We just got back from the Intersolar show on Friday and what an amazing experience it was to see the scale of solar energy industry. More than 1,400 manufacturers, suppliers, dealers and service providers from …

Ignacio Galàn, the charismatic chairman and chief executive of Iberdrola, owner of ScottishPower, was held a press conference ahead of the Iberdrola’s annual meeting. He raised concerns about ScottishPower’s ability to invest in the UK …

Alternative energy is one of the key pillars of Barack Obama’s budget “blueprint”, formally unveiled on Wednesday. “We know the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century,” Obama …

Oil has now dipped to levels that could be too low for many advanced-biofuel startups to succeed, especially those that attracted investment this summer, while oil was well above $100 a barrel. Tight credit markets …

Despite the credit crunch some banks are still willing to give loans to renewable energy projects. Solar services firm SunRun has just landed a $105 million commitment by U.S. Bancorp (USB) to buy about 2,000 …

Abandoned Solar Power plant – Carrizo Plain
Until September, cleaner technology was on a roll, collecting some $3.3 billion in venture capital investment during the first nine months compared with $2.6 billion for all of 2007. …

A total of $3.2 billion has been invested in cleantech so far in 2008. This far surpasses last year’s $2.7 billion and this is despite the economic slow down being experienced by the wider economy.

The Moroccan government has announced plans for a ‘knowledge campus’ as part of a US$3.2 billion five-year renewable energy investment plan, prepared by the Moroccan National Electricity Office and scheduled to run between 2009 and …

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Google Inc, the internet search and advertising leader, is increasingly looking at the energy sector as a potential business opportunity, the New York Times reported.
Google is hoping to soon unveil tools …