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    Asia Report: China Dominates 2011 Global Wind Installations

    19 january 2013 China dominated the global wind market in 2011, installing three times as many wind rotor blades on its wind farms than the U.S., its closest rival. According…

    On-Bill Repayment Shows Great Promise for Energy Efficiency, But Significant Challenges Remain

    19 january 2013 On-bill repayment has received a great deal of attention during the last few years as a potential approach to expanding the reach of energy efficiency financing in…

    Vestas and Mitsubishi Planning to Build Biggest Offshore Wind Turbine

    19 january 2013 BERLIN — Vestas Wind Systems A/S is in talks with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to build the biggest offshore turbine for the $81 billion wind energy industry,…

    Renewable Energy Executive Roundtable

    19 january 2013 Tulsa, OK — Power Engineering’s Lindsay Morris hosted this year’s Renewable Energy Executive Roundtable with five executives in the clean energy sector: Matt Burkhart, vice president of…

    Clean Energy Aid from Rich-to-Poor Nations Hits $8 Billion, Lower than Promised

    19 january 2013 LONDON — Developed countries channeled $8 billion into emerging nations last year for large-scale renewable energy and clean fuel production, a fraction of the aid promised by…

    Geothermal Stocks Warming Up

    19 january 2013 After a couple years of chilly investor sentiment, geothermal stocks are starting to warm up. The sector has been so beaten down that the small exploration and…

    MHI and SSE Partner to Bring Cargo Container Battery Storage to Orkney Islands Power Grid

    19 january 2013 Salt Lake City, UT — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced a partnership with SSE plc, an electric utility company located in Scotland, for an energy storage…

    Who Needs Third-Party Finance? Loan Programs Offer Low-Cost Direct Ownership Opportunities

    19 january 2013 Direct ownership of solar systems offers an array of benefits generally not available to third-party finance. And new loan programs are making it easier to achieve that…

    Real M&A: Western Wind Seen Luring Bids to Top Priciest Offer

    19 january 2013 NEW YORK CITY — Traders are betting that Western Wind Energy Corp.’s executives will persuade suitors to top what’s already the most expensive valuation for an alternative-…

    5 Industries that Threaten the Globe and How We are Going to Save It

    19 january 2013 As our knowledge of how to clean up and prevent pollution increases and scientists slowly discover why we get certain illnesses and diseases, the world becomes more…