Amid mounting agreement that future clean, "carbon-neutral", energy will rely on efficient conversion of the sun's light energy into fuels and electric power, attention is focusing on one of the most ancient groups of organism, the cyanobacteria.

The federal government has picked three venture capital firms to take promising energy technology ideas from national laboratories and try them in practice in companies.

.S. Department of Energy ( DOE ) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner today announced the competitive selection of three venture capital firms to participate in DOE’s newly established Entrepreneur in Residence ( EIR ) pilot program, which aims to accelerate deployment and commercialization of advanced clean energy technologies from three DOE National Laboratories into the global marketplace.

There is a growing consensus that increased demand for electricity will cement coal’s place in the energy portfolio for years to come. In fact, more than half of the electricity produced in the United States comes from coal.

A surge in investment in solar power is bringing down costs of the alternative energy source, but affordability problems still dog hopes for the 1.6 billion people worldwide without electricity.

Clean Cities coalitions around the nation displaced the equivalent of 375 million gallons of gasoline in 2006, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The amount of gasoline displaced in 2006 was 50 percent more than the 250 million gallons in 2005.

Today’s delivery of five GM-Allison hybrid-powered buses to Metro Transit is an important step in fulfilling Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz’s commitment to the 100K Clean Energy Challenge. As part of the announcement made in April, the mayor committed to increasing fuel efficiency in the city’s fleet by pursuing the use of hybrid diesel-electric buses.

When it comes to producing earth-friendly solar energy, pink may be the new green, according to Ohio State University researchers.

As the world searches for ways to produce energy without burning fossil fuel, there is increased interest in solar energy. One place associated with solar power experiments is the Sandia National Laboratories near Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Iran is to construct three wind-based power plants in Armenia.

A Cardiff University research collaboration is working to recycle precious metals from road dusts and vehicle exhausts to create greener energy.

Leading CEOs from the largest corporations in the energy sector called on June 4th for the establishment of a global carbon market as a way to spur innovation, clean energy development, and the additional investments needed to steadily move to a global lower carbon economy.