Alternative Energy News

As the climate heats up, the world is grappling with how to produce cheap energy from renewable sources.

A private developer has announced plans to build the world's largest solar power plant of its kind in Washington state.

More than any other sector of our economy, farmers are hit hard by the extreme weather exacerbated by global warming -- floods, droughts, heat waves, and storms threaten their livelihood and our food supply.

Wind power in the U.S. appears to have taken a turn for the worse this week with T. Boone Pickens' announcement that he is scrapping plans to build the world's biggest wind farm in Texas.

Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, walks with U.S. President Barack Obama during the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy on Thursday, July 9, 2009.

A state Senate committee on Tuesday sidestepped proposed mountain ridge protection rules that wind power advocates said would have crippled a promising new industry.

Call it a solar powered struggle. One man's plan to upgrade his house to clean energy has turned into a big legal battle.

In 2007, construction workers poured concrete for the base of a Vestas V82 wind tower for Alliant Energya TMs 68-megawatt Cedar Ridge Wind Farm in Fond du Lac County, Wis.

Washington, July 7 : A research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln , US, gives important new information on how plants can change 'nitrogen cycling' to gain nitrogen and how this allows plant species to invade and take over native plants.

ADB to aid mainlanda s wind farm The Asian Development Bank is helping to finance a pioneering private-sector wind farm in Inner Mongolia, officials said on Tuesday.

Progress Energy Carolinas , Southern Energy and NxGen Power will build, own and operate a solar energy farm on city of Raleigh-owned property at the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plan.

Developing countries with big polluting industries are joining the world's wealthiest nations at the G-8 summit this week, trying to unblock troubled climate negotiations just five months before a deadline on limiting global carbon emissions.

Bismarck-based MDU Resources Group Inc. says it is joining in the development of a high-voltage power line that would transmit wind energy from the Dakotas to homes in Chicago and other cities.

A national environmental group says Missouri is a prime candidate for greater development of alternative energy projects.

In this May 6, 2009, file photo, legendary Texas oil and gas executive T. Boone Pickens discusses his energy plan at the American Wind Energy Association conference Wednesday in Chicago.

Saying global warming poses unprecedented threats to Americans' way of life, four of President Barack Obama's top environmental and energy officials urged the Senate on Tuesday to pass legislation to reduce the pollution linked to the planet's rising temperature.

North Carolina senators are looking more closely at how to balance the growing demand for green energy with environmental protection, development and tourism.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie laid out a renewable plan you might expect from a Democrat.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski may veto bills he worries could slow Oregon's efforts to boost the green economy and reduce global warming.

Majority Leader Harry Reid is hosting a national clean energy summit in Nevada next month, with former Vice President Al Gore and oil mogul T. Boone Pickens scheduled to attend.