Cogentrix Energy LLC, a unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., received a $90.6 million conditional loan guarantee from the U.S. Energy Departmentto build a solar plant in Colorado.
The EPA's power to regulate greenhouse gases blamed for climate change may be in jeopardy as the House and Senate vote on measures that would restrict the agency's authority.
Google Inc. and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have shown interest in buying wind turbines to supply power along railroad lines and at computer server farms.
Solar panel installations may surge in the next two years as the cost ofgenerating electricity from the sun rivals coal-fueled plants, industryexecutives and analysts said.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio ETF finished firstlast year among 36 public equity funds focused on clean energy and/or clean technology, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Cutting ozone pollution using the Clean Air Act will have saved $2
trillion by 2020 and prevented at least 230,000 deaths annually, the EPA says...
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Does it make sense to undo a law that President George Bush signed four
years ago that will result in a ban of most incandescent light bulbs now
on the market? A lot of Republicans think so.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
BlackRock Inc. and NTR plc plan to launch a new renewable
power investment group on BlackRock's alternative investment platform.
Europeans left stranded at airports last year as an
Icelandic volcano erupted may soon benefit from
the power that seethes beneath the remote north Atlantic island.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
A partnership between Southern Company and Ted Turner has led
to one of the nation's largest solar plants, serving 9,000 homes.
France's solar power boom driven by government pledges to pay above-market prices for renewable energy is creating big problems for its major electric company.
Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. faced ridicule and
resistance over the years for suggesting the automaker needed to go green to survive. And that was
from inside his own company.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Are small companies telling investors about climate risks and
opportunities that affect their businesses? A new study examined 364
companies to find out.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Calvert's sustainability analyst explains what was considered in ranking homebuilders in its latest report on the business.
by F. Noel Perry
Its growing investment in clean technologies will be among the trends to help the state get out of the hole.
Renewable-energy funds suffered record outflows this year, reversing
their direction from 2009, as money managers including BlackRock Inc...
Investments in clean technologies from electric cars to light-emitting
diodes are set to accelerate next year after gathering momentum in 2010,
Ernst & Young said.
The U.S. EPA, under fire from lawmakers
trying to stop greenhouse-gas rules set to start next month, said it
will issue a second wave of carbon-emissions regulations by July.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
A major new Calvert study identifies which public companies have made the most strides in building greener and cleaner homes.
Hedge funds increased short selling in U.S. renewable energy stocks to
the highest level in a year, boosting bets against First Solar Inc. and
Tesla Motors Inc.
