?At a time when we spend $350 billion importing oil from Saudi Arabia and other countries every year, the United States must move away from foreign oil to energy independence,? Senator Sanders said.

In February, Danish energy industries invited some dozen Americans, including Federal Energy Commissioner Mark Spitzer, to Denmark to learn about Danish efforts to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

The U.S. wind energy industry is descending on Washington this week to make the case for jobs, jobs, and more jobs.

The harnessing of solar energy is expanding on every front as concerns about climate change and energy security escalate, as government incentives for harnessing solar energy expand, and as these costs decline.

With solar panels and wind turbines popping up across the region, the TVA’s homegrown renewable energy program, Generation Partners, now has enough power to meet the annual electricity needs of a fairly large subdivision.

Falcon Electric, Inc. announced its role in the completion of the initial phase of a major Chinese wind farm.

SunPower Corp. and K6 S.a.S. today announced an agreement under which the companies are building two 1-megawatt photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants in the Puglia region, Italy.

REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) has received the first unit certificate from Germanischer Lloyd for new wind turbines in its turbine portfolio.

Project Director Rune Rønvik said that the arrival of ?Nordnes? on the site of the wind farm means construction work has officially started on site.

Despite the impact of the financial and economic crisis, E.ON?s 2009 earnings were at the high prior-year level. 2009 adjusted EBIT of ?9.6 billion only just below the prior-year figure.