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The University of California at Davis (UC Davis) plans to build America’s biggest zero net energy community and have it ready for initial occupancy adjacent to its core campus by this fall.

In 2008, the UK’s Guardian newspaper called Freiburg, Germany the world’s greenest city.

As renewable energy and clean technologies continue to boom and establish stronger positions in the energy industry, new companies with groundbreaking concepts, technologies, and ideas are popping up almost daily.  In order to move from concept to commercialization, these startup companies require capital from investors.

According to a new survey conducted by Ernst & Young, Canada is top 10 location for renewable energy investment.

The survey analyzed 27 countries in regard to their attractiveness for renewable energy infrastructure investment; Canada ranked ninth.

Desalination is big business. Worldwide, thirteen thousand plants currently produce more than 12 billion gallons of purified water a day.

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is constructing an outrageously sustainable building, which, when completed, will be "greenest" building in North America.

With all eyes on Vancouver for its green Olympics efforts and clean tech momentum, it's no surprise the province of British Columbia wants its own ventures to be cast in a similar light.

Iceland is a country in a highly visible state of evolution, a vast volcanic island where the landscape is obviously alive. With shifting glaciers, spouting geysers, simmering hot springs, rushing rivers, and a number of active volcanoes, it's a place bursting with a bounty of natural power.

The sporting specatcle that is 2010 Winter Olympics is now being played out in full force.  The games, however, are not just providing athletic highlights, but they are also serving as a fantastic platform for the promotion of renewable energy.