It could be a case of the blind leading the blindor at least the weak guiding the willing.

The oilman says people are eager for energy independence. Boone Pickens believes he's on to something.

TENNESSEE has hoisted what is being billed as 2008's top trophy for car manufacturing in the US - " investment worth nearly $1bn and 2,000 jobs for a Volkswagen assembly plant in Chattanooga.

The military has set a goal that 25 percent of its energy should come from renewable sources by 2025.

SEN. BARACK OBAMA has settled into the familiar presidential candidate's posture of pandering to the electorate.

WorleyParsons Ltd, Australia's largest engineering company, says the Pilbara region of Western Australia could be a potential location for the construction of a thermal solar power station.

Southern governors whose states represent one of the nation's major energy producing regions are working on a comprehensive plan to reduce the South's carbon footprint and create jobs.

The Blackstone Group, a private equity firm with $113.5 billion under management, recently announced the establishment of a new business group that will be focused on investments in the cleantech energy sector ...

By Hereward Holland

NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - For Maasai tribesman Charles Kamami, Kenya's drive to boost its geothermal capacity spells environmental destruction which threatens his pastoralist way of life.

But for east Africa's largest economy, geothermal energy could be a savior as it struggles to increase power generation to keep up with soaring demand driven by years of robust growth.

With proven potential of 7,000 megawatts, geothermal energy from Kenya's geologically active Great Rift Valley forms the cornerstone of a government scheme to double total energy production by 2018.

Q: Is it crazy to consider investing in companies with losses when there are so many profitable companies out there? Z.G., A: Many great companies started out losing money.