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First Solar set a record with 14.4 percent efficiency for its cadmium telluride PV solar panels using factory equipment.

In a new report, China's government said global warming threatens China’s development and it projects changes in how the nation feeds itself.

China’s second largest wind-turbine manufacturer has purchased wind farms in Montana as many wind manufacturers are scaling back in the U.S.

A new DOE report says that waves off California’s 1,100-mile coastline could generate more than 140 terawatt hours of electricity a year, enough to power 14 million homes.

In a new report, BP states that wind, solar and biofuel consumption will outpace demand for fossil fuels over the next 20 years, rising from 1 percent to 6 percent of total energy...

Companies more than doubled their investments in mergers and acquisitions in 2011.

Iowa based biodiesel fuel company Renewable Energy Group Inc , is set to go public on Thursday and will be the first U.S. initial public offering in 2012.

Despite lackluster sales, hybrids and electric cars were a dominant part of the scene at Detroit’s auto show.

Renewable energy investment rose 5 percent to $260 billion in 2011, following 31 percent growth in 2010 and 1 percent in 2009.

Because of its tariff incentives, Germany has become the world’s largest solar market by installations.