STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With large spinning blades wider than two football fields and massive turbines twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, offshore wind farms are slated to become a significant ...

Approximately 50 percent of global final energy consumption is dedicated to heating. Yet, the utilization of solar power in this sector remains relatively low compared to fossil energy sources. An ...

After three years of puzzling over a striking “ribbon” of energy and particles discovered by NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) at the edge of our solar system, scientists may be on the ...

Nuclear power is harnessed around the world today to produce low-carbon electricity. The convergence of the climate change and energy crises underlines the need for clean, safe and reliable energy ...

The claim that the U.S. is energy independent is true based on a definition that involves the country producing more energy than its needs. As the first graph below shows, the U.S. was not energy ...

Dark energy—the term used to describe whatever is causing the universe to expand at an increasing rate—is one of the universe’s greatest mysteries. The most widely accepted theory currently suggests ...