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Russia approved an incentive program to boost renewable-energy production, targeting almost 6 gigawatts of new capacity by 2020 and its first solar parks.

Minnesota's investor-owned utilities will be required to get 1.5 percent of their power from solar energy by 2020 under legislation signed by Gov.

The world is fast approaching a tipping point after which the damage caused by climate change can't be undone, Gov.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in November 2009 operated its first ever passenger flight powered by sustainable biokerosene.

The deal comes as Makani carries out the first fully autonomous flights of robot kites bearing its power-generating propellers.

People living close to new wind farms will receive at least A 100 off electricity bills under a scheme announced by a renewable energy company.

If you want an objective view of energy, ask an economist, who can tell you what to expect to pay at the pump in the coming years, and why, as well as what to expect from medium- and long-term economic growth and what the real drivers will be.

Committee on Climate Change says the sooner the UK invests in low-carbon power generation the cheaper it will be Many on the right of the Tory party have been clamouring for an end to onshore windfarms.

The Harper government is declining to explain how and where it is spending millions of taxpayer dollars on advertising to promote oil, gas and pipeline companies as well as other Canadian natural resources.

It took off at 04:47 local time from Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, bound for Dallas, Texas.

Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early.

Imagine if you had a detachable solar energy window plug in the middle of your living room window that you could use to charge up any electrical apparatus you needed.

The Fossil Free campaign argues that if it's wrong to pour pollution into the air and contribute to climate change, it's also wrong to profit from it.

However, the energy industry will not act until the price is right. We have all seen it when we walk in the forest after the lumberjacks have been there.

Years ago, in the middle of the boom in nuclear power plants, we used to say, only half in jest, the private utilities would never accept solar energy because you can't put a meter on the sun.

Scottish ministers have cleared plans for a major wave farm off the Western Isles.

For the harried taxpayer, some relief. For energy security and rural economic development, targeted investments that now head to the legislative floor.

The board of directors of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation has approved more than $78,000 in funding from the state Renewable Energy Fund for two solar energy projects.

A bill designed to attract large wind-energy farms to Nebraska is headed to a final vote in the Legislature.

The government aims to generate 10,000 megawatts of power sourced from renewable energy by 2030, despite this being relatively more expensive than fossil fuels.