Sustainable energy comes in many forms. In fact, sometimes energy can be found in a place you would least expect: trash! By burning municipal solid waste (MSW), waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities turn our garbage into energy, which is then harnessed to create electricity. The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and its Applied Research Foundation […]

The new year is a time for growth and renewal. Clean technology is booming and exciting prospects flicker on the horizon. This year, we are optimistic that we will cross new bridges in clean energy innovation and see our energy sector transform for the better. Now that we’re a few weeks into 2019, we would […]

This fall, the University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Institute released updated research that supports their Full Cost of Electricity project from 2016, a project that led to the development and release of a series of complementary reports on the energy market in the United States. The purpose of the Full Cost of Electricity project […]

Following National Small Business Week in April, CRES Forum began highlighting the efforts that businesses of all sizes around the country have contributed to advancing clean energy technology. Cree is a global publicly traded company headquartered in North Carolina that leads their industry in silicon carbide (SiC) power products and gallium nitride (GaN) radio frequency (RF) […]

In the wake of this year’s National Clean Energy Week, we are pleased see our fellow advocates continue to find new ways of saving energy. At the end of September, Climate Central launched a new wind and solar forecasting tool that will enable broadcast meteorologists to add daily renewable-electricity generation information to their local forecasts. […]

National Clean Energy Week has just wrapped up, but the support for clean energy continues with Energy Efficiency Day. Today, energy advocates join together to celebrate the 3rd annual Energy Efficiency Day. On this occasion, consumers, businesses, and government officials will highlight the economic advantages of implementing energy efficient technology and practices in a wide […]

Watching our country optimize energy usage while the economy grows is exciting to say the least. Late last month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report detailing U.S. energy expenditures per unit GDP.  The report’s findings shed new light on our nation’s efforts to curtail energy consumption. The report focuses on 2016 energy […]

As another summer nears its end, and our nation’s economy continues to advance at a rapid pace, we thought it would be good to step back and take a look at where American energy innovation is in 2018. Americans are waking up to the realization that energy sector innovation is an essential part of maintaining […]

Odds are you’re beginning to really feel the heat in your part of the country. August can be quite a slog in many areas, including here at CRES Forum’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Besides being rather uncomfortable, what dangers does excessive heat pose for America’s energy supply as households and businesses turn up the air […]

Anyone who works in or follows government knows that the journey from advocacy to policymaking to implementation can be a long and arduous one—and every delay along the way can cost large sums of money and, more importantly, time. That is why there has been much anticipation among developers of solar, qualified fuel cell, qualified […]