Massive introduction of solar-thermal power plants and wind farms would allow Australia to generate all its energy needs from renewable technologies by 2020, research shows. The report, to be announced today by the retiri...  more

The Nature Conservancy and the Toyota USA Foundation are expandingLeaders in Environmental Action for the Future: LEAF—a comprehensive environmental leadership program for teenagers and their educators. The Foundation&rs...  more

First installation of the REC Peak Energy Series connected to the grid. The first commercial product from one of the world`s largest integrated solar manufacturing facilities, provides an average increase of nine watts per modul...  more

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (NML) has invited nearly 500 people to experience the world’s first mass-production, 100% electric, zero-emission car – Nissan LEAF - at the company’s Oppama test track in a world-exclusi...  more

The Solar Impulse HB-SIA will take off for the first time from Payerne. Following the ground tests conducted over the last few days and with the weather forecast that should fit the requirements, test pilot Markus Scherdel will ...  more

Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom JSC, and Peter Loescher, President and CEO Siemens AG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The parties i...  more

Toyotais resuming construction of its Mississippi plant, which will soon hire 2,000 team members and build the Corolla compact sedan beginning in the fall of 2011.          Mississi...  more

Nearly 1 million photovoltaic panels will be providing clean solar energy to California residents later this year thanks to two major projects located over the border in the Nevada desert. According to Sempra Generation, the El...  more

Cleantech startup Sunnovations Inc. announced the commercial availability of its breakthrough solar hot water system for American homes.   Solar hot water, a clean and free power source, is an incredibly underexploited tec...  more

Did you know Ford Motor Company cut its global water use by more than 16 percent in 2009 and became the first automaker to join a global program to help establish a water disclosure protocol for companies around the world? Did...  more