USDA Funds 500 Rural Clean Energy Projects
Source: Brighter Energy  (9/19/11)
"More than 500 agricultural producers and rural small businesses received grants to implement renewable energy in their operations." More >

China Closes Solar-Panel Plant After Protests
Source: Los Angeles Times, Jonathan Kaiman  (9/19/11)
"The decision is an indication of the growing power of environmental protesters to sway government policy in China." More >

Japan Must Revise Renewables Law
Source: Reuters, Shinichi Saoshiro  (9/14/11)
"Japan's new feed-in-tariff energy law will need attractive pricing and revisions to flesh out of vague renewable energy goals." More >

Canada's Geothermal >1M Times Electricity Consumption
Source: Clean Technica, Andrew Burger  (9/14/11)
"Better yet, the geothermal heat reservoirs found across 'large swaths of British Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon and Northwest Territories' lie close to the surface, making them easier to tap." More >

China Uses Feed-In Tariff to Build Domestic Solar Market
Source: ClimateWire, Coco Liu  (9/14/11)
"Project developers here can sell electricity generated from the sun to utilities at a price of about $0.15 per kilowatt-hour." More >

Europe's Energy Mix
Source: Solar Novus Today, Anne Fischer  (9/13/11)
"Although photovoltaic power installation doubled from 2008 to 2010, coal, gas and oil account for 61% of Europe's electricity generation." More >

Geothermal Gets Boost in U.S.
Source: Renewable Energy World  (9/13/11)
"The DOE announced $38M will go to advance geothermal technology and reduce cost." More >

Cobalt: A Move for Green Investors?
Source: Michelle Smith, Cobalt Investing News  (9/12/11)
"Cobalt is an important element in our daily lives and it is also one whose star power is likely to emerge with the green movement." More >

Rick Rule: Supply Decrease + Demand Increase = Explosive Oil Upside
Source: Special to The Energy Report  (9/6/11)
Global Resource Investments Founder and Chairman Rick Rule is a self-described energy bull. In this special Energy Report from his latest web broadcast, he highlights the global macro-trends that will drive energy prices—oil, natural gas, uranium and alternative energy—way up in the coming years. More >

A New Wind Turbine Built for Small Buildings
Source: Earth Techling, Lauren Craig  (9/6/11)
"The vertical-axis turbine is cheap to manufacture, contains few moving parts and is designed to be installed by a single worker." More >

Geothermal Heats Up Kenya's Energy Sector
Source: Clean Technica, Andrew Burger  (9/6/11)
"Nineteen companies submitted bids to Kenya's state-owned Geothermal Development Co. to develop eight 100-MW geothermal power plants in the Bogoria-Silali block of northwestern Kenya." More >

The Start of an Energy Storage Breakthrough
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning  (9/5/11)
"A tiny upstart company just made a major move toward revolutionizing energy storage. The cost of renewable energies could come down dramatically, making them viable competitors in the energy marketplace." More >

A New Kind of Hybrid: Solar and Geothermal Working Together in Nevada
Source: Smart Planet, Kirsten Korosec   (8/31/11)
"The hybrid geothermal-solar plant: a new spin on an old idea that could help utilities move away from coal and natural gas-power plants." More >

U.S. Governors Ask Obama to Boost Wind Power
Source: Reve  (8/31/11)
"The 24 governors have asked the administration to take steps to provide a more favorable business climate for the development of wind farm plants." More >

Solar May Produce Most of World's Power by 2060, IEA Says
Source: Bloomberg, Ben Stills  (8/29/11)
"The scenario suggests investors able to pick the industry's winners may reap significant returns as the global economy shifts away from fossil fuels." More >

Offshore Wind Power Shows Solid Growth
Source: reve  (8/29/11)
"In Europe, 11 offshore wind farms worth some €8.5B and with a total capacity of 2,844 MW are currently under construction in European waters." More >

Car Bodies and Windows As Solar Energy Panels to Recharge Lithium Batteries?
Source: Green Prophet, Maurice Picow  (8/29/11)
"Using the sun to recharge electric car batteries appears to be an excellent idea, but the technology involved in making this idea become reality is still in the works." More >

Study Tips Taiwan's Geothermal Energy Potential
Source: Taiwan Today, Aaron Hsu   (8/24/11)
"Geothermal energy sites around the country hold the potential to generate 25.4 gigawatts of electricity, nearly 10 times the total capacity of the fourth nuclear power plant" More >

Renewable Energy Bill Clears Japan's Lower House
Source: Dow Jones, Mitsuru Obe  (8/23/11)
"The bill aims to reduce Japan's greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 from the 1990 level." More >

Future Is Bright for Solar Power
Source: Sudbury Star, Tony Muma  (8/22/11)
"Canada has the solar resources to be a world leader." More >

U.S. Hails Clean Fueling Breakthrough
Source: UPI  (8/18/11)
"The first fuel cell and hydrogen energy station in Orange County uses biogas generated from a wastewater treatment plant as fuel."
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Solar Energy Cost Hits Par with Coal Fuel
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, Ben Cubby, Brian Robins and Melissa Lahoud  (8/18/11)
"The cost of solar power in parts of New South Wales has for the first time crept below that of coal-fired electricity." More >

Why Smart-Grid Analytics Are a Big Deal
Source: Washington Post, Emi Kolawole  (8/16/11)
"Upgrades to the energy grid are leading to a 'data tsunami,' according to clean-tech market research, but the industry needs programs that can make it actionable for energy producers and consumers." More >

Security Industry: Bright Light for Fuel Cell Market
Source: UPI  (8/15/11)
"The military fuel cell market is expected to grow to a $1.2B industry segment by 2017." More >

Green Energy Costs Will Drop: Mcguinty
Source: Toronto Sun, Jonathan Jenkins  (8/10/11)
"McGuinty unveiled an $80M fund to boost the number of electric car recharging stations." More >