A US$12-billion joint venture between Shell International Petroleum Company Limited (Shell) and Cosan S.A. (Cosan) moved closer to reality when the two companies signed binding agreements. The proposed joint venture, which still r...  more

Ford Motor Company and the City of Seattle today announced a partnership to help prepare the city for the operation of electric vehicles. Ford and the City of Seattle will work together to develop consumer outreach and education p...  more

Solar power will be even more affordable in 2015 than it is now, a new report from Vice President Joe Biden's office predicts. The cost of energy from rooftop solar panels is about 21 cents per kilowatt-hour today. Within five yea...  more

Kyocera Corporation (President: Tetsuo Kuba) announced that it is supplying the company’s multicrystalline silicon solar modules for a 1-megawatt (MW) installation at Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc.’s new solar power...  more

Vestas has received an order for 24 units of the V82-1.65 MW wind turbine for the Phase 1 of the Harpanahalli Wind Farm project in the State of Karnataka, South India. The contract comprises supply and commissioning of the turbin...  more

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth a total of $24 million from international oil and gas facilities service provider Petrofac to design and deliver comprehensive state-of-the-art power inf...  more

Massachusetts-based NSTAR Electric is expanding its GE-powered (NYSE:GE) “self-healing” grid project throughout its service territory to improve power reliability for all its customers. GE’s smart grid technology...  more

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR) today announced a collaboration to help prepare the city of Portland and the Pacific Northwest for the operation of electric vehicles.  Ford and PGE will ...  more

Transforming arid farmland into land yielding clean power and jobs, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter joined executives of GE (NYSE: GE) and its partners to celebrate the start of construction of the state’s largest wind p...  more

The Chinese government will implement three standards to regulate electric vehicle charging stations this October and is set to develop a further five, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission said. The Energy Bureau is in disc...  more