electricity

Scientists are working toward a biofuel-driven, zero-carbon home energy system. It works by burning vegetable oil to power a generator and provide electricity for the home.

Energy independence is still only a hypothetical goal for the U.S., but the owner of a tiny island off the coast of Connecticut says he has already achieved that feat and is offering his work as a model.

Imagine sections of the Great Lakes dotted with rows of gleaming, 12-story turbines, blades whirring in the stiff breeze as they generate electricity for homes and businesses onshore.

Knoxville, Tenn., has been designated a Solar American City with $450,000 worth of Department of Energy grants, committing the city to wide deployment of solar powered electricity.

Some in San Francisco want to wrest control of the city's electricity from Pacific Gas and Electric Co., and are linking support of a ballot measure to global warming and energy indepen

Rhode Island has granted a firm the right to develop a wind farm in Narragansett Bay that would generate 15 percent of the state's electricity needs in the coming decade, officials said.

A program introduced in New England this year aims to clean the ocean by collecting everything from nylon nets to wooden lobster traps and burning it to generate electricity.

A test of tidal power off Maine represents the latest advance in a technology that seems to be moving forward in baby steps but could one day help meet the growing demand for electricity.