Renewable Energy News

Dubai's first eco-friendly mosque is 85 percent complete and set to open its doors this year The construction of the region's first eco-friendly mosque in Dubai is 85 per cent complete and is set to open doors shortly, according to its developer Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation .

Gov. Jerry Brown faced protests at the state Democratic Party convention Saturday from crowds of progressives opposed to fracking, even as he attempted to make the case that California has led the country on climate change and renewable energy issues.

College-bound seniors who attend Pasadena Unified School District schools can apply for two newly created scholarships given by the Pasadena Water and Power Department .

Gov. Dannel Malloy says he has signed an executive order creating a program that will use $10.8 million federal funding to bring down energy costs for Connecticut residents living in multifamily homes.

Duke Energy Renewables will add 40 megawatts of solar power in California when it completes construction of two projects it has bought from an Australian solar developer.

A surge in US oil and natural gas production has lifted hopes about North American energy security, but that growth will plateau and will be difficult to replicate elsewhere, says Maria van der Hoeven, chief executive of the International Energy Agency , in an interview with the Monitor.

There's promising news from the front on efforts to produce fuels through artificial photosynthesis.

Hydro-QuA©bec is raising electricity rates for Quebecers by 4.3 per cent on April 1, 2014.

Forget about never-ending quarterly losses or share prices that peaked in the aughts.

The missing piece of the renewable-power jigsaw may now have been found in the form of a new type of flow battery.

I'm going to stop writing about energy. It's just too hot a topic. A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about the federal blended fuels mandate that basically forces consumers to buy ethanol in their fuel.

China's first-ever default on a domestic corporate bond, expected Friday, has sparked legal action by investors owed interest payments from a solar company, their lawyer said.

Google Inc.'s mysterious floating technology showroom is due to take up residence at the Port of Stockton, the port director confirmed today.

The Fort Madison Daily Democrat reports the Donnellson City Council is interested in solar as a way to reduce the city wastewater plant's energy costs, which have running about $5,000 a month.

Jamie Foxx, who plays the villain, Electro, in the highly anticipated motion picture "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," will be joining his co-stars, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, in calling on a global community to take simple action online to protect the planet.

If caffeine is keeping you up at night, this app can help. UP Coffee from Jawbone is an iOS-only app that tracks how much caffeine you're drinking and how it affects you.

The Department of Education has been using the sun to help power some of our schools here in Hawaii.

Hawks are complaining that Europe has been insufficiently belligerent in its response to Russian moves in the Crimea, blaming the declining military budgets in most European countries.

SWINDON is set to become one of the leading towns in the UK for renewable energy as plans due to go before the planning committee next week could see a big increase in solar power and hydrogen power.

Could bad blood and hurt feelings over solar energy adversely affect whether Tesla Motors locates a $5 billion battery factory in Arizona? Unfortunately for Arizona, that may be the case, according to the Silicon Valley Business Journal's sister paper, the Phoenix Business Journal.