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 ...

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 ...

TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA - In what one city official described as a "free-for-all atmosphere," thieves and vandals seem to be stealing every scrap of metal not bolted down, and even some that are strapped ...

SOUTH AFRICA - Eskom is in negotiations with coal miners over quality and quantity of coal, and the utility might pay more for better quality coal in future, Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga said recently. At ...

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - A man whose company was contracted to work for the state's power grid was arrested after he allegedly attempted to sabotage the agency's electricity markets and made a threat ...

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), ...

- 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 ...

HALIFAX - Canada^^s Environment Minister, the Honourable Peter Kent, and Nova Scotia Minister of the Environment, the Honourable Sterling Belliveau, announced today that they are working towards an ...

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - Duke Energy is going to tap a landfill in Durham for methane gas that will be turned into electricity. Duke said it had signed a contract with Methane Power, a renewable ...

DALLAS, TEXAS - Safeguard Security Holdings, Inc., a provider of corporate, industrial and residential security solutions, announces today that its subsidiary, SYSTEMSgroup Protective Services, ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO - Ontario Power Generation (OPG) officials are reminding parents to use extreme care around Ontario waterways this spring, particularly on rivers and lakes that are near hydroelectric ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO - "Faster, stronger, cleaner" is the theme as Ontario sets the stage for world-class renewable energy developers to bid on 500 more megawatts of contracts for new green energy supply.