Alternative Energy News

Starting this fall, people who drive electric vehicles should be able to travel the 138-mile route between Burlington and Montreal without worrying they'll run short of a charge thanks to a planned electric vehicle charging corridor, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and Quebec Premier Pauline Marois announced in Montreal.

Now that could be a thing of the past. New York City has teamed up with AT&T to install 25 solar-powered charging stations for public use, available for free in parks and beaches across the five boroughs over the summer.

Opposition is lining up against a proposed 62-turbine wind energy facility in Somerset and Piscataquis counties in central Maine.

Google X project suggests putting tips of wind turbine blades attached to a long tether circulating in space.

Few religious communities have gone as far in fighting climate change as a church in Queensland, Australia, which has 24 solar panels bolted to the roof in the shape of a Christian cross.

German industrial conglomerate Siemens is shutting down the last of its solar energy businesses after it failed to find a buyer, the company said on Monday.

US mayors pledged Monday to make their communities more resilient to increasingly severe floods, droughts, extreme storms and wildfires, which they said was more efficient and cost-effective than disaster clean-up afterwards.

Due to the fluctuating availability of solar energy, storage solutions are urgently needed.

House appropriators revealed Monday that they plan to cut Energy Department spending on renewable energy in half next year as part of their plan to cope with automatic sequestration cuts in fiscal 2014.

Opponents of the natural gas drilling method known as fracking are heading to Albany for a rally outside the state Capitol.

New Hampshire is one of only three states with a split legislature: Republicans control the Senate, Democrats the House of Representatives.

Michigan State University has planted the first of 6 plots of poplar trees as part of an initiative to generate power from renewable sources.

A worker installs solar panels containing photovoltaic cells at the new Solarpark Eggersdorf solar park on September 4, 2012 near Muencheberg, Germany.

A student group called The Windplanners has planned for, negotiated with townspeople and done all the fundraising for the installation of a 100 KW wind turbine.

More than 2,000 homes could be supplied with green power if a renewable energy developer is allowed to open a solar farm near Allington.

Last week Exelon canceled plans to upgrade the Lasalle nuclear plant in Illinois and the Limerick plant in Pennsylvania.

Google plans to corner the wind energy market in New Jersey. It's a first-of-its kind venture that could cost Google and its partners $1.3 billion, but one Google believes fits its core mission: You can make money without doing evil.

A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be... The proposed New Jersey Energy Link is an offshore electrical transmission cable, buried under the ocean, linking energy resources and users in northern, central and southern New Jersey.

Solar Impulse, a solar-powered airplane with a wingspan of 208 feet, similar to a Boeing 747, is parked in its inflatable hangar at Lambert-St.

Solar Maine, an alternative energy company, is open for business and many people stopped by their showroom at 1126 Commercial St. in Rockport to help them celebrate with an open house June 8. "We were pretty busy earlier in the day and people keep coming in," said Brendan Black.