Reuters reports that global renewable energy deals reached a record high in 2011, rising 40 percent from previous years to $53.5 billion worldwide. In the past, hydropower has accounted for the majority of renewable energy investments, but for the first time, wind, solar, and energy efficiency were the...

In the wake of March 2011′s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, that nation’s confidence in atomic power was crippled to the point that many Japanese citizens compared the months immediately following the incident to the post-WW II era, a difficult period for the country. A common...

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan has conducted solar energy research on some the coldest regions of the global, including the Himalaya Mountains, the Andes and Antarctica. Their initial conclusions reveal that these areas hold a surprising amount of potential...

Current energy conservation efforts within Japan are proving an interesting case study. Even before the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that crippled the country, Japan was using half the energy per capita as the United States in modern years (according to the United Nations Population...