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    Wind and Solar Developers Get Access to U.S. Land Used by Pentagon

    19 january 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. will give wind- and solar- energy companies access to 16 million acres of federal land previously set aside for military testing and…

    Trendspotting: US States Warming up to Renewable Energy Heating and Cooling, Part 2

    19 january 2013 New Hampshire, U.S.A. — If states are going to add a heating requirement to their RPS or even allow heat energy to be applicable, monitoring and metering…

    Sustainable Industry Predictions for the Second Half of 2012

    19 january 2013 The outlook for sustainable industries looked challenging during the first half of 2012, as cleantech average deal sizes along with equity financings, and project financings were down…

    California’s Geothermal Market In Flux, Part 1

    19 january 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Led by efforts in the 1920s, the first modern geothermal well in the U.S., Magma No. 1 was drilled in 1955 at The Geysers,…

    Obama Spars With Romney on Energy in Swing State Pitches

    19 january 2013 President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney put their differences on energy in stark relief with competing speeches from a center of wind power development and from…

    Cape Wind Receives FAA Approval – Again

    19 january 2013 New York — The Federal Aviation Administration said the proposed Cape Wind power project off the Massachusetts coast poses no risk to air navigation, clearing a hurdle…

    Renewables Rout Ends as Asian Bidders Seek Q-Cells, A123

    19 january 2013 New York — The slump in renewable energy shares is ending as bidders from China and South Korea signaled interest in German solar manufacturer Q-Cells SE and…

    Will the Department of Defense Help Open the Way to Next Generation Biofuels?

    19 january 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The budget line item for alternative fuels development is a drop in the bucket in terms of overall military spending, but it could be…

    Flying on Woody Biomass and Camelina: Consortium Seeks Biofuel Answers

    19 january 2013 SEATTLE — Aviation remains as much a part of Washington State as its eastern dry-land agriculture or the rain-soaked forests on its mountainous western fringes. But only…

    The A B Cs of PV Technology Pricing

    19 january 2013 The current PV industry consolidation is affecting every level of the PV value chain as well as pressuring the prospects for the CSP and CPV industries. Unfortunately,…