UNITED KINGDOM - The UK has reached a milestone of installing 1 gigawatt GW of offshore wind farms – enough to power 700,000 homes. It was achieved this week as two new wind farms off the coast began ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Chemical maker DuPont said that it would invest $120 million to boost production of a popular solar cell product. The move is part of a broader push by the chemical industry to ...

MARGAREE, NOVA SCOTIA - A scam has moved into Eastern Canada that promises a tool to help people with their electricity bills. A Margaree, Nova Scotia, senior said she's worried proposed power ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO - The two foreign companies bidding to rebuild reactors at Darlington need to show they will create and preserve Canadian jobs, Premier Dalton McGuinty said. "If you're bidding from ...

TEMPE, ARIZONA - First Solar, Inc. announced it has executed an agreement to build a 48 megawatt (MW) AC ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) power plant for Sempra Generation. This project would expand ...

CAIRO, EGYPT - To increase Egypts nonoil exports to $36.7 billion by 2013, the Egyptian government is attempting to achieve a 10 annual growth rate for industry. This growth will be achieved by ...

SOUTH AFRICA - Eskom is in negotiations with coal miners over quality and quantity of coal, and the utility might pay more for better quality coal in future, Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga said recently. At ...

ROME, ITALY - Major Italian utility Enel SpA, in partnership with Electricite de France SA EDF, started a market survey back in January to evaluate the abilities of the Italian firms involved in the ...

BURNT HILLS, NEW YORK - Some U.S. energy experts say the push to lower the price of compact fluorescent light bulbs has led manufacturers to use cheap components. "Somebody decides to save a little ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - California will create a $600 million think tank to fight global warming, funded by a 25- or 30-cent surcharge on customers' electrical and gas bills, the state Public ...

UNITED KINGDOM - The nuclear industry is in talks with the government to thrash out a solution to insurance problems that threaten to undermine plans to build at least eight new power stations by 2023 ...