RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY

Wind Power Generates More Than 10% Electricity For Four U.S. States Assessments of the state of the US and world wind industry are frankly a dime a dozen, however a new one by the Department of Energy and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory offers some insights not found elsewhere–particularly in growth of wind power at the [...]

China Passes U.S. As Top Energy User Industrial growth propelled the power usage of the world’s most populous nation. Read more on Forbes

U.S. Senate Democrats Fail to Reach Agreement on Measures in Energy Bill Senate Democrats, meeting for the second time in a week for talks on a planned energy bill, still haven’t agreed which “clean energy” programs are justified following the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

U.S. and UAE Sign Agreement to Strengthen Cooperation on Clean Energy U.S. DoE signed Memorandum of Understanding with Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy initiative, to promote collaboration on clean and sustainable energy technologies. Agreement was signed by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of Masdar. Opening door [...]

U.S.: Big Energy Firms Blocking Solar Power in South Source: IPS As citizens, businesses and non-profit organisations seek to transition to cleaner power sources like solar and wind, some big energy firms whose business models rely on polluting sources are standing in the way.