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18 November 2011
Four US companies have been recognized by the Department of Energy (DOE) for their work in helping individuals...
17 November 2011
The US State Department has created a new bureau to address the vital importance of energy in international...
16 November 2011
Power and automation giant ABB aims to expand its capabilities in renewable power integration through...
09 November 2011
We’re fast running out of time to steer away from business-as-usual energy and carbon policies...
08 November 2011
Alstom’s new Global Technology Center (GTC) in Canada will focus on innovative ways to retrofit...
01 November 2011
The operator of a natural gas pipeline compressor station in Canada plans to install a new technology...
18 October 2011
A $2.1-billion program to improve electricity service in rural parts of the US includes only around $40...
17 October 2011
A new solar farm able to generate enough energy for 12,000 households has just come online in the south...
14 October 2011
For all the complaining about waste in Washington, DC, it seems that some federal agencies are doing...
10 October 2011
For a fascinating and in-depth — if also somewhat despair-inducing — account of efforts to...
10 October 2011
The latest report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) is classic good news/bad news: The good...
03 October 2011
A $2.25 billion project to bring electricity to parts of India that need it most has won a $750 million...
27 September 2011
With some already likening our energy challenges to a war, it seems appropriate that the US Department...
21 September 2011
As usual, the annual energy forecast from the US government is a “good news, bad news” outlook....
05 August 2011
Extreme heat across the southern US has led to three days of record-breaking demand for electricity in...
22 July 2011
An extreme heat wave that’s now moved into the northeastern US and Canada pushed electricity demand...
21 July 2011
SustainX, a company developing a new compressed-air energy storage (CAES) technology, is moving to a...
21 July 2011
Smart-grid integrator S&C Electric Company is helping to bring more wind energy to the Orkney Islands,...
20 July 2011
My skepticism alarm goes off whenever I see a news story or press release cross my newsfeed with some...
18 July 2011
The Chinese government has given the go-ahead for Ener1 Inc. and Wanxiang Electric Vehicle Co. to launch...
08 July 2011
Demand response application and service provider EnerNOC has expanded its reach into the Australian and...
06 July 2011
With an eye focused on the fast-growing energy storage market, Dow Chemical and Japan’s Ube Industries...
05 July 2011
Renewable energy company PowerVerde has successfully tested its 50-kilowatt electric power renewable...
04 July 2011
A Texas-based firm is providing a German research organization with a “continuous solar simulator”...
04 July 2011
A Rhode Island Supreme Court ruling paves the way for Deepwater Wind to move forward with permitting...
01 July 2011
The University of Wisconsin is looking to new support from a battery company to help it become a leader...
30 June 2011
A three-year, $18-million pilot project between Dyesol and Tata Steel aims to develop Dyesol’s...
30 June 2011
Photovoltaics company First Solar has received around $4.5 billion in conditional loan guarantees to...
29 June 2011
The UK and China are collaborating to deliver the first-ever pilot demonstration of a liquid air energy...
29 June 2011
Energy and utility consulting firm KEMA has come out with a new energy storage performance modeling tool...
29 June 2011
A company that produces ultracapacitor-based energy storage products plans to work three other US firms...
29 June 2011
A half-dozen research projects across the US will be working over the next two years to try and develop...
28 June 2011
An Israeli company that uses microbial fuel cells to turn wastewater into an energy source has received...
27 June 2011
Baltimore-based Constellation Energy is making an equity investment in residential solar-energy firm...
27 June 2011
An $87 million project in a small community in the Canary Islands is aimed at providing residents with...
27 June 2011
Spanish officials have cleared the way for the development of a 50-megawatt solar thermal energy plant...
27 June 2011
The Quebec government has given the go-ahead for an 80-megawatt wind-energy project to be located in...
27 June 2011
Suntech Power Holdings’ rooftop solar-energy system has won the approval of France’s evaluation...
27 June 2011
Siemens Energy is among those looking to tap into China’s fast-growing market for ultra-high-voltage...
27 June 2011
China’s aggressive push into the world’s solar energy markets is taking another jump forward...
27 June 2011
A Swedish utility company plans to test a grid-connected system of batteries designed to store wind energy...
24 June 2011
Just a little over two years old, Google’s PowerMeter is heading for the search giant’s dustbin...
24 June 2011
This time-lapse video from Puget Sound Energy (PSE) shows the recent assembly of three large wind-power...
24 June 2011
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is on track to add what will be its largest single source of solar energy...
24 June 2011
Now on its seventh generation of concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar technology, Amonix has been around...
24 June 2011
The US is betting that new ways of extracting geothermal energy from the Earth could help put it on the...
23 June 2011
The decision by 28 International Energy Agency (IEA) member countries to release 60 million barrels of...
23 June 2011
Southwest Solar Technologies has successfully tested a high-temperature air receiver prototype that will...
