09.03.2008 | BY JOHNATHAN RICKMAN
In a surprising repudiation of one of President Bush’s key energy security initiatives, the Republican National Committee in its 2008 platform has called for scrapping federal requirements for ethanol use in motor fuels. While Bush has...
09.02.2008 | BY JOHNATHAN RICKMAN
In what would be the largest ocean energy project in the world, the British government has launched a two-year feasibility study to gauge the potential for harnessing the enormous tidal power of the Severn Estuary between England and Wales, with...
08.26.2008
Southern Co.'s Georgia Power has requested approval from state regulators to convert its coal-fired Mitchell power plant to wood biomass in another notable step toward greater renewable energy use by a company that has been hostile to federal renewable energy...
08.22.2008
While debate rages over the wisdom of using corn and other food crops to produce biofuels, Sandia National Laboratories has joined with three companies to form a new group to promote the development of non-food biofuel feedstocks that can thrive in the arid...
08.20.2008 | By George Lobsenz
In a clear sign that he will remain aggressively green on key energy and environmental issues, Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell Tuesday nominated John Hanger--head of the state's most outspoken environmental group for the past 10 years--as secretary of the...
08.20.2008
In what would be Canada's first offshore wind farm, a small start-up firm, working with Calgary-based ENMAX Corp., has proposed building a 320 megawatt wind farm in Hecate Strait off the coast of British Columbia. NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. said it...
08.19.2008
Southern California Edison Monday announced a deal with developers of a giant wind farm in northcentral Oregon to secure up to 909 megawatts of wind power that the utility said would be a "crown jewel" in its growing renewable energy portfolio. The...
08.18.2008 | By Chris Holly
In a major deal that could dramatically change the way utilities view solar photovoltaic power, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced last week it has inked power purchase agreements with photovoltaic systems manufacturers SunPower Corp. and OptiSolar Inc...
08.18.2008
In what would be the largest single private sector investment in hydroelectric generation in Canada, Plutonic Power Corp. and GE Energy Financial Services announced Thursday they have signed a memorandum of understanding to partner on a bid to develop more...
08.18.2008
The Energy Department announced last week it will award up to $340 million under the third round of the Clean Coal Power Initiative, a Bush administration program aimed at accelerating the commercial deployment of advanced coal technologies. In an August 11...
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