If you’re one of the thousands of motorists commuting to and from Washington DC each day via Maryland’s Route 50, chances are you pass the enormous IKEA located in College Park near the University of Maryland campus. Today if you happen to stop by the furniture retailer, you can take part...

In line with the Navy’s plan to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels by 50 percent before 2020, a small but very well known Naval base is undergoing a lot of “greening”: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, a 45-square-mile US military outpost located on the island of Cuba. Guantanamo Bay–also...

Experts studying Colorado warn that the state may reach a “plateau” in its quest for renewable energy, particularly of the solar variety. After a decade of legislative measures ramping up clean energy production to a 30 percent requirement by 2020, the state has also encouraged energy companies...

A new solar product from a company called PowerFilm will make its debut in February: a military-grade snap-on solar panel systems, compatible with both golf carts and electric cars. Electric vehicle manufacturer E-Z-GO partnered with PowerFilm to create the snap-on solar panel, which has been designed...

Last week, the Navy broke ground on what will be the largest solar installation in that branch of the military. Located at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in the Mojave Desert, the solar project will produce 13.8 megawatts of power and supply approximately 30 percent of the station’s energy...