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 ...

Florida-based wind farm company FPL Energy is prospecting along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front as it pursues its national goal of adding another 10,000 megawatts of wind power to its portfolio.

A wafer of the element germanium, a semiconductor that is used as the bottom layer of highly efficient solar power cells.

Wind turbines experience problem due to sudden drop in voltage in a portion of the electric grid. Industrial engineer and member of INGEPER Research Team at the Public University of Navarre, Jesús López Taberna is trying to tackle this problem. His team has come out with a rotor model which predicts how the wind power units will behave under these circumstances. Mr López has already patented two techniques and one of which is already with a manufacturer who will utilize it internationally. They have designed generator turbines in such a way that when voltage dips occur, generators continue to function uninterrupted. (more…)

The first would require utilities to generate half their electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar.