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 ...

By the end of 2008, the Italian government announced plans for the return of nuclear power generation to the country by 2020. In February 2009, Enel and EDF signed a memorandum of understanding for ...

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 ...

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 ...

BANGALORE, INDIA - Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India's largest engineering and construction conglomerate, has recently clinched a deal valued at $144 million with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited ...

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 ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA - Virginia regulators are recommending the dismissal of an application to build a $2 billion power line from West Virginia to Maryland. A hearing examiner with the State Corporation ...

CLEVELAND, OHIO - GE Consumer & IndustrialÂ’s month-long Earth Day initiative, GE Project Plant-a-Bulb, helps consumers consider the environmental and financial benefits of energy efficient lighting, ...

MAYES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA - A NextEra Energy Inc unit will sell 100.8 megawatts MW of wind energy to Google Inc's energy subsidiary, the companies' second such agreement that would help the Internet ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new patents pending solar energy system will soon make it possible to produce electricity at a wholesale cost of 5 cents per kWh (kilowatt hour). This price is competitive with ...

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 ...