German Parliament Passes Law on Faster Grid Expansion to Ensure Renewables Growth

New legislation passed yesterday by Germany’s federal parliament is to ensure the timely completion of crucial power grid connections [...]

Major NY Solar Bill Close to Becoming Law

Momentum is high for major solar legislation in New York State, but it’s a race to the finish to [...]

RWE’s Renewables Unit Calls For More Reform of German Energy Policy

Germany urgently needs to press ahead with reforming its energy market, but a series of elections, including general elections [...]

Germany plans to be 100 per cent Renewable by 2050

Fully twenty five percent of Germany’s energy pie is now renewable energy – compared to six percent in the [...]

California Bills for Biogas

As part of the package of 19 clean energy bills that California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law on [...]

Developers rush to be Japan’s first new renewable players

On June 18, 2012, Yukio Edano, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) accepted the recommendation of an [...]

Ukraine improves legal base for renewable energy investment

The State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine is continuing to improve the legislative and regulatory [...]

CA: Solar advocate’s say Bradford bill will stunt solar growth

Renewable energy advocates, led by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), are opposing amendments to a utility-backed legislation being [...]

California considers net metering change

The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has proposed a decision that, if approved, will likely boost renewable energy use [...]

Maryland gov lobbies lawmakers for offshore wind

Maryland’s governor lobbied lawmakers personally Tuesday for one of the key pieces of his environmental agenda, a reworked offshore [...]