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LONDON, ENGLAND - Renewable energy firm Ocean Power Technologies has won a $66.5 million (US$61 million) grant from the Australian government for a project set to be one of the first to generate power ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States joined the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) as part of the Obama administration's commitment to developing a new energy policy, Secretary of State ...

MINNESOTA - A citizens group says it's considering legal action after Minnesota regulators declined to reconsider approval of a power line project that will touch four different states. The Citizens ...

PORTLAND, OREGON - A panel that sets policy for the Bonneville Power Administration says the Pacific Northwest can rely on conservation to meet most of the new demand for electricity over the next two ...

- New York, Massachusetts and nine other Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states have agreed to create a low carbon fuel standard to reduce greenhouse gases. Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs ...

JAPAN - Japan's government plans to subsidize domestic plants producing clean-energy and energy-efficient goods under steps to support the slowing economy, the Nikkei newspaper said, as the murky ...

GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - -- In the near future, at least some of the electricity used in Greenville's homes and businesses could be provided by the sun. David McCalla, general manager with GEUS, ...

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA - Two workers were electrocuted and died at a power plant in Nicaragua while trying to restore service to a section of the capital, a utility official said. The workers died at ...

BRASILIA, BRAZIL - A judge has overturned a decision that could have delayed construction of a huge Amazon dam opposed by environmentalists, Indians and the director of Avatar. The judge in the ...

ONTARIO - An important part of the province's coal phase-out strategy rests on Ontario Power Generation's ability to run its existing coal plants on biomass fuel, such as wood pellets produced from ...