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Recently, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) began installing two wind turbines at its National Wind Technology Center in Colorado. 

Was your car too energy efficient to qualify as a “Clunker?” Don’t despair; maybe your refrigerator or washing machine is inefficient enough to justify replacing it with government help.

According to a report by Japan's quasi-government New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), the Japanese wind power industry accounts for only 1.6% of the world's wind power market.

Two particular renewable technologies were buzzing this week--electric vehicles (EVs)and smart grids. 

General Electric  (NYSE: GE) announced this week that it had received a $2 million contract from the Department of Defense (DOD) to make over the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base into a model for a smart microgrid.

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A chill may be blowing through the green energy sector in the U.S., but near-term troubles notwithstanding, wind power remains a hot item in the United States with strong long-term prospects, according to a study by Emerging Energy Research (EER) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Detroit took a serious hit when the auto industry went belly-up earlier this year, but Michigan’s economy has discovered a surprising pick-me-up in the form of General Electric's decision on Friday to invest $100 million in a renewable energy research and production facility in Van Buren Township in western Wayne County.

An alliance of leaders in renewable energy, the RES Alliance for Jobs, formed today, their mission to promote a strong national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES).

Enhanced geothermal energy is cheaper and more reliable than virtually all other technologies according to a recent report by Credit Suisse on comparative energy costs.