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LIGHTS at the MCG could run non-stop for 74 years using the amount of electricity saved by Victorian homes and businesses over the past two years.

Minnesota has taken a first step in outlining the next big leap forward in the state's sustainable energy future.

Stateside military bases are generating 130 megawatts of solar energy - a modest amount that's only enough to power 22,000 homes, but still a step the solar power industry says is improving national security.

THE PUBLIC are being asked to comment on a project to build a renewable energy park in Puriton - which could create thousands of jobs.

Instead of fretting about a scarcity of energy, the United States is now grappling with how to manage a vast abundance of energy resources, thanks to the discovery of large deposits of natural gas and crude oil.

Clovis Unified flipped the switch Friday on phase 1 of its new 5.9-megawatt solar power system.

As the region looks for more effective ways to integrate wind and other renewable energy sources, the Bonneville Power Administration and its customers have agreed to settle the portion of BPA's rate case that defines charges for balancing services, or generation inputs, that maintain a constant balance of the energy produced and energy consumed.

Contemporary Energy's Solar Kettle uses the sun's rays to boil water on the go. The lightweight thermos-like device is perfect for camping or picnics, allowing users to make hot beverages or sterilize water without electricity.

An initiative that would allow utilities to count all hydroelectric power toward renewable energy requirements was approved this week for signature gathering .

The Media and Learning Center at De Anza College recently won a citation for energy performance from the American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter, and PG&E. The award was presented April 25 and seeks to honor projects that demonstrate how deep reductions in energy use are essential to good design in the 21st century.

In a bid to safeguard biodiversity and the Caribbean's tourism-based economy, regional political leaders and corporate executives will gather Friday on billionaire Richard Branson's private island with the aim of protecting 20 percent of the region's coastal resources by 2020.

Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy 's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have reported the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis.

NASA's In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies program has funded a team led by Lars Dyrud, a scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., to develop a miniature instrument that will measure the amount of solar energy reflected by Earth and the amount emitted to space as infrared radiation or heat.

One day before Republican delegates meet in Richmond for the 2013 Republican Party Convention, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli is laying out another policy proposal.

Wind turbines line the crest of a hill in Canada. New studies question just how much wind farms can grow before they encounter a limiting wind-shadow effect.

By a 15-5 vote, the Senate Agriculture Committee sent the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 and its commitment to renewable energy to the full Senate , which could take it up next week.

The Scottish Islands could make a significant contribution to the UK's 2020 renewable energy targets, according to a joint report by the UK and Scottish Governments.

Their quarry is a potentially efficient, cost-effective, photoelectrochemical cell -- essentially a solar cell that produces hydrogen gas instead of electric current.

The government of South Korea, Inter-American Development Bank, Nordic Development Fund and GDF SUEZ, have pulled together to seek out energy solutions from Caribbean, South and Central American nations, and there are huge cash prizes for the best ideas! That's exactly what the 2013 IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest is all about: rewarding innovative ... (more)

The Arctic Council meets in Sweden on Wednesday. The disappearing Arctic ice cover is one of the issues confronting the council.