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For the first time, U.S. wildlife officials have backed construction of a wind power plant with a provision that allows for the death of an endangered California condor. Conservationists said the decision to grant a right-of-way to Terra-Gen for the 153-megawatt ...

But it will not back what it believes would be an “inflexible and unnecessary” renewable energy goal for the same year. The energy secretary, Ed Davey, said Britain wanted the EU, which is now working to extend its 2020 climate targets to 2030, to unilaterally ...

A conventional 1-megawatt wind turbine can weigh more than 100 tons, but Makani's airborne turbine only uses a carbon-fiber wing and lightweight rotors of their own creation,” Silvio wrote back in 2011. “The company says its 1-megawatt airborne turbine ...

CPS Energy announced Thursday that is backing away from its proposal to slash a key subsidy for customers with solar power systems in the wake of protests from affected customers and local solar installers. The city-owned utility said it would delay making changes to its net-metering program for a year while it works with local solar customers and installers to come up with an “equitable

A PILOT agreement between the town and Antrim Wind LLC has been voided by a Hillsborough Superior Court judge who ruled the agreement had been created during illegal meetings between the town and the Portsmouth-based renewable energy company.

Andrew Smith, a professional planner with 12 years' wind farm experience, called into question some aspects of the council report that recommended refusal and told councillors: “To turn our back on this would be to turn our back on the competitive advantage ...

India's ambitious push to increase the share of renewable energy in its total power generation portfolio to nearly one-fifth by 2017 largely on the back of wind power could falter due to slow progress in implementing policies to attract investment to the sector, ...

A state law that passed in 2008 requires that all gasoline sold in Florida contain between 9 and 10 percent ethanol. Although there is an exception for fuel sold for use in boats, the law has made finding ethanol-free fuel more difficult, the group said in a ...

“A pumped storage power plant is a hydroelectric plant which can be 'charged' up again by pumping the water back to the upper reservoir once it has passed through a turbine. This type of power plant is used as a 'battery', when connected to the power grid.” ...

However, research published earlier this year revealed that despite 95% of farmers believing renewable energy plays a vital role in the UK's farming future, 42% were holding back from making an investment due to confusion over there options. In response ...

The Mexican and the US government are discussing a program that would reduce the sugar surplus in North America by selling Mexican sugar to the United States for ethanol production, which would then be sold back to Mexico, Jack Roney, Director of ...

The demand for alternative energy is becoming increasingly more prominent and production companies are responding by turning their focus onto mobile power and back up generators. With emergency situations in mind, Intermountain Wind and Solar are ...

"Imagine opening a hatch in a submarine under water. The water will flow into the submarine with enormous force. It is precisely this energy potential we want to utilize." This is how German engineer Rainer Schramm describes his idea for storing energy under the sea. By using surplus energy to pump water out of a tank at the seabed, the water is simply let back in again when there's an energy

After a drought, record-high corn prices and plant shutdowns, ethanol producers say 2013 has to be better.