Jodi Delapaz

The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has released a new reference guide designed to help fuel marketers, retailers and equipment companies see why they should be interested in selling higher ethanol blends.

A solar cell that converts atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into usable hydrocarbon fuel cheaply and efficiently and uses only sunlight for energy has been engineered by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The technology could be a game-c

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to conduct its upcoming sale of oil and gas leases off the Texas coast for the first time over the internet, saying the process will be more efficient and the sales more transparent than in the past.

The U.S. and Mexico say they intend to conclude a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement by the end of 2016. The plan was announced following a White House meeting between President Obama and President Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico on July 22.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Interior Department needs to update the way it oversees and accounts for onshore oil and gas production on federal lands.

Primary energy consumption fell slightly in 2015 as a decline in coal use exceeded increases in natural gas, petroleum and renewables use, says a report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). In most cases, changes between 2014 and 2015 reflect longer-term tr

- A stream s potential for small-scale, run of river hydropower can now be assessed by a new computer modeling package developed by a team of engineers at Oregon State University (OSU). Run of the river hydropower is one where little or no water storage is pro

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and 13 co-sponsors have introduced a bill that would modify the $1 per gallon biodiesel blenders@ tax credit to a domestic producers@ credit and extend it for three years.

The energy-saving behavior of children who participated in an energy conservation program continued after the program ended, and the behavior also spread to their parents, says a team of researchers from Oregon State University (OSU) and Stanford University.

- In 2015, the renewable share of energy consumption in the U.S. was its largest since the 1930s   at nearly 10 percent, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).