The Future Of Energy

Power to the People: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid, Now
Now consider what we will ask the grid to handle in the near future: Demand for electricity is expected to increase by as much as 40 percent in the next two decades—more than twice the population growth rate. To meet that need, we will have to generate an additional 214 gigawatts, a feat that would require the construction of more than 357 large coal plants. We also want to plug in dozens, if not hundreds, of gigawatts of wind and solar power harvested from the most remote corners of the country. And we will want to recharge millions of electric vehicles every night, without fail.

Subsidies For Alternative Energy Costs Less Than Subsidies For Traditional Energy
The perpetual knock made against renewable energies like wind and solar is that they couldn't exist with out government subsidies. However, upon close inspection, it looks like all energy relies on healthy amount of support from the government.

New Material Could Help Cut Future Energy Losses
The team have produced a material from a football-shaped molecule, called carbon60, to demonstrate how a superconductor – an element, compound or alloy that does not oppose the steady passage of an electric current – could work at temperatures suitable for commercial use in cities and towns.