Renewable Energy News

South Dakota's Public Utilities Commission has ruled against an alternative energy producer seeking to force rural electric cooperatives to buy the wind power it plans to generate.

Iberdrola SA, Spain's largest utility, said first-half profit dropped 13 percent after a reduction in renewable-energy subsidies took full effect.

Battery costs can make up a quarter of the cost of an electric car such as this Tesla Model S. This article was originally published at The Conversation.

Iowa is proof that clean energy works. We lead the nation in wind power generation and in biofuels production.

Warren Bollmeier, director and president of the Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance, was one of the speakers at the 6th Annual Hawaii Clean Energy Day held Tuesday at the YWCA of Oahu in Downtown Honolulu.

As the number of offshore wind farms continues to grow, the farms may affect both seals and their prey, the finding suggests.

Washington, July 22, 2014-Scientists may have overcome one of the major hurdles in developing high-efficiency, long-lasting solar cells-keeping them cool, even in the blistering heat of the noonday Sun.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jack Hatch criticized Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday for giving up a $1 million solar energy grant, saying the governor is letting powerful utility companies write his energy policy.

Jackson-based CMS Energy Corp. announced the plans Tuesday, saying it's a part of an effort to diversify the use of renewable energy by Consumers Energy.

The agency will be able to do the maintenance work with current staff at its Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Project, which is about 35 miles away in Lewis County.

Energy coalition rallies against public utilities The Sunshine State Clean Energy Coalition is against new power plants and wants energy saving programs Check out this story on wtsp.com: http://on.wtsp.com/1mxlhZC The environmental groups, known as the Sunshine State Clean Energy Coalition , are hoping big public utilities save more energy and ... (more)

Sen. Mark Udall tours the Siemens Test Wind Turbine at the National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado, in 2013.

The green high-yield craze in the United States is too hot and full of wind. The latest antidote to meagre interest rates is the so-called "yieldco" - collections of wind farms and solar plants.

A polar bear is shown in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska in this undated photo.

Ethanol and other biofuel mandates and subsidies got started when politicians bought into claims that we are rapidly depleting our petroleum, and fossil-fuel-driven global warming is boiling the planet.

This move means more solar power can be provided to the national power grid, according to the Energy Market Authority.

Estimates by federal agencies that they in effect threw away nearly $100 billion last year should infuriate taxpayers.

Staff Reporter, Bhopal Renewable Energy Minister Shri Rajendra Shukla has said that apart from conventional energy, the state government has decided to generate maximum power from unconventional sources also.

This is just a small list of initiatives that India plans to implement in the renewable energy and the environment protection sector.

AS THEY clutch their favourite stuffed toys with pride, buddies Josh Martin, 6, and Josh Jones, 9, look just like everyday kids.