U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters, the Forrestal Building, in Washington, D.C. (Payton Chung/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) The new definition was shepherded by DOE secretary Jennifer M. Granholm and ...

Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation rescinded its National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building. According to the announcement, "this action lowers costs and promotes freedom of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. When it comes to being a human on planet Earth, energy affects ...

For the next nine months, Connecticut will work to expand its definition of renewable power, changing the focus to cleaner, cheaper and more reliable energy. The move specifically would benefit ...

DEFINITION: An energy source derived from natural resources which will not deplete when used. Examples of renewable energy include offshore and onshore wind, solar, geothermal power and tidal power.

DEFINITION: The energy available for work (economic growth) once the energy used to obtain a given energy has been taken into account, expressed as a ratio. For example, fracking has a net energy of 5 ...

According to the European Commission, the EU's Energy Label has been a key driver in helping consumers choose more energy-efficient products since its implementation for household appliances in 1994.