Over the past 30 years, the U.S. population has grown, the number of homes has increased and houses have grown larger. Overall residential energy consumption has remained flat thanks to product ...

The latest idea is based on osmosis, a natural process in which water will move from a place with lower concentration of, for ...

Energy costs take a big chunk out of many people’s budgets. The average electricity bill in the U.S. is around $145 per month, according to SaveonEnergy.com, but it ranges widely. In states like ...

Discover how to create a compact vertical-axis wind turbine with everyday materials in this detailed step-by-step guide.

Water droplets falling through a tube have generated enough electricity to power 12 LED lights. Such an approach could one day be used in roof-based systems to harvest lots of clean power from rain.

Researchers from India are demonstrating that harnessing wind power only requires a flutter. It's a stark contrast to the "world's largest" turbine accomplishments in China and elsewhere. "Yet, there ...

Every day, vast quantities of rain fall across the planet. Until now, all that energy has simply gone to waste. But scientists may have found a clever new way to tap into this overlooked natural ...

A trio of physicists from Princeton University, CIT's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Spectral Sensor Solutions, all in the U.S., is proposing the possibility of generating electricity using energy from ...

Edward Randviir receives funding from Innovate UK and the Royal Society. He has previously consulted on waste management sites, including anaerobic digestion, in-vessel composting, and energy from ...