In July, former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore issued a challenge to Repower America with 100% clean electricity within ten years. Building on that challenge, the "We" Campaign is launching a major advertising…
Renewable Energy Companies That May Benefit From Obamas…
President Obama's renewable energy policy looks set to encourage the renewable energy sector. The three main sectors that will be encouraged by the new policies are wind, geothermal and solar. Wind Power the American Wind…
Kentucky Opens Debate On Renewable Energy Future
Mountain-top removal coal mining is obliterating vast swaths of Appalachia in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia - image credit: The Sierra Club The Governor of Kentucky, Steve Beshear, recently released a new energy plan…
First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Moves One Step…
A plan to build the United States' first offshore wind farm moved forward last week, after the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection approved its proposed undersea cables to transmit power to the mainland. The Cape…
Germany is no Longer Number One Wind Power…
Germany has been deposed as the number one wind energy generator in the world by The United States. US wind producers had record year of growth in 2008 according to the American Wind Energy Association…
Geothermal Heat Pumps Can Save You Up To…
3 ton slinky loop - image credit: Mark Johnson Geothermal heating, in which hot underground water is used to heat a building, and geothermal power, in which steam from very hot underground rock (more than…