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Washington, D.C. (January 30, 2012) -- On the heels of President Obama’s State of the Union remarks to expand clean energy development, the Interior Department is moving to finalize the nation’s first solar energy program for public lands with the closing of the public comment period today. Over the past 90 days, the Bureau of Land Management has been seeking input on the Supplemental Draft

A coalition that's pushing for a referendum to set a state minimum for renewable energy in Maine fell short of the voters' signatures needed by Monday's deadline to force a November vote.While Maine Citizens ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. solar industry group fighting a rival coalition's request for steep import duties on Chinese-made solar cells and modules warned in a report on Monday that more than 60,000 U.S. jobs could be lost if such duties were imposed.

The solar installation market is going through rapid transformation, which should be good for the future of residential and commercial solar.

( DOE/Joint Genome Institute ) The 7th Annual Genomics of Energy and Environment Meeting of the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute will take place at the Marriott in Walnut Creek, Calif. on March 20-22, 2012. The talks will focus on genomics research in the fields of clean energy generation and the environment

With multiple projects in the pipeline, the Indian solar power market seems poised to take off.

Wells County is not the only area county dealing with wind farm issues. The DeKalb County Commissioners passed a new ordinance to regulate wind farms last week, with an unexpected result: the applause of a standing-room only crowd.

John Ashley Scott recalls driving past Vale Inco and noting the steam rising off the Sudbury site's waste ponds. What the chemical engineer saw was green energy going to waste. Since that day he’s worked to develop a variety of ideas to use mine energy in an efficient manner.[...]

An innovative low-cost smart paint that can detect microscopic faults in wind turbines, mines and bridges before structural damage occurs is being developed.

A federal energy credit is providing incentive for NaturEner to pick up production on a 189 mega watt wind farm planned for the Shelby area. Toole County Commissioner Allan Underdal said in order to cash in on the tax incentive, the company had split the Rim Rock project into two phases.

The city will now look into new solar power technology and start monitoring usage of water, electricity, gas and more.

DELAWARE TWP. — A bond ordinance to fund renovations that would make a house a police station, and a senior housing project proposed by Arc of Hunterdon are among items on the agenda for tonight’s meeting of the Delaware Township Committee, Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. Also on the agenda are discussion of a plan for wind turbine rules; the appointment of a municipal judge; and the introduction of an

Analyses carried out by solar energy staff on several energy systems proved that the usage of photovoltaic system is too expensive. As a result, their usage is only confined to refrigerators to optimize costs. The systems investigated and tested for ...

AEP-SWEPCO has signed long-term power purchase agreements for a total of 358.65 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy from wind projects in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Together with a 49.2-MW agreement signed by the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority, SWEPCO and its affiliates have exceeded the 400-MW renewable energy commitment in a recent settlement of legal issues involving the John W