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New Report Shows U.S. Solar Developers Installed Record Breaking Solar Capacity In Third Quarter

By Joseph Baker on December 15, 2011

Tags: SEIA, United States, Department of Treasury's 1603 program, GM Research, Installed Solar Capacity, Q3 2011, Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Solar Energy U.S., The U.S. Solar Market Insight: 3rd Quarter 2011 report, U.S. solar market, Congress, energy, Rhone Resch, Shayle Kann

In Q3 2011 U.S solar developers set a new quarterly record bringing online more than 449 MW in new solar electric capacity.

Western Wind Energy Corp. Opens 106 MW Wind Farm in California

By Joseph Baker on December 14, 2011

Tags: Algonquin Power, Utilities Corp., Western Wind Energy Corporation, United States, USD, California Wind, power purchase agreement, Southern California Edison Company (SCE), take over bid, Western Wind Energy Corp., wind energy, Windstar Project, California, energy, Ontario, Southern California

Western Wind Energy Corporation has switched on the newest addition to its wind power portfolio.

SolarReserve Entering Photovoltaic Market?

By Joseph Baker on December 12, 2011

California-based solar developer SolarReserve announced it has been awarded preferred bidder status by the South Africa Department of Energy for two solar farms.

USGBC Says “Green” Building Retrofits Exceed New Construction

By Jeanne Roberts on December 12, 2011

According to the U.S. Green Building Council, or USGBC, in December of 2011 the total square feet of existing LEED-certified building space exceeded the square feet of LEED new construction by 15 million square feet.

California Calling Oil Sands Dirty Fuel

By Jeanne Roberts on December 9, 2011

Tags: BP, Chevron, China National Offshore Oil Corp., Conocophillips, Imperial Oil, Inpex Corp., Korea National Oil Corporation, Marathon, Nexen Partners, Shell, Statoil, Suncor Energy Inc., Canada, United States, USD, AB 32, BP, California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Energy Commission (CEC), California Environmental Protection Agency, Canada oil sands, carbon footprint, carbon intensity, carbon per megajoule (g/MJ), Chevron, China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), climate, CNRL, Conocophillips, Devon, EU, Executive Order S-01-07, French-based Total, fuel quality directive (FQD), Global Warming Solutions Act, greenhouse gas (GHG), High Carbon-Intensity Crude Oil (HCICO), Husky, Imperial Oil, Inpex Corporation of Japan, James Hansen, Korea National Oil Corporation, Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), Marathon, NASA, Nexen Partners, oil companies, OXY, Shell, Statoil, Suncor, Suncor Energy Inc., Syncrude, tar sands, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, California Environmental Protection Agency, carbon-intensive transportation fuels, electricity, energy, European Commission, European Union, James Hansen, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, oil, oil sands, transportation

Canada has found a predictable ally among oil industry executives in its battle to defend oil (tar) sands from a draft EU law.

New Report: Coal Power Produces Majority of North America's Electricity Emissions

By Joseph Baker on December 8, 2011

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has released a report which profiles the air emissions of greenhouse gases emitted by North American power plants that burn fossil fuel.

OwnEnergy and NextEra Energy Resources Finalize Sale of 60 MW Oklahoma Wind Farm

By Joseph Baker on December 7, 2011

Brooklyn-based OwnEnergy Inc. said that it has finalized the sale of an Oklahoma wind farm to U.S. renewable energy powerhouse NextEra Energy Resources.

UN Climate Chief Updates Durban Talks

By energyNOW on December 7, 2011

Tags: Climate Change, South Africa, United States, binding international carbon treaty, carbon emissions, climate change, COP17, Durban, global warming, low carbon economy, South Africa, United Nations Climate Change Conference 2011, Christiana Figueres, Tyler Suiters, United Nations

At the climate-change talks in Durban, South Africa, energyNOW! Chief Correspondent Tyler Suiters sits down with UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres.

Merger Update: Exelon and Constellation Increase Benefit Package Offering In Maryland

By Joseph Baker on December 6, 2011

Exelon Corporation and Constellation Energy Group have filed another round of paper work with the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) related to the companies' proposed merger.

U.S. Navy Places America's Largest Biofuel Order With Dynamic Fuels

By Joseph Baker on December 5, 2011

Shares jumped nearly 9% in mid-afternoon trading Monday after Syntroleum Corporation announced that its renewable fuel joint-venture Dynamic Fuels, in partnership with Solazyme Inc., has been awarded a major renewable fuel contract with the U.S Navy.