23 June 2011
British officials see the need for a massive investment in the country’s energy infrastructure...
23 June 2011
International ferry operator Stena Line has launched a unique project it says is the first of its kind...
22 June 2011
An effort known as Project Amp aims to install solar panels on industrial buildings across the US and...
22 June 2011
Turkey’s newest wind farm is now selling clean energy into the country’s power grid. The...
22 June 2011
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency that markets hydropower, is looking at transmission...
22 June 2011
Power and energy monitoring provider Veris Industries will showcase its meter for the solar market in...
22 June 2011
Two large sodium-sulfur battery systems will help keep the lights on for residents of a mountain area...
21 June 2011
Cincinnati Bell has become the first telecom provider to offer retail energy to its residential customers...
21 June 2011
Researchers in the UK are looking for volunteers to help them with a project designed to study how people...
21 June 2011
North America’s largest advanced energy storage facility is now 100-percent online, providing 20...
21 June 2011
Construction has started on what will be one of the largest solar energy parks in Bavaria, Germany. Set...
20 June 2011
Statkraft and Nitto Denko/Hydranautics have entered into an agreement for the development and supply...
20 June 2011
What will be one of the largest land-based wind farms in Sweden has received a financial jump-start with...
20 June 2011
Small businesses and individuals who are leading the transition to cleaner, more sustainable energy can...
17 June 2011
A 2.5-megawatt solar carport is the latest advance in reinsurance giant Munich Re’s quest to make...
17 June 2011
What’s the next big technology in solar energy? Siemens is banking on high concentrating photovoltaics...
16 June 2011
A $359 million conditional loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy (DOE) will pave the way for...
16 June 2011
US energy regulators are looking at ways to make it easier for new energy services — in particular...
16 June 2011
Retail and real estate markets in the US might still be sluggish, but the solar energy industry is one...
15 June 2011
With the Winter Olympic Games coming to the city of Sochi in 2014 and a $15 billion nationwide push to...
15 June 2011
Already a major player in the wind-turbine business, Siemens wants more. It’s just announced plans...
15 June 2011
Two concentrating solar power (CSP) projects in California have received a boost of nearly $2 billion...
15 June 2011
Two energy-focused firms — one based in Canada, the other in Kentucky — are teaming up to...
14 June 2011
GE and Germany’s Gehrlicher Solar plan to build a series of solar power plants around the world....
14 June 2011
Renewable power sources, coupled with improvements in how we currently split water into hydrogen and...
14 June 2011
Clean-energy advocates will find some bright spots in the latest survey of electric utilities, but they’ll...
14 June 2011
Google and SolarCity have launched a $280 million fund to help bring solar power to residential customers....
14 June 2011
Construction is about to begin on the world’s largest solar power facility. To be located in Blythe,...
09 June 2011
Coal consumption: up. Oil consumption (and prices): up. Hydro, solar, wind, geothermal and biofuel consumption:...
09 June 2011
As part of their strategy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, the US Marines are turning to solar power...
08 June 2011
A solar power plant in the Middle East is proving that large-scale sun energy is a viable option in the...
07 June 2011
Faced with the growing reality that energy insecurity threatens national and international “regular”...
07 June 2011
They call it “Cambridge crude,” and it could revolutionize how we store energy. Researchers...
06 June 2011
A company that makes lightweight plastic solar panels is practicing what it preaches by installing its...
02 June 2011
While big storms — winter blizzards, severe summer thunderstorms and hurricanes — are the...
01 June 2011
If you think about it, it’s crazy for us not to try and find every way possible of harnessing energy...
01 June 2011
Nuclear power has a funny effect on people, especially when something in the industry goes awry. Guardian...
25 May 2011
Invented almost 150 years ago, the Kelvin water dropper (yes, named after that Kelvin) produces electricity...
23 May 2011
It’s well known that China has been going gangbusters on developing its energy infrastructure,...
12 May 2011
How do you transform the energy system of a nation of 300 million people? The US Department of Energy...
12 May 2011
How can you encourage the growth of solar energy in communities where, say, many of the residents are...
11 May 2011
In a perfect world, we’d pursue any technological advancement and scientific achievement worth...
10 May 2011
Around this time next year, energy customers in Colorado will be getting some of their electricity from...
10 May 2011
With the help of the right public policies, the world could get most — close to 80 per cent —...
05 May 2011
Reducing the military’s dependence on fossil fuels would not only make it easier to provide supplies...
04 May 2011
Construction of a 150-megawatt (MW) solar plant — a greater capacity than any photovoltaic plant...
03 May 2011
Here’s a question for you: What is the best way for the energy and technology industries to overcome...
03 May 2011
Marine energy technology could pump £76 billion into the UK economy by 2050 — that’s one-fourth...
03 May 2011
Energy customers in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia will begin testing a new demand management program...