Love your ales, pilsners, weissbeers and stouts, but worried about all that fermented grain waste?

Thanks to German researcher Wolfgang Bengel, brew lovers can help create cleaner energy every time they down a pint.

The US Department of Energy has released a second wave of millions in stimulus funding aimed at helping low and middle-income families, across 13 states, save money on energy bills.

The oil industry has backed off alternative energy investments in recent months.   BP, for instance, made news in April when it cut 620 jobs of an original 4,400 in its solar business.  Last October it killed a $67 million expansion of its solar manufacturing operation in Maryland.

The US Department of Energy has released a second wave of millions in stimulus funding aimed at helping low and middle-income families, across 13 states, save money on energy bills.

Love your ales, pilsners, weissbeers and stouts, but worried about all that fermented grain waste?

Thanks to German researcher Wolfgang Bengel, brew lovers can help create cleaner energy every time they down a pint.

The US Department of Energy is offering nearly $50 million in grants to help increase geo-thermal power's share of the U.S. energy marketplace.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) announced plans to fast-track assessment of 670,000 Bureau of Land Management-run acres of public lands for solar power development, at a press conference in Las Vegas on Monday.

Five states and one US territory are receiving over $141 million in federal economic stimulus funds for state-based renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. It's just part of the $3.1 billion allocated to State Energy Programs (SEPs) under the Recovery Act.

Swapping energy-hogging incandescent light bulbs for energy-sipping compact florescent lights is a sure way to cut your utility bill, and your carbon footrpint.

Now some researchers say they've found a way to use an ultra-powerful laser to transform incandescents into energy misers.

The numbers demonstrate the European Union's commitment to wind power:

- Around 60% of the world's wind power generating capacity is in Europe

- Europe's installed wind capacity is around 64,949 MW, equivalent to just over 4% of Europe's demand.

Algae absorbs carbon a lot more quickly than trees.

So the slimy green stuff has long been a top candidate for bio-based systems to trap and store CO2, the most abundant greenhouse gas, that is created by, among other things, burning coal -- which supplies close to a third of the world's energy consumption.