Oil company Gull has launched a new 91 octane biofuel. The "regular plus" contains bio-ethanol sourced from whey, a natural by-product from the dairy industry.

We are conversant with the fact that solar cells absorb the visible light of the sun, though half of the sun?s output is made up of infrared light that too strikes the earth and it remains completely un-utilized. That is why only about 30% of the total sunlight can be converted to electricity thus lowering photovoltaic cells? efficiency. But Spanish scientists have developed a new material that can absorb this invisible infrared light too. It will possibly give a boost to the solar cells producing energy and help in combating the current energy crisis. These special solar cells are developed by the scientists from Institute for Solar Energy at the Polytechnic University and the Institute of Catalysis of the Spanish Higher Scientific Research Council in Madrid, Spain. (more…)

Retailers are typically obsessed with what to put under their roofs, not on them.

Companies are stepping up their environmental initiatives, and that could mean one thing -- a boom in "green-collar" jobs.

A comparison of the major energy initiatives proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain:

LONG-TERM VISION

Obama:

_Confront America's dependence on oil by developing energy alternatives and conservation.

McCain:

_Break the nation's dependence on foreign energy by 2025 with more domestic production and alternative energy sources.

ENERGY PRICE RELIEF

Obama:

_$1,000 tax rebate to help people pay high energy bills, financed by a windfall profits tax on oil companies.

In an attempt to spur the spread of solar power, the Oregon Department of Transportation on Thursday unveiled the nation's first solar panel project on a major U.S. highway.

A federal judge dismissed a conservation group's lawsuit challenging two wind farm projects under construction in Kenedy County, clearing the way for their completion by year's end.

Aug 9, 2008 12:52 pm US/Eastern A Boston-based developer of wind turbines that can operate in deep waters has been meeting with state leaders about plans for a large wind power project at an undetermined site ...

Talking about renewable energy is nothing new in the Sunshine State, but the push for cleaner energy could soon become a legal mandate.

In Nesquehoning, businessman John Kovatch, state Rep. Keith McCall and energey executive John Curtis III announce a solar power complex.