Solar Energy Stories

By Cy Ryan (contact) Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 | 3:49 p.m. CARSON CITY — NV Energy customers have received $48.8 million in incentive payments for installing solar energy systems, and the utility is obligated to pay another $11.1 million for … Continue reading →

E-mail this page Print this page Larger type Smaller type By Thomas Gnau, Staff Writer 7:26 PM Wednesday, February 22, 2012 An Ohio Senate bill would help a Middletown steelmaker harness energy from its plant by expanding the legal definition … Continue reading →

AMES, Iowa, Feb 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – –REG reports record 2011 Adjusted EBITDA of $107 million and record revenues of $824 million, compared to $8 million and $216 million, respectively, in 2010 –2011 operating income of $93 million compared … Continue reading →

BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Feb 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Macpherson Energy Company and DTE Energy Services (DTEES) today announced that Kern County’s Mt. Poso cogeneration plant is completely converted to run 100 percent biomass fuel instead of coal, and is successfully … Continue reading →

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Renewable energy is not only important for the country’s environmental future but the nation’s economic recovery as well, said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson.(cq) Jackson, a former commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection, … Continue reading →

More Hot Air Than Greenhouse Gas At Davos: Emissions Fell During Elite Confab Todd Woody Forbes Staff Solar Spies: SunPower Sues SolarCity, Ex-Employees Over Data Theft

February 22, 2012, 11:17 AM EST By Sally Bakewell Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Greentech Energy Systems A/S, a Danish renewable energy developer, is considering purchasing companies in distress due to the European debt crisis and plans to make an announcement … Continue reading →

  I’ll be the first to admit that cheap natural gas prices are one of the biggest short-term threats to deployment of renewable energy in the U.S. today. With a glut of gas dropping prices to historic lows, the competitiveness … Continue reading →

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Two key state lawmakers said Tuesday that Vermont won’t meet its goal of getting 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2017, and they’re withdrawing their support for setting a new goal of 30 … Continue reading →

NEW YORK, NY, Feb 22, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Renewable energy stocks have been on fire of late. The PowerShares Wilderhill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW) has surged more than 22 percent year to date – outperforming the Dow Jones … Continue reading →