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The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released new national polling data showing that 75 percent of those surveyed support the development of solar-energy plants on public lands not set aside for national parks or nature preserves. Gotham Research Group conducted the poll.

In the national advance toward a comprehensive smart grid, one technology is emerging as an integral component.

Data released by the US Department of Energy (DOE) has left wind power advocates feeling billowy.

In February, the Obama administration announced a multiagency initiative to spur regional economic growth while making buildings more energy-efficient.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are evaluating the feasibility of developing renewable-energy production on Superfund sites, brownfields, and former landfill or mining sites.

Conducting an energy audit is one of the most compelling opportunities for cutting utility bills for commercial facilities, according to green energy expert Bernie Kotlier, who spoke at a recent public service workshop sponsored by the NorCal National Electrical Contractors Association/International

The United States and European Union (EU) are implementing significant regulations that mandate nonroad equipment with the lowest emissions in history. Canada and Japan are expected to release similar regulatory programs this year. These regulations, which are known as U.S.

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal recently announced proposals for wind energy for his state, the most controversial of which is a $3 per megawatt-hour excise tax, the first of its kind in the United States.

The second annual Osram Sylvania (Danvers, Mass.) Socket Survey reveals a paradox in Americans’ attitudes toward lighting: while 74 percent have switched to an energy-saving lamp in the past year, the vast majority still don’t know about the impending federal phase-out of incandescent bulbs, startin