Every time I address the topic of energy independence, it spurs a lot of interest. But people also get confused about the subject. In the previous article, I addressed a number of questions related to ...

Heating and cooling systems account for around 55% of the average home's energy use, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). And during the warmer summer months, HVAC systems are working at ...

Much like a small city, Purdue University requires a significant amount of energy to run seamlessly. Conserving energy not only reduces our impact on the environment but also helps the university ...

When talking about the growth of renewable energy, I often say it’s not notable when wind, solar or other technologies reach a record high, because they should be doing that every year. Then 2023 came ...

“Our projections about future energy use are developed using models, and the models are used to make policy. But if we don’t understand how these models work, then we have to believe what we’re told.

A team of researchers has proposed a model for assessing potential renewable energy drought at existing solar and wind sites and has urged developers to consider a “trilemma” of competing factors when ...

Light to fuel: clean hydrogen production. Improved understanding of the light-driven production of hydrogen holds the promise not just to make the reaction more efficient in producing a fuel, but also ...