More government grey skies for solar power?

Geothermal Engineering's receipt of £6m from the Regional Growth Fund this week was the second bit of good news for Cornwall's renewable energy community in less than a fortnight.

Defense energy bill will save lives

Saving energy saves lives.

That is how Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described the imperative for the Pentagon to reduce the number of fuel convoys headed into harm's way in Afghanistan.

Congress must heed Mullen's advice and move quickly to pass legislation that was introduced last year by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona and Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado. Their bill, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act, has been updated and will be reintroduced on June 8 by Udall.

U.S. Strengthens Cooperation On Clean Energy And Energy Security

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today new steps between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense to strengthen national security through the continued development of advanced clean energy technologies.

Furthering the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) announced last summer the new steps being announced today strengthen coordination and better leverage the expertise and resources of both Departments to enhance our national energy security, as well as demonstrate the Obama Administration’s leadership in transitioning America to a clean energy economy.