The energy sector has thrust PA back into the national spotlight, and while mid-term elections have many caught up in partisan politics, it is hard to ignore the state's recent record on energy development and the need to keep it in the forefront.
Imagine stepping into a room where the ceiling, walls and floor seem to glow, providing just the right amount of light. Thanks to the partnership between Armstrong World Industries and a New Jersey firm, that vision could become reality.
A plant next to a Gettysburg-area egg farm, which will be the first of its kind in the United States, will produce electricity and turn chicken manure into fertilizer.
His company is pioneering the use of switchgrass as feedstock for alternative energy, and his mission is to educate those who can someday help make that a reality. He'll even drive the tractor without air conditioning.
Less than two months since $122 million was announced to create an Energy Innovation Hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the project is already taking shape.
When John Rensel ran an auto-service shop in DeLancey, customers would often ask him to convert their cars to run on compressed natural gas. Now he and his cousin run a business that does just that.
An Ohio company has figured out a way to turn biosolids into electricity-generating fuel, and a power plant between Erie and Pittsburgh is going to try it out.
After receiving a $1 million grant, St. Joes professors prepare for alternative fuel studies and continue green roof materials testing.
Lithium-ion batteries seem to be everywhere. They�re also the focus of research at Lancaster-based Illuminex Corp., which sees its technology playing an important role in electric vehicles in the not-so-distant future.