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Sales of wind turbines for home use are going strong

A growing number of people are investing in small electricity generating wind turbines for residential use, despite the bad economy, and backers of wind...

New foe for U.S. solar energy: the railroads

Railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp (BRKa.N) has joined an unlikely coalition of environmentalists, American Indians and politicians who are opposing a...

Renewables set to grow in Colombia

Colombia, which has the second largest population in South America, is well positioned to prosper from its huge wealth of natural energy resources, enabling...

Solar power success for poultryman

Spencer Pope is a poultryman who grows 800,000 broilers a year on his farm near Carthage, Miss., but for the past year he's had...

Ontario opposition vows to end green power program

Ontario's opposition Progressive Conservatives said on Tuesday they would scrap the province's feed-in tariff (FIT) program as well as the biggest deal signed under...

Clean energy source shows dark side in U.S. tornadoes

The deadly tornadoes that tore across the South last week highlighted the cruel and ruthless side of wind, an energy source championed as an...

In Oakland, A Creative Strategy for Financing the City's Solar Roofs

Using a new "crowdfunding" program called Solar Mosaic, the city is selling solar tiles to locals for $100 a pop and installing them on...

EDF Acquires Two Mexico Wind Projects Amounting to 324 Megawatts

EDF Energies Nouvelles SA (EEN), a French renewable energy developer, has agreed to buy two wind projects totaling 324 megawatts in the south of...

Could algae oil replace imported petroleum oil?

Oil grown in outdoor raceway ponds located in the Gulf Coast, Southeastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes could help solve the US's reliance on...

Algae could replace 17 percent of US oil imports

High oil prices and environmental and economic security concerns have triggered interest in using algae-derived oils as an alternative to fossil fuels. But growing...

Ivanpah Solar Power Project Hits Big Pay Day

We've been following progress on the massive Ivanpah solar thermal project since the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced in February of 2010 that...

Rugby wind farm resumes operation after accident

A wind energy project in north-central North Dakota has resumed generating power, a spokeswoman said Monday, a week after the rotor and three giant...

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Australia solar Installation hits 40 GW

An IEA survey of solar power applications in Australia shows that the country installed 5.2 GW of solar capacity in 2024 and reached a...

Versiris Energy completes logistically tricky rooftop solar project

Versiris Energy completed a 575.36-kWDC rooftop solar project for a national commercial retail facility in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Versisis, a commercial solar developer and subsidiary...

Recurrent Energy Sells 275 MW Solar-Plus-Storage Project in New South Wales to European Investor

Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and a global developer of solar and energy storage assets, has finalized the sale of its...

Azerbaijan seeks Chinese help in achieving “green” power dream

Azerbaijan is hoping China can play a big role in helping Baku fulfill its ambitions of building a “green energy corridor” to Europe. Azerbaijani officials...