More than 80 projects awarded tax credits as Department of Energy announces fresh $100m in green skills funding.
The Obama Administration announced a fresh wave of measures designed to accelerate the development and deployment of clean technologies last week, including the award of $2.3bn (£1.4bn) in tax credits for low carbon energy projects.
Speaking late last week, [...]

Foreign firms and their subsidiaries will receive about $750 million of the $2.3 billion in tax credits for clean energy manufacturing projects announced recently by the Obama Administration. That represents nearly 33 percent of the total awards, which are intended to spur U.S. manufacturing of clean energy technologies.
A detailed review of the 183 projects receiving [...]

Svensk Rökgasenergi (SRE), a subsidiary of Opcon AB (STO:OPCO), the energy and environmental technology Group, has received an order from HOTAB concerning SRE’s technology that utilises waste heat and increases the efficiency of burning biomass at Vattenfall’s district heating plant in Gustavsberg. This is the second order to be received for a Vattenfall plant [...]

LONDON (Dow Jones)–The U.K. government needs policies that will allow the development of more nuclear power and less wind energy, the Confederation of British Industry said Monday.
This would result in a balanced energy mix with less dependence on imported gas, lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and cheaper energy bills, the CBI said.
The comments [...]

North Carolina residents may be getting a glimpse of the future of clean and efficient energy in the form of an area utility’s new smart grid/solar plan.
According to Duke Energy, it will deploy an array of 213 solar photovoltaic panels with an eye on creating a “virtual power plant” that will combine elements of clean [...]

The government is investing millions of dollars in energy efficiency and solar technology, according to secretary Steven Chu.
This week, Chu announced that the investments will focus on three specific areas. The first, high efficiency vehicles, will focus on both trucks and passenger vehicles, with an eye on increasing efficiency for trucks by as much as [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ — As the state grapples with a multibillion dollar deficit, a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, to be released today examines the economic impacts of different energy pathways for California and finds that continuing on a business-as-usual energy path risks greater economic insecurity, while aggressive [...]

By LES BLUMENTHAL - McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has proposed a 25 percent cut in the research and development budget for one of the most promising renewable energy sources in the Northwest - wave and tidal power.
At the same time the White House sought an 82 percent increase in solar [...]

By Dionna Harris
ESCANABA - Looking for ways to reduce electrical costs has led to a feasibility study for solar energy use at the Delta County Airport.
As part of the study, an assessment conducted by UP Sustainable Solar of Bark River provided the county with a basic analysis at a cost of $240.
According to Gerry [...]

In a recent statement in London, Obama administration US Energy Secretary Steven Chu suggested impact of lightening roofs and roads in urban environments would be equivalent to not having any cars in the world running for 11 years. Tim McLoughlin, President of KTM Roofing in Atlanta suggests Chu’s theory is science fiction and has some [...]