HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A company is offering Allegheny Power customers in western Maryland the opportunity to get their electricity from wind power. Rockville-based Clean Currents has been offering green power for three years to utility customers, includ
A new pricing framework for regional electricity distribution has drawn a pained response from Scottish & Southern Energy, the FTSE 100-listed utility.Ofgem, the sector regulator, on Monday issued its final pronouncement on the price rises that
MILWAUKEE - While solar and wind power get most of the headlines, geothermal power is quietly gaining traction on college campuses where energy costs can siphon millions each year from the budget. Schools from Wisconsin to New Mexico have geothermal
BEIJING - China's Goldwind Science & Technology Ltd. is one of the world's biggest makers of wind turbines — a cornerstone of the booming clean power business — but is unknown outside its home country. Goldwind aims to change that. I
CHARAGUA, Bolivia - In Bolivia's biggest municipality, a scrub-brush expanse of cattle ranches and hardscrabble farms, Sunday's national elections aren't all about Evo Morales. With Bolivia's first indigenous president expected to easily win re-elec
MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in power for over 10 years, ruled out a departure from politics on Thursday, telling a questioner: Don't hold your breath. The country's most powerful leader made the comment with a smile when asked
TOKYO, December 3 –Japan’s Nikkei average climbed nearly 4 per cent on Thursday to hit its highest close in five weeks as exporters such as Canon jumped on a weaker yen, while metal shares climbed after gold hit a new record.Mitsubishi Motors soared
BOSTON - Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has announced that National Grid will pursue a long term deal with Cape Wind to purchase power from its proposed 130 turbine wind farm. Patrick said Wednesday that such a deal is critical to securing financi
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