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COP21 Ends With ‘Most Ambitious’ Climate Deal In History
At the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), which ran Nov. 30-Dec. 11 in Paris, more than 190 countries came together to...
Siemens And RWE Fined After Fatal 2009 Wind Farm Accident
Siemens Public Ltd. Co. and RWE Innogy UK Ltd. have each been fined as a result of the 2009 death of a wind...
NREL Study Highlights Growth Of U.S. Renewables
U.S. renewable electricity grew to 15.5% of the country's total installed capacity and 13.5% of total electricity generation in 2014, according to a...
Wind Developer Ralls Corp. vs. U.S. Government: Case Settled
After a three-year legal battle, Ralls Corp. and the U.S. government have settled the case over a controversial acquisition of wind projects. According...
GM To Power Texas Assembly Plant With Wind Energy
General Motors has announced that its Arlington, Texas, assembly plant will soon use 30 MW of wind energy to power its operations -...
Seventh-Annual Clean Energy Ministerial Comes To San Francisco In 2016
The U.S. will host the seventh Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) in San Francisco next June, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and California Gov....
Coca-Cola, BMW, Google Among Initiative’s New 100% Renewables Pledges
RE100, an initiative of corporations that pledge commitments to 100% renewable energy, says a new wave of major businesses has joined, bringing the...
Block Island Project Wraps Up First Offshore Construction Season
Deepwater Wind says it has completed the first offshore construction season for its 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm, with all five steel...
Vestas Buys UpWind Solutions For $60 Million
Danish wind turbine company Vestas has acquired San Diego-headquartered UpWind Solutions Inc., which currently services wind power plants with a total capacity of...
ACCIONA Pledges Billions To Renewable Energy
Announcing the commitment at the COP21 talks in Paris, ACCIONA has pledged to achieve 100% carbon neutrality across its entire global operations by...
Global Green Bank Network Forms To Speed Shift To Clean Energy
A group of six green banks and two nonprofits has established a Green Bank Network to speed a shift to clean energy by...
Google Nearly Doubles Renewable Energy Portfolio With New PPAs
Google has signed nearly 1 GW in new renewable energy purchase contracts and, therefore, almost doubled how much clean energy the internet giant...
Europe On Track For Step Change In Annual Offshore Wind Capacity
This year, 3.6 GW of offshore wind capacity are expected to be added to the global electricity grid, and by the end of...
Gov. Cuomo Calls For 50% Renewables In N.Y. By 2030
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has directed the New York State Department of Public Service to design and enact a new clean energy...
Seventy-Three More Companies Join U.S. Climate Pledge
The White House has announced 73 more companies are joining the American Business Act on Climate Pledge - bringing the total number of...
Massachusetts Clean Energy Job Market Sees Double-Digit Growth
The Massachusetts clean energy sector has grown by double digits for the fourth consecutive year and now employs 98,895 workers at 6,439 employers...
EWEA: EU Countries Need To Step Up Post-2020 Renewables Plans
European Union (EU) member states must show more political will in their plans for renewable energy after 2020, according to the European Wind...
Mission Innovation: 20 Countries To Double Down On Clean Energy R&D
As announced at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, running Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 in Paris, President Barack Obama, French President...
Report: Emerging Markets Led Global Clean Energy Investments In 2014
Developing nations eclipsed the world's wealthiest countries in 2014, attracting more clean energy investment and building more wind, solar and other renewable power...
IRENA Presents Renewable Energy Actions For Limiting Global Climate Change
Emission reductions from renewables, coupled with energy-efficiency improvements, must be at the heart of any effort to limit global temperature rise to 2...