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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

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 automatically ide...  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 power project, 8 mi...  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

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced it has completed the carbon footprint verification on EcoDuo PM220P00, a multi-crystalline PV module, according to the international carbon footp...  more

Ford Motor Company is leveraging the Internet and wireless technology to accelerate testing and refinement of the advanced lithium-ion battery systems that will power its upcoming plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. Ford’s rapid...  more