I came across an amazing story about a city in Germany that saves energy and money in a clever way: using cell phones....

Bryan Beer not only has a cool last name, but he also has a very cool idea for the future of fuel: Jatropha trees. If you’re wondering what a Jatropha tree is, it’s a tree that is native to Central America, and it produces fruit with seeds that contain oil. This oil can be used to power diesel engi...

A math teacher from Switzerland who took his “solartaxi” idea to four Swiss universities, who in return helped fund it for $250,000, might just set a world record as the first person to drive a motor vehicle not powered by fossil fuels around the world....

A small town in Missouri known as Rock Port has become the first community in the U.S. to operate completely on wind power....

General Motors is already known for its great line of eco-friendly green vehicles, such as the Sierra 2-Mode Hybrid and the Chevy Malibu Hybrid, but the cars aren’t the only things that are green about this company.

GM just announced that its new Zaragoza plant in northeaster Spain will be the w...

India's largest automaker has just unveiled a zero-emission air-powered car, affectionately called the CityCAT. This impressive car is powered entirely from compressed air, and can reach speeds of 68 mph. One tank of air will yield 125 miles of driving and cost only about $2. The price tag is star...

If you feel like the heat seems to be getting worse each year, you're not the only one. You're also not to only one with high electric bills resulting from trying to stay cool indoors. Staying indoors to keep cool is getting expensive. It's too hot to leave the windows open and AC off and its to...

Several US companies are harvesting an algae that can be converted to oil and refined into biodiesel. Amazingly, the algae can grow in waste water, where it feeds on carbon dioxide. This means the algae offers a double benefit: it eats up excess CO2 while it matures into a non-polluting fuel source...

In early 2009, a Spanish solar power company will break ground outside the little town of Gila Bend, southwest of Phoenix, to build what will be the world's largest solar power plant. At maximum capacity, the Solana Power Plant will supply at least 70,000 households. The deal has been forged, but ...

Last December, California's largest utility company PG&E committed to the development of an Offshore Wave Energy Power Plant on the shores of Humboldt County. The Canadian company Finavera Renewables has cut a deal with California to build an ocean wave energy plant 2.5 miles off the coast that wi...

With the rising cost of fuel and the technological advancements in the industry, it appears home wind power is finally starting to take off and may soon become mainstream. An article posted to the Wind Power Handbook site yesterday called the industry "tiny but red-hot" and explained why growth m...

Xerox Limited, a company created by the University of Leeds, has come up with an amazing new trial washing machine that would use as little as a cup of water for each wash cycle....

The 37-foot Green Monster wall at Boston’s Fenway Park is famous for reducing a batter’s chance at hitting a home run, but now the park is getting something even greener that is going to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of the park by 18 tons per year....