Articles by Jodi Delapaz

Vastly underutilized energy storage resources, such as the nation`s 50 million residential electric water heaters, can provide substantial environmental and cost benefits, according to research conducted by The Brattle Group. The research was sponsored by the National Rural Ele

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2016 - The Energy Department`s Solar America Cities program found that a primary barrier to solar adoption is the difficulty and cost of obtaining construction permits for rooftop solar installations because of structural issues. A three-year study led

Regardless of the cause of a power outage, the €cooperative difference makes all the difference€ in planning for and responding to major service disruptions, Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative President and CEO Bobbi Kilmer told a congressional panel recently.

On behalf of the Energy Future Coalition, the Urban Air Institute and the Governors€ Biofuels Coalition, Boyden Gray and Associates PLLC recently submitted a formal Request for Correction of Information to EPA on the agency€s lifecycle analysis for ethanol and gasoline under the

The Energy Department (DOE) recently awarded nearly $4 million to four partners to help launch DOE€s Orange Button initiative, which is designed to simplify and standardize solar data so that state governments, customers, utilities, financiers, solar companies

- Because the transportation sector accounts for nearly a third of U.S. total greenhouse gas emissions, the Department of Energy continues to research alternative fuels in order to €provide consumers with cutting-edge vehicle technologies that optimize fuel efficiency,

Even with the Paris Agreement in place, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that global coal-fired power generation will increase over the next few decades. So researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are looking for a cleaner way to use

The U.S. and Israel have amended an existing agreement that enhances cooperation between the two countries on developing advanced energy and water technologies.

The strongest drivers of the increase in U.S. biomass-based diesel demand since 2012 have been increasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets and the biodiesel tax credit, which has lapsed and been reinstated several times, says the Energy Information Administration &

The general public typically views the oil and gas industry as a bunch of big companies €charging too much for a gallon of gasoline,€ said House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway as he opened a committee hearing on the impacts of oil and gas production on the rural economy. But t