WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN - A Wisconsin appeals court effectively struck down numerous municipal ordinances that have slowed the development of wind energy, lawyers said. Local governments cannot pass broad ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - First Solar Inc outshined rivals in the struggling solar power industry with earnings and revenue that blew past Wall Street estimates and sent its shares up more than 13 ...

BULGARIA - A joint venture of German electrical and engineering group Siemens will invest 440 million levs US $297.7 million to build a 140 megawatt wind power farm in Bulgaria, the energy ministry ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - One of the worlds leading ultra heavy forgings manufacturers, Japan Steel Works Limited JSW recently completed the first phase of the expansions that the company began planning in 2008 ...

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY - The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued a statement in reference to cyber security and the electric grid, stating that they were unaware of any ...

ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA - Southern California Edison (SCE) signed a 20-year contract with DCE, an affiliate of Caithness Energy, which will provide up to 909 megawatts of wind power. Developers say that ...

NEW YORK, LONDON - MeettheBoss, originally focused on the financial services sector, has launched a new section dedicated to the utilities industry. The secure platform that MeettheBoss provided for ...

KIRSEHIR PROVINCE, TURKEY - German turbine manufacturer REpower Systems AG has secured the largest European onshore windfarm contract to date for a windfarm in Turkey. The company, which is ...

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Houstonbased Waste Management has signed a 10year contract with Georgia Power to supply the utility with electricity generated at the firms Savannah, Ga., landfill. The landfill ...

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO - Following our challenging winter season, many Ontarians may now find they need to deal with flooding resulting from a combination of spring showers and the melting of ...

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA - Electric carmaker Tesla Motors says it will open a new power train production facility in Palo Alto, Calif., helped in part by a recent award of government loans. The company ...

LONDON, UK - We have seen the advent of hybrid cars, hybrid trains and even hybrid tanks. Now General Electric (GE) has announced that it has successfully tested a giant hybrid dump truck. Writing on ...