Twenty of the world's leading off-grid clean energy entrepreneurs sent a letter today to World Bank Group president Robert Zoellick requesting $500 million in financial commitments to help them deliver on the world's energy access goals.
Despite all the political rhetoric, the bottom line hasn't changed: carbon emissions are increasing in every corner of the planet. This is largely due to the fact that the global economy is so unequivocally tied to fossil fuel consumption.
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), the world's largest maker of thin-film solar panels has seen its value fall to an all-time low today. At 4:00 PM EST, the company's shares were down 6.78%, trading at $19.25 on the Nasdaq.
This has been in the works for a while, so I’m delighted to hear that cleantech evangelists Tom Rand and Murray McCaig have formally launched their MaRS Cleantech Fund and, after first close, have secured h
Germany, Europe's industrial giant, is set to commence an unprecedented reconstruction of its energy infrastructure, the government has announced.
To the casual observer, energy efficiency means very little, that is until they see the cost savings associated with making tweaks to their homes and businesses. According to a new report, one energy retrofit may be more efficient than the rest.
In biofuels circles, especially within the walls of the U.S. ethanol industry, Brazil has long been seen as a competitor for America's corn-based fuel. Industry representatives have gone so far as to label Brazil's ethanol industry as a threat to domestic production and U.S. energy independence. In 2011, however, this couldn't be further from the case: data from the U.S. Energy Information Association (EIA) shows Brazil actually propelled the United States to record ethanol exports last year.
In what is being described as symptomatic of the “cutthroat” world of solar energy, San Jose-based SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA) sued SolarCity on Monday, Feb. 13, for reportedly accepting what it knew were stolen documents.
President Barack Obama has requested $27.2 billion for the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the 2013 budget proposal he has put forth to the United States Congress.
It is official; the United States will soon begin constructing its first new nuclear power reactors in 30 years.
