Renewable Energy News

Californians Against Utilities Stopping Solar Energy (CAUSE) is increasing its efforts to support clean, locally produced energy. The recently minted advocacy organization, which formed this past April, is comprised of solar companies, advocates and doctors. Now they have joined with the American Lung Association to petition the California Energy C

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center along with the Army Energy Initiatives Task force (ETIF) announced its first Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) to support renewable energy projects on Defense Department Installations under the Renewable and Alternative Energy Power Production for DOD Installations. These first contracts focus on geothermal projects, but additional contracts will be awarded by technology in solar, wind and biomass throughout the remainder of 2013.

Europe’s concentrated solar power (CSP) plants have a total installed capacity of 1957.7 MWe as of the end 2012, finds the latest edition of EurObserv’ER’s annual Solar Thermal and Concentrated Solar Power Barometer, while 3.4 million m2 of solar thermal collectors were installed in the EU over the year, for an installed base of 29.6 GWth.

Big growth in residential solar demand, bucking broader market volatility and seasonal trends, set the pace for yet another record quarterly performance for U.S. solar installations during the first three months of 2013, according to just-released analysis from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research.

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories based in the U.S. have confirmed the particle-by-particle mechanism by which lithium ions move in and out of electrodes made of lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4, or LFP), findings that could lead to better performance in lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles, medical equipment and aircraft.

Last year, I brought Chinese off-road vehicle and electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Kandi Technologies (NASD:KNDI) to readers’ attention. I like Kandi because the company was already profitable and trades for a tiny fraction of what a US-based EV maker would.

Solar cells are unusual in that they were cost-competitive from the get-go. From the Apollo space program to highway signs to lighting for buoys, solar could replace highly expensive power from batteries or other sources and eliminate the need for the construction of electric distribution lines.  When the Institute for Local Self-Reliance was found

Nacelle access solutions such as ladders and climb-assist technologies have been in place since there have been wind turbines, but as turbines get taller, service lifts (SLs) are becoming the solution of choice for new-built towers.

We all know that wind energy can light homes and businesses, but how about powering "entrepreneurial spirit'" through education and information access?

A survey by Energy Now this year revealed two startling statistics: 1. 95 percent of farmers and landowners believe renewable energy will be vital to the future of farming in the UK, and 2. 42 percent of farmers and landowners are confused about renewable energy options.

The International Energy Agency has today urged governments to put in place four energy policies that it claims will “keep climate goals alive without harming economic growth”.

More than 4 GW of geothermal power capacity are expected to come online worldwide between now and 2018, according to a new report.

Veterans who've spent long days under the sweltering sun to protect our freedom can now learn to harness the sun's rays for their benefit — at no cost. Servicemen and servicewomen of the U.S. military who are interested in solar energy can receive 100 percent tuition assistance for renewable energy career training from Solar Energy International (S

The European Union's decarbonization strategy has all the right intentions but it is taking the wrong path to that destination. That was the view of Fabian Roques, senior director at consultancy IHS CERA, who was speaking at the Plenary session of POWER-GEN Europe and Renewable Energy World Europe.

During the opening keynote session at the Energy Ocean International Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse identified a core problem to developing ocean energy technologies in the U.S.: process.

Plans for a £25 billion (US$38 billion) tidal barrage across the longest river in Britain have been slammed by members of the UK Parliament’s Energy and Climate Change Committee as economically, environmentally and publicly unacceptable.

More than 4 GW of geothermal power capacity are expected to come online worldwide between now and 2018, according to a new report.

Since the days of cave paintings, humans have been telling stories about themselves, whether in pictures, songs, commercials, websites, or logos, but few solar companies have sincerely learned that lesson. Whether you’re in the B-to-B solar business or the residential market, telling some type of story about your solar company is a powerful and dyn

In the old days armed gangsters threatened you with violence or worse if you didn't do their bidding. But in the modern world mobsters brandish environmental impact assessments or power point presentations with balance sheets and projected revenues - and things become far less straightforward.

Throughout the 2000s, the emerging wave and tidal stream energy industries operated as a unit. Together they embarked on the journey across the "valley of death" towards commercial maturity, facing shared challenges - such as grid connection, permitting and securing R&D support.