How Sustainable Are Biofuels?

How Sustainable Are Biofuels?

Biofuels serve as an alternative to traditional fuels like coal and petroleum. Many environmental advocates support the expanded use of biofuels as a way to reduce the use of fossil fuels. Governments and policy groups have prioritized reducing fossil fuel...

How Economies of Scale Could Be the Key to Energy Transformation

John Kaweske discusses the new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association about lowering the cost of renewable energy and reducing greenhouse emissions.  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association has released a new study in 2016 showing through...

Japan Eyes Hydrogen Future

In search of its energy independence and environmental credibility, Japan, the sixth largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, has surprised everyone with a new vision to create a “hydrogen society”, a dream that leaves some experts skeptical. The...

Winds Favor Renewable Energy Sources

The International Energy Agency, “IEA” a 29-country member organization, founded in 1974 to assist countries in the development of strategies to avoid oil shortfalls, is optimistic about prospects for renewable energy. In a report released on October 2, 2015, the IEA...

An Energy Primer

Recent fluctuations in global oil prices prompted by slower than forecasted economic growth raises new questions for the world’s single largest energy source. Oil prices fluctuate with free market conditions of supply and demand. However, in an effort to reduce...