Innovative leasing programs are opening new markets for solar panels and new opportunities for generating clean electricity – and at a much lower cost to consumers.

At the climate-change talks in Durban, South Africa, energyNOW! Chief Correspondent Tyler Suiters sits down with UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres.

Rare earth minerals may be the most important resources you've never heard of. They're critical components to just about every clean energy technology, from wind turbines to electric vehicles, and the electronic devices we all use.

Anchor Thalia Assuras talks with ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar about the energy challenges America faces from other countries and how the U.S. can “out-innovate” its competitors to spur new economic growth.

Japan is a nation all too familiar with earthquakes. Its engineers thought they had accounted for any potential disaster. But last week's earthquake and tsunami overwhelmed safety measures, and forced nations around the world to ask how prepared they are to confront a nuclear crisis.

The sun is a big part of the Air Force and Army's plans for alternative fuels. In “Energy Innovations in the Armed Forces,” Correspondent Lee Patrick Sullivan learns how the Air Force is using the largest solar array in the Western Hemisphere to help reach a 20 percent renewable-energy goal by 2020.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu took full responsibility for the $535 million loan guarantee to failed solar manufacturer Solyndra and the decisions relating to it in Capitol Hill testimony this week.