Columbia University researchers are urging the winner of this year's presidential election to launch a moonshot-style mission to develop new clean energy technologies, a critical step on the path to net-zero carbon emissions.

Columbia University researchers are urging the winner of this year's presidential election to launch a moonshot-style mission to develop new clean energy technologies, a critical step on the path to net-zero carbon emissions.

A Texas-based pilot project with backing from the Department of Energy is looking at how to drive down the cost of producing hydrogen fuel by making use of excess wind and solar power.

Startup companies funded by the Energy Department's flagship agency for innovation are twice as likely to patent their technology than other companies, according to a new study, but federal backing still fails to push them past the "valley of death" to commercialization.

A report accusing electric truck startup Nikola Corp. of fraud has set off a firestorm of counteraccusations, threats of legal action and wild stock price swings. Concern about how it all shakes out could spread to the wider field of aspiring electric vehicle makers, including General Motors Co.