Reuters reports that global renewable energy deals reached a record high in 2011, rising 40 percent from previous years to $53.5 billion worldwide. In the past, hydropower has accounted for the majority of renewable energy investments, but for the first time, wind, solar, and energy efficiency were the...

In an effort to reach state-mandated renewable energy requirements, Delaware-based utility company Delmarva Power and Light, a Pepco Holdings subsidiary, has entered into a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Chestnut Flats Wind Farm, located in Pennsylvania and operated by enXco. Delmarva residents...

In the wake of March 2011′s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, that nation’s confidence in atomic power was crippled to the point that many Japanese citizens compared the months immediately following the incident to the post-WW II era, a difficult period for the country. A common...

A major study completed by health and engineering experts on behalf of the US Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Public Health has dismissed claims by groups opposing wind developments on the basis of a controversial ailment known as “wind turbine syndrome”. Previous...

BP, once a major player in solar development, abandoned its solar division all together last month, citing “the closure of several other solar energy businesses amid competition from China, falling prices, overcapacity and lower government subsidies” as the cause. Now the company has released...