Renewable Energy News

The UK government's Energy Bill has received a warm welcome from renewable industry players and representatives.

Energy independence is not a theoretical discussion. It will strengthen our national security and will boost our domestic economy. As a former member of Congress, Governor of New Mexico, and Secretary of Energy, I have looked at the issue of energy independence from many perspectives and can tell you that its need is more critical now than ever. As he enters his final term, I urge President Obama to take three specific steps to help move the nation toward energy independence.

As our knowledge of how to clean up and prevent pollution increases and scientists slowly discover why we get certain illnesses and diseases, the world becomes more conscious of creating ways to make work environments safer; not only for the laborers, but for the entire human race. The goal is not necessarily to shut the processes down, but to reroute the toxic chemicals emitted in order to capture their vapors from releasing into the ozone. It's a new generation of wind, tidal and solar energy generators providing the world with its power. Continents are rapidly expanding their renewable energy resources, budgets and plans in order to eliminate dependency on these medieval practices that shortens the future of a healthy humanity.

UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey Wednesday said "we are on the cusp of a renaissance in British energy" after unveiling the government's long-awaited Energy Bill.

Nova Scotia has called for hearings on feed-in tariffs for tidal power plants in the Bay of Fundy. The hearings begin 19 March 2013 by the Canadian province's electricity regulator.

Traders are betting that Western Wind Energy Corp.'s executives will persuade suitors to top what's already the most expensive valuation for an alternative- energy takeover on record.

On Tuesday the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) took a big step forward to encourage more solar power in the state. The PSC acts on behalf of telecommunications, electric power, and natural gas consumers in Georgia and ensures safety, reliability, and affordability. Georgia Solar Utilities Inc., a company launched in Macon, GA earlier this y

Struggling solar panel maker Yingli (NYSE: YGE) is trying the good news-bad news approach to distract investors from its latest downbeat earnings, announcing its biggest-ever new order on the same day it released its dismal third-quarter results. Based on shareholder reaction, the approach has been quite successful, with Yingli's stock surging more

Direct ownership of solar systems offers an array of benefits generally not available to third-party finance. And new loan programs are making it easier to achieve that goal.

The in-progress Doha Climate Change Conference presents the perfect opportunity to read Global Cooling: Strategies for Climate Protection by Hans-Josef Fell. Green parliamentarian Fell is one of the fathers of Germany’s Renewable Energy Law, the seminal legislation guiding the country's Energiewende. Fell refutes the tired line that saving the plan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced a partnership with SSE plc, an electric utility company located in Scotland, for an energy storage demonstration project that will use two 40-foot cargo containers full of thousands of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries to store as much as 800 kWh of generated clean energy, with a maximum power output capacity of 2 megawatts. The recipient of the joint effort will be Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc, the arm of the SSE that's responsible for distributing power in Scotland.

SolarCity Corp., the developer of rooftop solar-power systems whose chairman is billionaire Elon Musk, is seeking as much as $151 million in an initial public offering.

After a couple years of chilly investor sentiment, geothermal stocks are starting to warm up. The sector has been so beaten down that the small exploration and production players seem to have lost what little following they had, and so recent good news has gone mostly unnoticed.

Tasmania's King Island is famous for its cheese, lobster and beef. Now it is set to become the home to Australia's biggest wind farm.

With its new energy sector tottering on the brink of collapse, China no longer seems to care if foreign government accuse it of unfairly supporting its sector with low cost loans and other state subsidies. That at least appears to be the message from a new plan by Ming Yang Wind Power (NYSE: MY), which has just announced a massive new tie-up with p

Ahead of MDV SEIA’s conference “Solar Energy Focus 2012: Developing and Financing Solar on the East Coast,” Sol Systems asked a sampling of conference speakers for previews of their thoughts and remarks. Among other topics, speakers discussed tax equity investment and the challenges it presents, the advantages of distributed generation, and solar e

It’s near the end of 2012, and no matter what sector of the solar business you’re in, it’s time to honor and acknowledge your customers before the end of the year. Perhaps this post is a wake-up call for some companies who don’t see the benefit of doing anything for one-time customers or failed prospects. Or perhaps some solar marketers have been p

As other reporters and bloggers have pointed out, Sunday's Los Angeles Times ran a one-sided and misinformed article questioning the economic benefits of utility-scale solar projects on desert counties.

Developed countries channeled $8 billion into emerging nations last year for large-scale renewable energy and clean fuel production, a fraction of the aid promised by 2020, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said.