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Economic growth and recovery in the global energy industry stalled in the last financial quarter of 2009 in almost every sector except for renewable energy.

The tiny African nation of Liberia, founded by America in 1821 as a colony for freed slaves and which has suffered decades of coups and civil war, has big plans to become “the world's first sustainable biomass-driven economy”, Scott Stearns of Voice of America

According to a new study by the China Greentech Initiative, China couple potentially develop into a $500 billion to $1 trillion a year market for renewable technologies.

A new study performed by Emerging Energy Research (EER) shows the long-term prospects of the U.S. wind industry are strong, despite a year of struggles in 2009.

A new interactive graphic from the McKinsey Global Institute explores the influence of renewed economic growth on the global demand for oil and energy.  McKinsey predicts that another oil shock is “inevitable” without a rapid transition to alternative energy. 

Since Barack Obama has become President of the United States of America, the federal government has committed over $800 million to the U.S. geothermal sector.

According to a report by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) the sales of small wind turbines not only grew 78% last year, but are also poised for even greater growth this year.

In 2008, the Danish wind industry experienced record growth, again.