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BEIJING: China's electricity generation capacity will increase to 860 million kilowatts at the end of this year, the second largest after the United States, energy official said on Friday.

Sweeping power cuts have been felt by Venezuelan industry after the government said it needed to save its limited energy resources to avoid mass blackouts.

Temperatures will be very comfortable over the next couple of afternoons; even a bit above normal.

Ballard Power Systems said Tuesday it has sold its 19.9 per cent interest in Automotive Fuel Cell Co-operation Corp.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Dec. 24, 2009 a ' Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used.

Cummins Westport Inc. said Tuesday that Kenworth Truck Co. will use its natural gas engine for two of its truck models.

Taiwan's largest high-concentration photovoltaic solar power plant was inaugurated by Kaohsiung County Commissioner Yang Chiu-hsing and former premier Liu Chao-shiuan this week.

Gov. Phil Bredesen's timetable is about to run out for what he has billed as a "major" commercial investment related to Tennessee's biofuels program.

Ames and Iowa State University will begin using wind power starting next month. The city and university will be using wind-generated electricity from a new wind farm north of Zearing during January.

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North America's largest solar energy services provider and a Western utility have announced plans to install five photovoltaic solar facilities in southeastern New Mexico.

An inventory of New Mexico's greenhouse gas production shows residents have reduced their average emissions from gasoline use over a seven-year period, but they're consuming more energy to heat, cool and power their homes.

China's top legislature Tuesday discussed a legal amendment to require electricity grid companies to buy all the power produced by renewable energy generators.

Solar power companies hoping to peddle renewable energy to Public Service Company of New Mexico [PNM] customers received approval on Tuesday from the state's Public Regulation Commission.Today's ruling cleared the way for private companies to set up renewable energy systems on property belonging to schools, cities and other organizations that ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has rejected a permit for New Ulm's proposed wind-power project.

Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation in Congress on Monday to protect a million acres of the Mojave Desert in California by scuttling some 13 big solar plants and wind farms planned for the region.

Rhode Island has selected Chevron Energy Solutions to develop and maintain several onshore wind turbines in the coastal town of Narragansett, Gov.

Governor Sonny Perdue says a biofuel demonstration plant will be built in Thomaston early next year.

Neb. firm tries to get utilities to burn corn OMAHA, Neb. - A Nebraska company is trying to persuade utilities to try burning its corn pellets instead of coal to help meet renewable fuel goals.

AT&T has awarded to BAF Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp.