CARY, NORTH CAROLINA - ABB announced that the companyÂ’s North American corporate headquarters will be moved to Cary, North Carolina from Norwalk, Connecticut. The move is effective immediately, ...

BEIJING, CHINA - The Chinese government is considering stricter approval rules for wind power projects to cool heady growth in the sector, a Chinese newspaper said, following a report that the country ...

HILO, HAWAII - One of the most expensive public works projects in Big Island history was awarded to a Houston firm that has been vying to build a garbage-to-energy incinerator for the county similar ...

Electricity generation is a process that involves the production of electrical power through various sources. In the United States, power production from utility-scale generators was about 4.1 ...

VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA - Disturbance of archaeological sites is a possibility during the construction of the city's massive new hybrid gas-solar power plant north of the airport. At a recent meeting ...

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - A federal agency approved a construction and operations plan for the Cape Wind project off the Massachusetts coast, clearing the way for work to begin on America's first ...

ST. JOSEPH, MANITOBA - Construction on Manitoba's largest wind farm is now underway near the community of St. Joseph in southern Manitoba. A ceremony to mark the official groundbreaking for the ...

ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA - Southern California Edison (SCE) signed a 20-year contract with DCE, an affiliate of Caithness Energy, which will provide up to 909 megawatts of wind power. Developers say that ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - General Electric Co posted an 80 percent surge in first-quarter profit, blowing past Wall Street forecasts and joining a wave of better-than-expected earnings from U.S.

SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - First Solar Inc, the worlds largest thinfilm solar panel producer, has set up a Silicon Valley lab for a thinfilm technology with the potential for higher efficiency at a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Jay Inslee (D-WA) introduced the Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2009 in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator Lisa Murkowski introduced companion ...

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND - U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy is announcing award selections for nearly $100 million for 54 smart grid workforce training programs ...