Alternative Energy California: A Million Solar Power Homes?

Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has a new plan to make California a world leader in solar energy. It drops a previous provision, ...

Hybrids: Hybrid Boats, Hybrid Ships and Beyond

The New Scientist reports that for several weeks last summer, a team of German engineers from the company SkySails sailed back and forth acr...

Alternative Energy Zambia: Solar Power for Rural Electrification

One hundred and twenty one community-based organisations and nine schools in rural areas of Zambia will soon be getting BP Solar panels to g...

Alternate Energy Pakistan: US $875m Windpower Project to Provide 30% of Karachi's Needs

A new US$875 million wind power project will provide 30 percent of Karachi's power needs, a state government official has said. Speaking...

Alternative Energy Iran: Windpower for the North West

Iran has been carrying out a set of expert-level studies to set up seven wind power plants in three northwestern provinces. If the results o...

Site Agreed for Australian Solar Tower, Plans for Solar Tower in China

The firm behind the plan to build a power-generating solar tower (also described as a solar chimney) - touted as the world's tallest str...

Wave Energy News: USA, UK and South Africa

There are multiple ways to tap the energy of the ocean, including its tides, thermal features, and salinity. But wave energy appears to be t...

Automakers Wonder Where the Profit Is. Hydrogen? Hybrids? No, Finance.

Quick quote from a CBS Marketwatch article: Last week, Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn lamented that while gas-electric hybrid cars are ...