David NiebauerA new, innovative feed-in tariff for small-scale solar development is coming to California. Rather than setting a fixed price in an environment in which technology costs appear to be dropping, the California Public Utilities Commission... [more]

02/10/2010 - Top executives in the renewable energy sector recently gathered to applaud 2009's strong renewable energy development but emphasized the need for Congress to swiftly enact key policies to continue accelerated growth across the entire sec... [more]

by Richard T. StuebiThe distinction between green power -- electricity without any carbon emissions, usually from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind -- has been clearly drawn vs. brown power -- electricity generated from fossil fuels... [more]

Happy 2010, folks. Figured after the break I'd kick off the year with a list of things I was hoping to see in 2009 but, sadly, didn't see.Might as well get talk of EEStor out of the way. The introduction of 2010 was another missed deadline for ZENN M... [more]

MayesColin_CPC.jpg Science Denying Tory MP Can't Get Anything RightThe Conservative Member of Parliament from Okanagan Shuswap, Colin Mayes, writing in an error-ridden email to a constituent (reprod... [more]

wsj screen grab.jpg Today at the Copenhagen climate talks there was a press conference held that unfortunately turned out to NOT be the new stance of the Canadian government.Along with some great new... [more]

WWF-International released a study today ranking the cleantech market activities of countries around the world. The report predicts that by 2020 the cleantech industry will be worth $2.45 trillion, ranking as the third-largest global industry behind ... [more]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Alphabet Energy, a Lawrence Berkeley National Labs spin-out with a semiconductor that converts heat directly into power, says it can make devices that will produce power at close to $1 a watt.Traditional waste heat converters cost ar... [more]

As solar companies feverishly compete to gain an advantage in developing new solar plants in China, Suntech Power (STP:NYSE) announced today that they are working with one of the five largest utilities in the middle kingdom to develop a solar ... [more]

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy is awarding more than $155 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 41 industrial energy efficiency projects across the country. These awards include f... [more]