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Twenty of the world's leading off-grid clean energy entrepreneurs sent a letter today to World Bank Group president Robert Zoellick requesting $500 million in financial commitments to help them deliver on the world's energy access goals.

Canadian company CORE BioFuel Inc. has secured capital investments to fund the completion of its wood-to-Green Gasoline production plant. 

Vivint Solar has received a $75 million equity fund from U.S. Bancorp to support the development of its residential solar energy business.

Arista Power (Nasdaq: ASPW), a Rochester, N.Y.-based producer of custom sustainable energy generation, management and distribution systems, is making waves in the industry, thanks to landing several large deals spanning the corporate sector and government.

Those looking to finance energy efficiency improvements, but uncertain which programs offer the best opportunity, could do no better than reading Joel Freehling’s white paper published by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), a nonprofit dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting economic prosperity, energy security and environmental protection.

California, a national leader in renewable energy technologies like solar, wind and geothermal, is once again leading the pack with standards designed to protect renewable energy consumers using “Smart Meters” from fraud and identity theft.

When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) first set up its workforce development training programs (called Brownfields Job Training Grants Program), the aim was to provide education in brownfield remediation and reclamation under the EPA’s Superfund program.  

Google and Citi are investing another $204 million in the Alta Wind Energy Center (AWEC) located in Tehachapi, California.

Backers of Scottish independence from the United Kingdom may be calling for the country's fair share of profits from North Sea gas and oil revenues, but others are banking on its alternative energy future.

Solar power is one of the fastest growing renewable energy technologies in the world.  Within the United States' burgeoning solar industry, New Jersey is the second-largest solar market.