Watch out, solar manufacturers: GE may be about to take over your turf. The corporate giant, which has already carved out a spot as one of the world's leading wind turbine suppliers, announced this week that it is moving into the thin film solar business.READ»
After nine years of political wrangling, the $1 billion Cape Wind project signed a lease for sea space in the Nantucket Sound. But don't break out the champagne just yet. READ»
Two California-based projects are the first utility-scale solar installations on federal lands to get the go-ahead from the Bureau of Land Management -- and there are a dozen more to follow.READ»
The explosion last week of a gas transmission line in San Bruno, California has prompted local utility PG&E to release some enjoyable bedtime reading--a list of the 100 riskiest gas line segments in California. READ»
Ernst & Young has made it official: China is the most attractive location to put cash in clean technology projects, and the U.S. has slipped to second place.READ»
The world's largest turbine--a 130-ton, metal shaft with twin rotating blades--is making its way on a barge from Invergordon, Scotland to the European Marine Energy Centre test site off the coast of Orkney. READ»
The FutureGen clean coal project just won't die. The nearly decade-old project has been killed, reborn, and reshaped so many times that we almost forgot it was still around. But it is--albeit in a less ambitious form.READ»
China may have overtaken the U.S. as the Saudi Arabia of wind power (got that?), but the U.S. is still home to some major wind energy powerhouses.READ»
After over 100 days, the BP oil leak finally appears to be plugged. But while the White House claims that the vast majority of oil has evaporated or been cleaned up with burning, oil skimmers, and dispersants, there is still plenty ...READ»
The United States has been called the Saudi Arabia of wind. But for the first time ever, China has exceeded the U.S. in newly installed wind capacity.READ»
And so one of the most ambitious experiments in government-subsidized renewable energy comes to an end as Spain announces that it will slash subsidies for photovoltaic solar power plants by 45%.READ»
The Salton Sea is one of California's most intriguing attractions. Now the ultra-salty body of water may be able to claim a new title: lithium production center of the U.S. READ»
Solar power took a big step toward becoming the alternative energy of choice with this week's news that energy from sunlight might be cheaper than nuclear power. The analysis, which comes from a Duke University report entitled Solar ...READ»
Google's entrance into the energy market has been a long time coming. Earlier this year, the Internet giant formed an energy subsidiary, dubbed "Google Energy", and soon afterwards Google announced that its first direct investment ...READ»
Alstom made it onto our list of 2010's Most Innovative Companies for its work in the transportation sector, but the company is also making strides in the renewable energy industry. Take the French company's $126 million contract ...READ»
Pacific Gas & Electric has the distinction of being both reviled and beloved by clean energy enthusiasts. The San Francisco-based utility generated ill will recently when it tried (and failed) to push through Proposition 16, a ...READ»
