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Department of Energy commits $2 Billion for Solar

In Sunday's Presidential radio address Obama announced that the US Department of Energy would commit $2 billion to two solar companies in an ongoing effort to build a clean energy economy. Read More...

Next Generation Wind Turbine ramping up Energy Production

A next generation wind turbine design offers the possibilty of generating up to three times the power from the current wind turbine design. Read More...

Exxon making large investment in biofuels

Exxon is planning a $600 million investment in biofuel through a strategic partnership with Synthetic Genomics to develop transportation fuels from algae. Read More...

Pickens Scales Back Wind Farm Plans

T Boone Pickens scaled back his massive plans for a West Texas wind farm and will look to place wind turbins in other places in lesser quantities. Read More...

Congress Begins New Debate on Green Energy

Congress is to open debate on a "clean energy" bill this week. Pressure has been steadily mounting from the Obama administration to show the world that Washington is serious about making a difference against global warming, . Read More...

US and Canada to work together on Green Energy

The US and Canada have agreed to team up new energy technologies to fight global warming, saying it was key to recovery from global recession. Read More...

Obama Plans to Double Alternative Energy

Barack Obama continues to say that when he takes office later this month he will begin his quest to double American production of alternative energy over three years. Read More...

How Parked Cars Could Power the Future

Consider this possibility. A parking meter that runs backwards and actually pays you to park your car. Along those lines, electric vehicles could one day make money for their owners by providing electrical storage for the nation's power grid. Read More...

Making Your Own Solar Panels

Here is the story of how an astronomer built his own solar panel system with panels off ebay for just over $100. Read More...

Using Geothermal in Your Home

Fed up with high energy costs? Look into geothermal. Read More...

Huge Potential for Geothermal Energy

Al Gore identified geothermal energy as a companion to wind and solar energy as the three most promising alternative energy sources. Read More...

US to take world lead in Wind Power

The US will surpass Germany as the leading world producer of wind energy later this year. Read More...

The Pickens Plan - Wind to replace Oil

Oilman T Boone Pickens is pitching wind energy as the alternative energy to move the US away from its oil dependency. Read More...

Rockport Missouri First Town in US to be Completely Powered by Wind Energy

Rockport Missouri is the first city in the country to be completely powered by wind energy. Read More...

Algae to the Rescue?

Could algae be a major player in solving the world's energy appetite? Read More...

Billions Worldwide Flowing into Green Energies

Global investors plowed $148 billion into new wind, solar and other alternative energy assets last year. Read More...

Wind Turbines for the Residential Market?

High energy bills are driving Americans to produce electricity in their own back yards with wind turbines. Read More...

Geothermal Energy - A Growing Green Energy Source

Geothermal, long the 'Sleeping Beauty' of sustainable energy, is now showing clear signs of waking up Read More...

Pickens Starting Massive Wind Farm in Texas

Billionaire T. Boone Pickens said Thursday he's placing an order to buy 667 wind turbines from General Electric as part of an estimated $2 billion in start-up costs for his four phase Pampa Wind Project. Read More...

The Race is on for Algae Based Ethanol

Is algae based ethanol a viable alternative to food based ethanols? Several companies seem to think so and are moving forward with plans to develop the technology. Read More...

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