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Fisker Automotive, the vehicle manufacturer which took the clean transportation world by storm in 2009 when it announced the debut of its Karma model plug in hybrid vehicle, has announced its intention to renegotiate the terms of its $528.7 million conditional loan from the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE.

Electric vehicle production capacity is increasing across the board globally, but is that what the market needs? A new report holds results that indicate new growth in demand from China and a bright future for electric vehicle component suppliers.

In a recent speech at the National Press Club, Steven Chu, U.S Secretary of Energy, compared the success of China and other countries in alternative energy to the mobilization of American scientific and technological innovation following Sputnik in the 1960s.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released a report which examines all the factors affecting the deployment of American offshore wind power.

In the ongoing controversy over property-assessed clean energy financing, commonly referred to as PACE, one voice has been conspicuously absent in the national debate -- Palm Desert, the city that actually wrote California's pioneering law on the use of public works-style assessment

While wind and solar get a lot of press in the renewable energy field, some experts believe geothermal offers even more potential. Now the U.S.

The fate of some former White House solar panels could be seen as an example of how differently the U.S. and China regard solar energy.

In a war zone, renewable energy can be a soldier’s best friend.

Congress may be having difficulty passing the administration’s energy reform, but they’ve made progress in some smaller ways.

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is getting a lot of press these days.  It is more efficient and powerful than ordinary photovoltaic solar energy – plus the technology is really cool.