An advanced solar car that can cruise in a range from 50 to 60 miles per hour and weighs less than 500 pounds is being developed by students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A Florida utility and a real estate developer are aiming to bring the country's first solar-powered city to the Sunshine State.
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc., a U.S. based corn ethanol producer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Delaware on Wednesday due to shrinking profit margins.
Mobile phone equipment makers are taking steps to clean up their act and tackle a goal of powering nearly 120,000 base stations in developing countries by cleaner energy sources by 2012, players in the industry say.
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar highlighted the potential of offshore wind power in the Atlantic Ocean at a public hearing in Atlantic City, signaling it could replace the amount of energy generated by 3,000 coal-fired plants.
At first glance, a new day seems to be dawning for the overshadowed solar sector in Australia, the world's sunniest continent.
Tennessee Valley Authority, the largest public utility company in the U.S., agreed Thursday to buy up to 2,000 megawatts of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2011.
Sunny Italy expects to more than double its installed photovoltaic capacity used to turn sunlight into power to 900 megawatt (MW) by the end of 2009 on the back of government incentives, state-run agency GSE said on Friday.
Amid the current push for clean energy by President Barack Obama, Google Inc. and environmentalists have launched a map service to help renewable energy project managers see off-limits areas in the western U.S. where new infrastructure would cause significant damage to the environment.
Despite stimulus funds assigned for clean energy around the world, global new investment in clean energy plunged more than 53 percent in the first quarter of 2009, research group New Energy Finance said on Thursday.
Japan's Toshiba Corp and Sharp Corp said on Friday they are considering working together in the solar power business amid growing demand for cleaner energy, sending their shares higher.
A key congressional committee on Wednesday approved a $3.45 trillion budget framework for next year that embraces many of President Barack Obama's priorities but spends slightly less than he sought.
A key congressional committee on Wednesday approved a $3.45 trillion budget framework for next year that embraces many of President Barack Obama's priorities but spends slightly less than he sought.
The Obama Administration is carving out renewable energy zones across the country and offshore, and is preparing to work with critics who object to wind turbines or solar farms near wilderness or tourist areas, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Tuesday.
Japan will adopt greener climate policies if the opposition, ahead in voter polls, wins an election this year and sticks to promises for greater use of renewable energy and bold cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
The global financial crisis should offer EDF Energies Nouvelles opportunities to acquire assets on favourable terms, the head of the French wind and solar power company said in an interview with Reuters.
Investments of $750 billion could create a Green New Deal to revive the world economy and protect the environment, perhaps aided by a tax on oil, the head of the U.N. environment agency said on Thursday.
With the aim of ending a regulatory turf war, U.S. government agencies on Tuesday said they would work together to cut red tape and spur development of offshore renewable energy projects.
Senators from two Northeast states urged U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu to commit $400 million from the economic stimulus package to support an advanced wind energy program, especially for offshore wind projects.
Wind and solar power could produce 40 percent of the world's electricity by 2050, but only if government subsidies are secured for the next two decades, scientists said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday said it has created a special task force to speed the development of renewable energy projects on federal lands.
Solar power, wind and biotech made record money last year and promise excellent results in the future, but first, companies must survive the world financial crisis, a report said on Tuesday.
