Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

That developed countries have accelerated their energy efficiency gains, renewable power investment is rising, and electrified vehicles are hitting the road are all signs of an ongoing energy technology revolution, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

The Section 1603 Treasury cash grant program appears to have stimulated incremental renewable power capacity additions in 2009, thereby supporting U.S.-based renewable energy jobs, according to a new report by researchers Mark Bolinger, Ryan Wiser, and Naïm Darghouth of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

A recent NRDC analysis of a Pew study found that the ten nations leading the world in government investment in renewable power have now passed the US by.

With recent announcements such as Agile Energy, Inc., a developer of utility-scale renewable power generating projects, closing Series A investment from Good Energies, Inc., one of the world's leading private investors in renewable energy all signs point towards recovery for the solar sector. In this case, the financing provides Agile Energy with both cash and credit support which will fund the company's growth and development activities.

U.S.-based private equity firm is expected to invest in renewable power, alternative fuels, energy efficiency, and storage.

U.S. states do not need to seek energy imports to meet their renewable energy goals. That's the conclusion of a new report from the 35-year-old Institute for Local Self-Reliance entitled Energy Self-Reliant States. The report finds a total of 31 states can serve all their electricity needs with in-state renewable power, and that every state could reach its renewable mandate with domestically available renewable resources.

The mayor of Los Angeles declared that from 2020 onwards Los Angeles will completely eliminate the use of power generated by burning coal and go for alternative energy sources such as wind and sun. In his inaugural speech for his second four-year term as mayor he said, “LADWP will deliver 40 percent renewable power, [...]Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Politics

DOE and the Western Governor's Association released a report on June 15 that identifies 37 "hubs" for renewable energy in the western United States, plus 17 in western Canada and in Baja California. The hubs could yield nearly 200,000 megawatts of renewable power, and DOE and other federal agencies will strive to help make that happen.