By Institute for Energy Research
The Obama Administration sold its $787 billion stimulus plan on the basis of improving the economy through investing in green energy and by doing so, increasing employment in the United States. But what is actually happening, particularly with wind and solar projects, is that the majority of the manufactured components [...]

TOKYO —
The amount of fissile plutonium Japan possessed in the country and abroad totaled about 31.8 tons at the end of last year, up 0.6 of a ton from a year earlier, a Cabinet Office report showed Tuesday. The total comprised 6.6 tons held inside Japan and the rest was kept abroad under reprocessing deals [...]

ScienceDaily (June 15, 2009) — In the future, will wind power tapped by high-flying kites light up New York? A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution and California State University identifies New York as a prime location for exploiting high-altitude winds, which globally contain enough energy to meet world demand 100 times over. [...]

On July 22, the 21st century’s longest total solar eclipse will darken the sky along a narrow corridor of the Asian landmass and the Pacific Ocean. An otherworldly black disk will replace the sun for about six and a half minutes, and from India through China to the sea off the southern coast of Japan, [...]

By James Kanter
Global investors spent about $250 billion building new power capacity in 2008, and for the first time the lion’s share of that money went to renewable sources, according to the United Nations Environment Program.
Renewable sources accounted for 56 percent of investment dollars, worth $140 billion, while investment in fossil fuel technologies was $110 [...]

By Edward McAllister
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil rose to a six-month high above $66 per barrel on Friday, marking its largest monthly percentage gain in more than a decade, after U.S., Japanese and Indian data suggested the economic downturn may be easing.
Oil prices jumped around 30 percent this month, the largest monthly rise since March [...]

By Edward McAllister Edward Mcallister – Fri May 29, 3:44 pm ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil rose to a six-month high above $66 per barrel on Friday, marking its largest monthly percentage gain in more than a decade, after U.S., Japanese and Indian data suggested the economic downturn may be easing.
Oil prices jumped [...]

By MICHAEL RICHARDSON
SINGAPORE — Cash-rich China is using a period of relatively low oil prices to improve its energy security and ensure that its economy has the oil-based fuels needed to sustain growth when recovery from the slump takes hold.
Should Japan, which is currently far more reliant on imported oil than China, adopt a similar [...]

(WORLD-WIRE) LOS GATOS, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire/ — Tigo Energy, (www.tigoenergy.com), the solar company whose unique technology significantly increases efficiency in photovoltaic solar installations, announced today that it has closed the second round of funding.
The $10 million round was led by ICV, and joined by all existing investors (Matrix Partners, OVP and Clal Energy). The [...]

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada, May 28, 2009 (ENS) - President Barack Obama Wednesday announced over $467 million from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to expand and accelerate the development, deployment, and use of geothermal and solar energy across the United States.
The funding is intended to help the solar and geothermal industries overcome technical [...]