Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. NOCHTEN, GERMANY - APRIL 30: In this aerial view the Boxberg coal ...

President Bush, in his January 31, 2006, State of the Union address, proposed an Advanced Energy Initiative to reduce American dependency on foreign energy sources. The following is a summary of U.S.

A historic milestone was reached in the United States in March. For the first time ever, cleaner, low-carbon energy sources generated more electricity than fossil fuels. According to data from Ember, ...

The 2025 Statistical Review of World Energy introduces Total Energy Supply (TES) as a new, more accurate metric for global energy supply, replacing the older Primary Energy Consumption method. Global ...

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“We view all of West Virginia’s energy workers as partners in powering America, but efforts to frame our energy future as a choice between resources ignore the reality that natural gas is one of the ...

Exports of solar energy equipment from China doubled in March, a sign that the chaos in the energy industry from the Iran war is convincing countries to shift to more renewable sources. The war has ...

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