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It’s an ambitious goal for any state – 90 percent of electricity needs from renewable sources by 2050.

Sierra Club Canada, in a new report, estimates that the cost of energy from wind turbines will fall 3-5 percent with each new generation.

Japan is slated to announce a new national solar mandate that would see all new buildings and houses be built with solar installations by 2030.

Using the natural disaster in Japan as a catalyst for change, Panasonic, (NYSE: PC) one of the largest manufacturers of consumer electronics, has announced its intention to pursue a sustainable future.

Is the U.S. on the verge of a nuclear renaissance? No new power generating reactors have come online in 15 years, but that's about to change. In “Nuclear's New Look,” correspondent Lee Patrick Sullivan goes inside the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Unit 2, which is expected to switch on by 2013.

India has announced plans to create an additional 35 gigawatts of renewable power generation by 2015.

With a price tag of about US$55 billion, India, which currently generates 16.5 megawatts of renewable power, will seek funding from private firms.

With aging power networks that were built in the 1950s and 1960s trying to deliver new sources of energy as well as handle increased electricity demand, UK electricity regulator Ofgem says Britain will require a

The number of challenges surrounding America's quest for energy independence does not appear to be diminishing. The biggest, of course, being carbon reduction. Can America achieve its energy goals and drastically reduce its carbon emissions?

In preparation for the Major Economies Forum (MEF) that takes place this week in L’Aquila, Italy and will prepare the way toward a climate agreement in Copenhagen in December,