ITALY - Italy is set to become the first European country to achieve grid-pricing parity in the solar energy field. The ...

ARIZONA - The largest solar electric generating plant in the United States could be built in Arizona under a plan announced ...

ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND - An unused paper mill is set to become Scotlands latest biomass project as the ...

AUSTRALIA - Developing countries are intensifying the pressure on Australia and other wealthy nations to promise to cut ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - Pacific Gas and Electric Company has entered into two utility-scale solar power contracts for a total of 800 megawatts of energy to be generated in California. The power ...

BEIJING, CHINA - The Chinese government is considering stricter approval rules for wind power projects to cool heady growth in the sector, a Chinese newspaper said, following a report that the country ...

Any new coal plants will have to include highly expensive – and unproven – technology to capture greenhouse gas emissions and inject it underground for permanent storage, Environment Minister Jim ...

By the end of 2008, the Italian government announced plans for the return of nuclear power generation to the country by 2020. In February 2009, Enel and EDF signed a memorandum of understanding for ...

FRANCE - Canadian power producer Boralex Inc said it had, along with its European partner Cube Infrastructure Fund, acquired three wind farms in France to add 47 MW of capacity for about $115 million.

HOUSTON, TEXAS - Temperatures of 100 degrees Fahrenheit and higher forecast for August 13 across Texas may push electric use in the state to an all-time record, according to the grid operator. The ...

Archeological sites were not the only things on the minds of those who attended the meeting. Frank Chaves, feeling a little outnumbered, appeared to be the only landowner who attended. He owns 160 ...

FRANCE - French energy company Total SA offered to pay up to $1.37 billion for a majority stake in U.S. solar company SunPower Corp, one of the biggest moves ever by an oil and gas giant into the ...