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In October of 2010, Ameren Energy Resources, a division of Ameren Corporation, (NYSE: AEE), got a formal promise from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to commit $1 billion to the development of FutureGen 2.0.

United States based global market research firm, MarketsandMarkets (M&M) has released a report predicting the global geothermal energy market direct use and power generation capacity will reach 120,300 MW by 2015.

Enel Green Power (EGP) (Milan: EGPW.MI), the largest renewable energy company in Italy, has added 20-megawatts of geothermal capacity to its portfolio with the start of operations of a new unit at a geothermal facility in central Italy.

Romania, which has set an ambitious target of generating 33% of its power from renewable sources by 2020, primarily wind energy (coal currently fires almost 40% of the country's electricity, with most of the rest coming from burning oil and gas), has begun its alternative energy push wi

The state-of-the-art Archimede power plant in Italy represents a paradigm shift in the development of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants.

ViaLogy Plc (LSE: VIY), the Pasadena, California small-cap spin-off from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories that provides proprietary QuantumRD seismic interpretation sensor technology to help oil explorers avoid drilling dry holes, has entered the green energy realm.

After an aggressive campaign of fitting roughly 85% of Italy's homes with innovative smart meters, the country's main utility, Enel (BIT:ENEL), is saving up to $750 million per year and cutting consumer costs dramatically.

A Brief History and How Smart Meters Work:

The worst economic slump since the Great Depression has sent a ripple through economies worldwide. Chile has been no exception.