West Texas isn’t all drilling rigs, oil wells and pump jacks. The region is rapidly raising its profile as a global powerhouse for wind energy.  More »

The Port of Houston Authority has touted a big increase in steel imports as a result of the shale-driven energy boom gripping Texas and other states.  More »

The payroll tax cut bill that Congress approved today contained no big energy-related provisions, after speculation each side was seeking to include them in a compromise.  More »

Wind and solar energy companies are finding it more difficult to attract top executives. As recently as four years ago, renewable energy companies were able to lure managers from Silicon Valley with the promise of tech-industry-like stock options and the chance to lead the fight against global warming.  More »

Wind and solar energy companies are finding it more difficult to attract top executives. As recently as four years ago, renewable energy companies were able to lure managers from Silicon Valley with the promise of tech-industry-like stock options and the chance to lead the fight against global warming. Now, as Bloomberg News points out, mounting [...]  More »

BP released its Energy Outlook 2030 report in video form, showing how the U.S. will increasingly turn to natural gas and renewables, instead of coal and oil, for its energy needs.  More »

President Barack Obama called today for boosting funding for pipeline safety and renewable energy while again proposing to roll back several tax breaks for the oil and gas industry.  More »

The review did not involve Solyndra or Beacon Power Corp.,companies that went bankrupt after receiving a federal loan.  More »

The price of renewable power contracts signed by California utilities more than doubled from 2003 through 2011 but has now started to plunge, according to a long-awaited state report issued Friday.  More »

Offshore wind-energy development cleared a major hurdle on Thursday as the Interior Department said it had determined that no major environmental or socioeconomic impacts would occur from leasing offshore areas off the mid-Atlantic coast.  More »

The U.S. Forest Service has approved the construction of 15 wind turbines in southern Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest.  More »

This tiny village of 37 gray homes and farm buildings clustered along the main road in a wind-swept corner of rural eastern Germany seems an unlikely place for a revolution.  More »