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AN internationally acclaimed authority on the economics of the energy industry is supporting plans for the 11-turbine offshore wind farm project, which has outraged US tycoon Donald Trump.

Recent tests showing that a wind turbine in Falmouth exceeded state noise guidelines has bolstered a local group trying to block a turbine planned for Winter Island. Peter Carlton of Salem Wind, a group fighting the proposed Salem turbine, ...

The draft energy bill plans major changes to the market, causing concern that consumers' bills could rise and renewable energy is being neglectedThe biggest reforms to the UK energy sector in two decades were set out on Tuesday, prompting warnings from consumer groups and green campaigners that they would raise bills and penalise renewable energy while boosting nuclear power

CASABLANCA, Morocco (Reuters) - Morocco plans to speed up tender processes for the development of a 2,000-megawatt solar energy plan, starting with the award this year of a first contract for 160 megawatts to be generated using concentrated-solar technology (CSP). Mustafa Bakkoury, who chairs the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen), said a winning consortium for that first phase of a 500

By Pam Kasey - email A look at regional grid operator PJM Interconnection's Renewable Energy Dashboard seems to show dozens of wind projects planned for West Virginia, along with multiple hydropower projects and a few others based on alternative ...

A renewable energy company that plans to burn locally grown eucalyptus trees to generate 10 percent of th Big Island's electricity needs signed an agreement Monday to sell the power to Hawaii Electric Light Co. The project's developer, Hu Honua ...

The three East African countries planning to utilize a stalled $360-million, 90MW hydroelectric power plant project have agreed to provide $10 million in funding, allowing the start of construction to be set for 2013.

Czech farmers on Wednesday will be taking part in a planned protest against the government’s decision to slash tax refunds on biofuel. The move by the government – part of broad austerity measures – is expected to leave agricultural producers in difficult spot: some 1.5 billion crowns lighter. The protest will see hundreds of farmers roll out their tractors on roads across the country, with the

The controversial topic of wind farms is again in the news, following the first meeting of a new parliamentary select committee that is heading an inquiry into the State Government's planned changes to wind farm planning. We also get an update on the ...

The funds will be used for the construction of the Withernwick Wind Farm on England's east coast, which is expected to begin operating in mid 2013. The construction of nine REpower MM82 turbines is planned with a total output of 18.45 MW.

The U.S. military’s embrace of alternative energy seems to drive a segment of the public crazy – witness the many vituperative comments to this story about a hybrid ground combat vehicle under development by the Army. Now this skepticism about green warriors is gaining voice in Congress, where a House committee is trying to put the kibosh on the Navy’s “Great Green Fleet

Plans to create the world's first carbon-neutral higher-speed locomotive were announced today by the Coalition for Sustainable Rail (CSR), a collaboration of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment (IonE) and the nonprofit Sustainable Rail International (SRI). CSR draws on the carbon-neutral solid biofuel research expertise of the University of Minnesota and the modern steam

The government says putting nuclear power at the core of the UK's draft energy bill will cost consumers an extra £100 per year. But what if the nuclear industry refuses to build new plants here?

The Government will today publish its draft energy bill , with proposals for a reform of the electricity market aimed at unlocking the billions of pounds of investment needed in low carbon infrastructure over the next 10 years.