The Japanese government has just unveiled plans to decrease its dependence on nuclear energy and turn to something far less volatile: wind.

Wind power is one of the few green energy sources that has really caught on, but most wind generators simply dump their power into the existing electricity grid. But what if you want power in a place that's off the grid? This concept called the Portable Power Center from Uprise Energy could provide the answer.

Here's an attractive solution to the problem of gathering energy offshore: Harness both wind and wave power at the same time. A company named Floating Power Plant plans to build Poseidon 37, a 754-foot-long floating power generation station that can...

We're eager to set up a wind turbine here on the windswept prairie of the U.S., but don't want to bother the neighbors with all that whooshing noise. The Windspire vertical wind turbine design might be just what we're...