A new poll commissioned by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and conducted by Harris Interactive shows that while U.S. workers want to work for socially and environmentally responsible companies, many are not doing simple things to help their employers conserve energy, such as turning off lights and computers when they are done using them.

From turning gasoline into electricity to improving the operation of energy-saving devices, University of Houston professors are working on a number of breakthroughs they plan to showcase at the next American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting Aug. 19-23 in Boston.

The notion of generating electricity from flowing blood, pulsating blood vessels, or a beating heart may seem like science fiction. But scientists are reporting a stride in that direction in the August 8 issue of ACS’ Nano Letters, a monthly journal, with development a more powerful nanogenerator for powering implantable biomedical devices and other small electronics.

A faulty cable triggered a major power outage in Barcelona Monday, snarling traffic, hobbling public transportation and knocking out electricity to homes and businesses in much of Spain's second largest city.

Cuba has solved crippling energy shortages without sacrificing a long-term commitment to promoting environmentally friendly fuels.

More than 142,000 households in Nepal will get long-awaited access to electricity thanks to the implementation of the Nepal Micro Hydro Project for which an emission reductions purchase agreement (ERPA) was signed on Friday, June 29.

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved on June 28 a US $2.5 million International Development Association (IDA) grant for the repair and maintenance of electricity supply services in Timor-Leste.

The World Bank approved on June 14 additional financing of US$40 million credit to strengthen the Government of Sri Lanka's efforts to bring electricity to remote rural communities and promote private sector power generation from renewable energy sources in urban areas.

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved on June 12 US$9.5 million provided by the Global Environment Facility to fund renewable energy electricity supplies for rural communities in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

"Will the proposed National Renewable Portfolio raise or lower average electricity prices?" "Will a national standard prevent price gouging and "gaming" between states?" "Can electric utilities save money by supporting a national renewable energy policy?" The Network for New Energy Choices addresses these and many other questions in "Renewing America," an empirically rigorous study of how carefully crafted federal energy standards can fix dangerous flaws in the nation's energy grid.

Scientists are resolving a new innovation - wireless electricity. The concept is called WiTricity MIT researchers have already lit a 60-watt light bulb that was seven feet away from power source.