Research firm IDC has issued a new report that says that renewable energy is set to receive the lion’s share of new revenues from the stimulus– but that smart grid and energy efficiency companies should …

The oil company Royal Dutch Shell Plc doesn’t plan to make any more large investments in wind and solar energy in the future and does not expect hydrogen to play an important role in energy …

Although the technology for electric vehicles is progressing rapidly, no country has the infrastructure to support them, according to Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Volkswagen America. Jacoby’s comments essentially echo what his boss, VW Group Chairman …

First Solar (FSLR) has already invested $25 million in the solar financier and installer SolarCity. Now it is continuing to signal that it will offer financing of it’s own for solar power projects.
The move to …

It looks like the DESERTEC proposal is beginning to receive some much needed political support with more than 100 MPs (106 at the last count) having now signed Early Day Motion 123. This calls on …

Reaction Engines, a British company has developed an air-breathing hydrogen engine that could the future of air and space travel.
The company is based in Oxfordshire, and has just secured a €1m (£926,000) grant from the …

Two researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed battery cells capable of charging in under a minute, an amazing 100 times faster than a normal rechargable battery.
The breakthrough could revolutionize electric car …

The UK newspaper The Guardian reported that a recent period of extremely windy weather in Spain helped set a new wind-power generation record for the country, with “40 percent of the country’s energy needs being …

Renewable energy supporters say a proposed “solar credit scheme” will artificially inflate renewable energy figures, potentially limiting investment in large-scale projects, and may actually hurt the renewable energy industry.
In a joint statement from the Alternative …

The U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has marked a radical shift in U.S. energy policy away from its historical focus on OPEC and oil supply and toward a policy of cutting petroleum demand and promoting …