With fuel prices soaring, energy was the hot topic at a meeting of governors from energy-hungry New England states and leaders in eastern Canada, where there's a surplus of energy.

The leaders of six states and four of the five provinces were told there's plenty of electrical energy on line or on the drawing board, but getting it to market is another story.

New England and eastern Canada have significant renewable energy portfolios that can cut into greenhouse gas emissions, said Ed Martin, chief operating officer of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.

Santa Monica-based SolarReserve, a developer of utility-scale, renewable energy solar power plants, said today that it has raised $140M in a Series B funding round.

The House voted late Tuesday to open waters off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to oil and gas drilling but only 50 or more miles out to sea and only if a state agrees to energy development off its shore.

Senate leaders said Tuesday that they had broken a months-long impasse over a tax break package that would bring billions of dollars in relief to individual and business taxpayers, developers of clean energy ...

New official figures highlight the damage done by combined energy woes during the second quarter of the year.

Billionaire and wind energy advocate Boone Pickens has indefinitely suspended plans for a water pipeline project aimed at shipping water from the sole aquifer in the Texas Panhandle to thirsty cities downstate.

Many American states are offering incentives to business houses and residents if they are willing to install solar panels for their use. But sadly these incentives are set to expire on 31 December 2008. The solar tax credit offers 30 percent of a system’s cost, but it will go down to 10 percent from January 1 if Congress doesn’t take steps after it returns Monday. Now manufacturers and installers are experiencing a rush for panels before federal incentives can expire. Many solar manufacturers and installers say they can’t take on more orders for 2008 because they’re either out of panels or out of time. (more…)

Whenever the breeze picks up, Roger Cavendish saves money. At 8 mph, the wind starts spinning a turbine in his backyard, generating electricity to power his Caroline County home.

In eco-conscious California, ballot measures that support alternative energy should be the political equivalent of apple pie - impossible to oppose.

WASHINGTON : House Democrats outlined $18 billion in tax incentives over 10 years for alternative energy and efficiency improvements Monday, proposing to pay for them by rescinding tax breaks for the biggest ...