Renewable Energy News

Renewable energy producers have staged a protest against a proposed 20% tax on their revenues in front of the Council of Ministers building in Sofia.

In this Friday, April 29, 2011, file photo, solar panels line the roof of Ikea's Brooklyn store, in New York.

President Barack Obama is ordering the federal government to nearly triple to 20 percent its use of renewable sources for electricity by 2020.

A proposal to adjust Ohio's renewable energy and efficiency mandates stalled for a second time on Wednesday amid opposition from environmental and consumer interests and some majority Republican lawmakers.

The former University of Nebraska regent says he would focus on education funding, job-training programs and wind energy if he wins the 2014 race.

Over the coming year, the American Legislative Exchange Council will promote legislation with goals ranging from penalising individual homeowners and weakening state clean energy regulations, to blocking the Environmental Protection Agency, which is Barack Obama's main channel for climate action.

The push for green energy in the United States may be hindered by the limitations of our outdated power grids, which are unsuited for unpredictable energy sources like sunlight and wind, according to Los Angles Times' Evan Halper .

CAMPAIGNERS battling a wind farm north of Winchester have been given fresh hope by big changes in renewable energy subsidies.

Onshore wind farms will continue to play "a big role", Danny Alexander insisted as he denied that reducing Government subsidies was a response to Tory opposition to the controversial turbines.

Energy firms will be given the long-awaited confirmation about how much they will be guaranteed by the government for the electricity they generate in a move it is hoped will push forward East Anglian wind farm plans.

Right now, some 2,400 solar installations with 43 gigawatts of power are at some stage of the building process.

The NDP will roll out details of its "pan-Canadian" energy plan Wednesday - a plan focused on sustainability, partnerships with provinces and First Nations communities and long-term prosperity, Postmedia News has learned.

The Reason Foundation has released a new report today that really explores the terrible decisions made by the Department of Energy in its green energy loan programs and subsidies.

To all the entrepreneurs out there, here's some quick advice, courtesy of Strata Solar CEO Markus Wilhelm: You "build up organizations through hiring talent, developing and selling a vision, hiring staff behind a developed strategy, staying focused while being open-minded, and being opportunistic."

Except it is highly unlikely we would ever need to capture a large portion of the solar energy that hits the earth.

Energy Systems currently serves nearly 14 million square feet of data center, commercial, educational, hospital, cultural and governmental space in Omaha, Neb., where it is based.

Julien Turner, a founding member of DART , addressed a packed village hall with members of the community concerned by plans for a windfarm in their area.

Fifteen more communities are participating in the second round of a grassroots solar energy program run by the Amherst-based Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the state Department of Energy Resources.

A long-anticipated $200 million ethanol plant that will turn grasses grown on North Carolina hog farms into motor fuel will go ahead, Gov. Pat McCrory's office said Monday.

Governments around the world have agreed to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius .