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Social concerns need to be addressed in Mexico's wind power development

    Mexico has enormous wind power potential, especially in the isthmus Tehuantepec in southern state Oaxaca, but social concerns must be taken into consideration...

Electricity From Corn May Propel Cars Further Than Biofuels

Burning sugar cane or corn to make electricity for powering cars may be smarter than refining the crops into biofuels. That’s because the vehicles...

Some Americans clamor to try wind power at home

The idea of wind turbines churning out free electricity alongside every home and office building has appeal, judging by the throngs around "community wind"...

Asia governments dangle carrots to attract green money

Asian governments are warming to the idea of offering incentives for green investment and could help attract billions of dollars in funding for solar...

Solar finds it hard to squeeze water from desert

A westward dash to power electricity-hungry cities by cashing in on the desert's most abundant resource - sunshine - is clashing with efforts to...

Feinstein seeks block solar power from desert land

California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects might do to the aesthetics of...

Toxic jatropha shrub fuels Mexico's biodiesel push

                                              All his life elderly Mexican farmer Gonzalo Cardenas has planted a stalky weed that grows wild in southern Mexico to form a sturdy...

Gauging the costs, and opportunities, of a greener world

At a conference sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, it’s fitting that green strategies and renewable energy were held to account for their costs...

Obama seeks U.S. carbon emissions cap

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on Congress to send him legislation that places a market-based cap on U.S. carbon polluting emissions and...

U.S. renewable energy faces weak economy, old grid

U.S. President Barack Obama set the goal: double U.S. renewable energy production in three years. Congress provided the incentives as part of the $787...

Mixed energy forecast

Support for China's non-thermal energy industries appears to have gone up last year, not down, contrary to the assumption that the global credit crunch...

Congress, states try to harness West winds

If microwaves in Los Angeles and air conditioners in Chicago are going to run using wind power generated by turbines on the Great Plains,...

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China CORNEX signed cooperation agreement with the Italian Cestari Group

On November 13, CORNEX signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Italian company Cestari Group in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. According to the agreement,...

Solar Leader Enphase Energy Cutting 500 Jobs

California-based Enphase Energy, a company known for its solar power and electric vehicle (EV) charging technology, announced it is laying off about 500 workers....

Cincinnati’s solar array powers city operations, tens of thousands of homes

A sprawling solar array in Highland County now powers 20% of Cincinnati's operations and tens of thousands of homes. Cincinnati’s 900-acre solar farm was completed...

1.2-GW solar panel assembly facility to open in Puerto Rico

A contract solar panel assembly facility will soon open in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, that will supply the utility-scale market on the island and hopefully...