LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — The year of 2008 has seen the United States taking critical steps in developing renewable energy to meet the national goal of achieving 25 percent renewable energy by 2025.
But most important of all is that the November election of Barack Obama as the next U.S. [...]

China and the United States have agreed to work together on research into advanced solar energy technologies.
The Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which is affiliated with the Department of Energy, signed a memorandum of understanding over the weekend.
Under the pact, [...]