Attorneys caution that CEOs should weigh risks of alternative energy plans

Thanks to new technologies and incentives, more U.S. companies now see generating their own electricity and other alternative energy projects as viabl...

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MidAmerican Energy announces expansion in the renewable energy market

Today, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company announced it has established a new business to support the company's move into the unregulated renewables m...

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Project to pour water into volcano to make power

Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate ...

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Gov. Christie Proposes Alternative To Solar Energy Legislation In N.J.

A major overhaul of the state’s energy industry was blocked last week because Governor Christie had concerns about how much solar power the prop...

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Scotland Guns for 100% Renewable Energy by 2020

In 2010, Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland, announced that his government was aiming to power all of Scotland with 100% renewable ene...

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The first renewable energy company IPO of 2012

Renewable Energy Group Inc. (REGI) is set to go public this week if market conditions permit in what will be the first IPO of 2012. The firm is the la...

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MSU Energy Transition Plan calls for campus powered entirely by renewable energy

Michigan State University on Monday unveiled its Energy Transition Plan, a strategic plan aiming to guide the institution to a more energy-efficient f...

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Renewable Energy Standards: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It

When your local utility buys more renewable energy to power your lights and computers, what more do you get besides the power? You get cleaner air, f...

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Tackling the renewable energy transmission tiger - Is there hope? Is there help?

Building transmission to accommodate utility-scale renewable energy generation in the U.S. is seen as essential by much of the renewable energy indust...

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Over half of Germany's renewable energy owned by citizens, not utilities

Germany's promotion of renewable energy rightly gets singled out for its effectiveness, most often by me as an example of how to do things well versus...

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