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Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. and Schneider Power Inc. today announced the signing of a definitive business combination agreement under which Quantum has agreed to acquire in a stock-for-stock exchange all of the outstanding common shares of Schneider Power.

One New Jersey lawmaker wants to add a new attraction to amusement parks along the Jersey shore: windmills.

SAGINAW - Saginaw officials are vying with a Texas community to land a California-based solar panel manufacturer that would create 500 new jobs within five years.

WASHINGTON, DC , November 24, 2009 - President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Dr.

China has said it is aiming for a big boost in energy efficiency by cutting carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by up to 45% by 2020.

North Carolina's Duke Energy said it plans to match a $22 million federal grant to examine the use of batteries to store wind energy from a Texas wind farm.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will attend the Copenhagen conference on climate change next month.

The federal government said Tuesday it is contributing about $30 million to the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line project through the Clean Energy Fund.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 7:46 a.m. A California desert highway landmark is history.

Dozens of Thumb-area residents say their lives have been changed for the worse by noisy, energy-producing wind turbines and recommended that future installations be kept far away from homes.

Energy Secretary Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is awarding more than $27 million for 3 projects in Texas to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will help build a smarter, more efficient, more resilient electrical grid.

Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill designed to streamline the state's push for renewable energy.

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' The University of Oklahoma's plan to power its Norman campus with wind energy was approved Wednesday by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

Dousing rampant speculation, President Barack Obama has decided to travel to Copenhagen next month and spell out U.S. goals for curbing greenhouse gas emissions at a widely anticipated, high-stakes global climate summit.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar lashed out at the oil and gas industry Tuesday, accusing some industry trade groups of acting like an arm of the Republican Party in criticizing the Obama administration's record on energy production.

Norway opened on Tuesday the world's first osmotic power plant, which produces emissions-free electricity by mixing fresh water and sea water through a special membrane.

NRG Solar said Monday it has bought a near-complete solar power plant in California from First Solar , which entered the project development business to create demand for its solar panels.

Coal-hungry Indiana ranks fourth in the nation for carbon dioxide emissions from mostly aging power plants that contribute to global warming, an environmental group said Tuesday.

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its renewable jet fuel process technology was used to convert second-generation, renewable feedstocks to green jet fuel for a biofuel demonstration flight by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

A team of South Korean scientists have produced the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel-based chemicals.