energy

Call it an extreme makeover: In Fukushima, officials are attempting what might seem impossible, an image overhaul of the site of the worst nuclear meltdown in decades. At the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, there's a flashy new administrative building, debris has been moved and ...

Mountainous and landlocked Laos, known as the "Battery of Asia," is building dozens of dams at breakneck speed so it can sell energy to power-hungry neighbors as a fast track out of poverty. But the communist country's ambitious power plans are highly controversial. Most energy is ...

Renewable energy sources have been designated as a "main source of power generation" for the first time.

California utility PG&E Corp. has proposed using giant lithium-ion batteries, including packs supplied by Tesla Inc., to supply power to Silicon Valley instead of burning natural gas. The utility has sought approval from state regulators for four energy-storage projects with a total capacity of about ...

The nation's long-term energy strategy aims to achieve an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

The increased focus on renewables under the 2015 Paris climate accord underscores the nation’s daunting challenge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically in the years ahead.

As Japan's government clings to nuclear power even after the Fukushima crisis, the private sector is moving ahead with greater use of renewables to power their operations amid growing international awareness of climate change. For instance, in March Daiwa House Industries Co. became a member ...

India is fast-tracking environmental clearances for projects like power plants and coal mines in a bid to boost growth, setting off alarm bells among environmentalists and affected residents who say the decisions are being made too quickly. In a country where state machinery typically moves ...

New Zealand has set out to burnish its clean, green image by becoming Asia Pacific's first developed economy to stop using fossil fuels to generate power, although the pitfalls encountered by a Maori iwi, or tribe, may signal trouble ahead. The 3,000-member Ngaati Kea Ngaati ...

Efforts to commercially exploit methane hydrate could raise regional tensions.

“The G7 have pledged to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, but they don’t have any systems in terms of accountability to meet the pledges,” says study’s lead author.