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March 11, 2010
U.S. Wind Industry Lobbies in Washington for Strong Renewable Energy Policy

Clean energy policy is starting to heat up again in the United States, and the American wind industry is aiming to make sure these legislative discussions turn into progressive action.

 

March 11, 2010
SunPower Will Supply 200 Megawatts of Solar Panels for Southern California Edison's Rooftop Solar Program

SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq:SPWRA, SPWRB) has just been awarded been awarded a contract to supply 200-megawatts of solar panels for Southern California Edison's (SCE) latest solar project.

March 11, 2010
Oil Executives Warn Against Renewable Energy

Oil executives did their best to dampen enthusiasm for renewable power at CERAWeek, a massive energy conference held in Houston, Texas.

 

March 10, 2010
New Report:  Australia Flush With Renewable Energy Resources, But Yet to Use Them

The Australian government has commissioned the country's first national energy assessment; the results point very favourably to renewable energy's development in the Land Down Under.

 

The assessment shows that Australia is flush with renewable energy resources including geothermal, hydro, wind, solar, bioenergy, and marine.

March 10, 2010
Renewable Energy Companies Flocking to Ontario

The Canadian province of Ontario is fast becoming a vanguard for renewable energy.

 

Thanks to a new and incredibly generous set of feed-in tariffs, as well as the fact the province sits right across the border from one of the world's biggest clean energy markets, many renewable energy companies are putting up shop in Ontario.

March 10, 2010
Small Wind Industry is Latest to Criticize the United Kindom's New Feed-In Tariffs

With the United Kingdom's new feed-in tariff system, the Clean Energy Cashback, set to come into effect on April 1, 2010, energy debates and grievances are beginning to heat up.

 

March 9, 2010
Nissan Says It Has No Competition in the Electric Vehicle Market

Carlos Ghosn the head of the Renault-Nissan Alliance says no other car manufacturer is better prepared to tap the electric car market than Nissan (OTC:NSANY).

 

March 9, 2010
Britain's New Small Scale Feed-In Tariffs Don't Reward Clean Energy Pioneers

Earlier this year, the United Kingdom passed feed-in tariff guarantees for owners of small-scale renewable energy systems -- 5-megawatts or less.  However, one of the factors the scale of rebate is dependent on is when the system was installed, which has left more than a few Britons irked.

 

March 9, 2010
New Report Says Global Smart Appliance Market Will Increase 500% by 2015

According to a new report from Zpryme, the global household smart appliance market will explode in the next five years.

 

March 8, 2010
Shell Aims to be at the Top of the Growing and Changing Automobile Industry

There is no doubt about it, Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.A) is an oil company through and through. 

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