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Phillips 66's CEO Greg Garland said that lawmakers need to change course before increasing the amount of ethanol required to be mixed into gasoline, an issue he says affects the entire refining industry. Calling it an "unworkable mandate," Mr. Garland said ...

MEASURES to kickstart a renewable energy industry that is vital to the North East were promised in the Queen’s Speech as the Government set out its legislative programme for the next 12 months.

Wind power now makes up 13 percent of the region's total generating capacity, according to energy analysts with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. But uncertainty over the future of federal tax credits for wind production has the industry in a lull, with no new projects ... Major projects last year included the 845-megawatt Shepherds Flat Wind Farm in Morrow and Gilliam counties

But the amount of newly solar installed in Europe is beginning to fall both in amount and in global percentage. That's according to the new “Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics 2013-2017” report from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA).

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Europe's role as a market leader in the development of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is coming to an end, an industry body has said, citing the continent's falling share of the global PV market.

The world added more than 31 GW of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 2012 - roughly the same amount as in the record-setting year of 2011 - according to a new report from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). However, EPIA says ...

Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has granted consent for an offshore demonstration wind turbine with an installed capacity of up to 7 MW at the Fife Energy Park in Methil. The development for Samsung Heavy Industries will test new designs and models ...

The US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC), an industry-led collaboration headquartered at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany in New York that is designed to accelerate next-generation solar ...

For example, the Global Ethanol Inc. Riga facility near Blissfield was able to maintain its 46 employees through last year's drought but experienced declines in output, plant manager Bill Welever said. “The ethanol industry is highly dependent on the weather ...

Company officials said the surge in profit was the result of several factors including improved market conditions in the biodiesel industry, production process improvements in its chemicals segment, and new chemical products added to its chemical portfolio.

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider zoning changes that would open up more land, including some agricultural, industrial and business parcels, to commercial-scale renewable energy projects. The changes also would ease ...

A hydro power scheme in Ross-shire is being given planning approval on the 70th anniversary of Scotland's hydro industry beginning.

New installation fell from 22.4GW in 2011 to 17GW in 2012, taking Europe's share of new capacity down from 74 per cent to 55 per cent in what the solar industry said was a “turning point in the global PV [photovoltaic] market that will have profound ...