Energy News

THE world's largest hydro-electric wave energy device was switched on to the national grid today.

There are incentives out there, but to utilize wind power, it will cost you thousands of dollars, at least up front.But if you wait out the investment, homeowners like Gail and Dan Dulgar of Seneca County say you'll get paid back.In April the Dulgars installed a wind turbine in their back yard.

Hoping to see the USA in your Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf? The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of electric charging stations and no wait - if you can get there.The town, more than 1,500 miles from the electric car mecca of California and hundreds of miles from the nearest charging station, has four of the devices ready to power up any ...

China Investment Corporation , the country's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, has acquired a 20 per cent stake in a Hong Kong-based new energy company GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd for $710 million.

The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved an application to build a 50-megawatt wind energy farm atop Backbone Mountain near Oakland in Garrett County .

Gov. Bev Perdue says 18 small North Carolina companies will receive federal stimulus grants to spur development in green technology.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski has asked two state agency leaderds to quickly review whether Oregon's increasingly expensive incentives for renewable energy companies are necessary, especially for wind energy.

An environmental group says North Carolina's future with solar energy can be bright.

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - A company that makes transformers that convert electricity from renewable energy sources to the grid plans to open its first U.S. plant in Wheat Ridge in January.

Going green seems like it's the way of the future as more people harness alternative energy in their daily lives.Already, there are many homes in Northwest Ohio with solar panels on their roofs.

Look into Shane Stephens-Romero's crystal ball -- a computer model called STREET -- and find that air quality has significantly improved.

A wind farm capable of generating enough power to light 60,000 average homes will be dedicated this week in northwestern Indiana.

President Obama talks with China's President Hu Jintao in Beijing during Obama's first trip to China.

Dallas investor Cappy McGarr said Tuesday his Chinese partners in a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy farm have agreed to build a turbine manufacturing plant in the United States.

The largest community-owned wind facility on the East Coast and the largest off-shore wind farm in New England is now open for business.

Nov. 17 -- Richard Kelly, chief executive officer of Xcel Energy Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Lindsey Arent about the company's plan to add $1 billion a year in spending for renewable energy.

Right the heels of Suntech Powera s announcement to build a solar manufacturing plant in Arizona, A-Power Energy Generation Systems announced today that will be building a new production and assembly plant in the United States.

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander has found a Democratic partner in his campaign to grow the country's nuclear power capacity.

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet Tuesday to talk privately about issues ranging from North Korea's nuclear threat to currency and trade disputes.

Agreement in Copenhagen next month on a new pact to fight climate change will encourage long-term investors to move into firms better placed to cope with a likely and eventual rise in the cost of carbon emissions.