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Pike Research, a global consulting firm, has issued a new report noting that global revenues from building energy management systems are expected to rise almost 14 percent, year over year, through the end of the decade.

On Thursday, lithium-battery developer Ener1, Inc. (NASDAQ: HEV) filed a voluntary petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

FirstEnergy Corp. shares rose nearly 2% in midday trading Thursday after the company said it will shut down six coal-fired power plants by September 1, 2012.

The HIRIKO Project is an urban solution that will provide a more sustainable, more accessible electric vehicle.   The HIRIKO prototype was unveiled at the European Commission headquarters on January 24th in Brussels. 

Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company has launched a new renewable energy subsidiary.

According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Office of Installations and the Environment, the agency’s enormous landholdings in the Mojave and Colorado deserts of California, across four military installations, hold enough suitable space to generate 7,000 megawatts (MW) of solar energy.

First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), the Arizona company which has been garnering awards almost since its inception (in 1999), announced another milestone on January 16th.

Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC has closed in on the acquisition of a partial ownership interest in a biomass power plant being built in Florida.

Seattle-based AltaRock Energy, Inc. and Davenport Newberry Holdings LLC of Stamford, Connecticut, geothermal energy project developers, this summer plan to test the energy potential of the Newberrry Volcano, located about 20 miles south of Bend, Oregon.

Tata Technologies recently unveiled its electric vehicle prototype at the 2012 North American International Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.