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 ...

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 ...

ALBERTA - Electricity shortages loom on the horizon if Canada rushes to phase out coalfired power in favour of cleaner alternatives, warned the CEO of power generator TransAlta. TransAlta, CanadaÂ’s ...

- The U.S. Defense Department has awarded a phase I contract to Energy Focus Inc. to develop a new lighting technology to support the Hydra Rocket system. Ohio-based Energy Focus was awarded a phase I ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO - Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited ("Toronto Hydro"), in partnership with the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA) and the City of Toronto's Cavalcade of ...

TEXAS - Two Central Texas companies, including one in Waco, are providing steel for projects that will bring electricity generated by wind power to parts of Texas and oil to the United States. Scrap ...

ONTARIO - Horizon Utilities is disputing claims its smart meters are overcharging homeowners for electricity. The Toronto Star reported five Ontario utilities, including Horizon, are overbilling ...

Electricity markets in the Southeast are facing many changes on the customer side of the meter. In a new report released today, we look at how energy efficiency, photovoltaics (solar electricity), ...

DENVER, COLORADO - High gas prices, dependence on foreign oil and concern over the nation's energy future were on the minds of people as Governor Jennifer Granholm moderated a town hall meeting at the ...

- Growth partnership company Frost & Sullivan reports that at a global level, electricity consumption is forecast to increase from 10,543-billion kilowatt hours in 1990 to over 30,116-billion kilowatt ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Government stimulus spending has put the country on track to double renewable energy production capacity by 2012 and halve solar power costs by 2015, Vice President Joseph Biden ...

- U.S. power plants will burn 2.6 percent less coal in 2009 than they did last year as the recession trims electricity generation and plants turn to cheaper natural gas, the country's top energy ...