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China's largest wind power generator, Longyuan, hopes to double its fundraising in a Hong Kong IPO to $1.3 billion due to strong demand.

The newly formed Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power is speaking out against the development of industrial wind power projects in Maine.

Gov. Rick Perry on Monday criticized pending carbon cap-and-trade environmental legislation in Congress as harmful to Texas and the rest of the country.

NRG Energy Inc. has bought a company that is working on several offshore wind power projects along the Atlantic coast.

The New Jersey candy factory that produces M&M's flipped the switch today on a new solar array that provides clean energy.

New Delhi, Nov 9 : Punj Lloyd, a diversified construction and engineering group, has tied up with Singapore-based Delta Solar to foray into the solar utility space, the company said Monday.

Our nation stands at a crossroads as many significant issues have been ignored for decades.

With giant modern windmills visible on the horizon, during a day with ample sunshine, Grady was a site most apropos for presentations on renewable energy.

T. Boone Pickens, who has spent more than a year telling Americans the answer to their energy woes is natural gas, says the U.S. natural gas supply will probably dry up in about 30 years.

TORONTO - How to stimulate Ontario's economy while protecting the environment at the same time was the focus of the Good Green Jobs for All conference in Toronto on Saturday.

IT MAY sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is deadly serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.

China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in low interest loans to African nations over the next three years and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of those countries, as the Asian powerhouse looked to deflect criticism that its investments in the continent were motivated purely by greed.

The Patrick administration is rethinking its support of wood-burning power plants, a key element of its long-term strategy to wean Massachusetts off fossil fuels.

Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, says that while some hurdles remain, carbon caputure and storage technology is "technologically proven" Photograph by: Aaron Lynett/National Post, National Post Energy industry executives awaiting details of the federal government's greenhouse gas emission policies before making decisions on billions of ...

A photo simulation made as part of a South Carolina utility's research into wind power shows large wind turbines would barely be visible if built eight miles off the state's coast.

As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future.

A Canadian transmission company and an Irish wind developer said Friday they are teaming up to pursue a central Montana power project that could result in at least $1 billion worth of new energy sales.

The federal government has boosted its investment in renewable energy through $235 million in funding which will go to four commercial-scale projects.

Today at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu highlighted the Department of Energy's continued commitment to partnering with Native Americans to support the development of clean energy projects on tribal lands that will help reduce energy use, limit carbon pollution, and create new jobs for tribal communities ...

With global warming taking center stage in world affairs, Al Gore can't be far behind: The Nobel-Prize-winning former-vice president-turned-energy entrepreneur is releasing his plan to crack the climate conundrum.