Florida

The first solar panels ever installed, were photo-voltaic solar panels mounted on military satellites and blasted into space from Cape Kennedy, Florida during the 'Space Race' of the 1960's.

Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reports provide back-to-back confirmation that the potential for electricity from coastal wave and tidal stream energy could reach as high as 15 percent of the total of current U.S. electrical demand.

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.

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.

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) through its wholly owned subsidiary, PSEG Solar Source, has finalized the purchase of an Arizona solar farm from juwi solar, Inc.

Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) recently announced it will install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across America.    33 stores in Arizona, California, Florida, Maryland, Michigan,

Brooklyn-based OwnEnergy Inc. said that it has finalized the sale of an Oklahoma wind farm to U.S. renewable energy powerhouse NextEra Energy Resources.

As part of the RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which manages the Superfund reclamation initiative, and the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, are considering using brownfields and closed landfills to develop renewable energy projects.

The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved cost recovery amounts requested by the state's two largest utilities for construction of new nuclear power plants and upgrades to existing reactors.

Algenol Biofuels Inc. has begun constructing a pilot-scale integrated bio-refinery in Florida.