Renewable energy

The Stanford Law School and the Graduate School of Business have come together to drive the energy revolution forward through the establishment of the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance - an interdisciplinary center to study and advance the development and deployment of clean energy technologies through innovative policy and finance.

British water company Pennon Group reported a 0.7 percent rise in its first-half pretax profit due to higher demand for water from summer usage and asset sale of its water utilities business South West Water but said looking forward, South West Water is well placed to outperform the assumptions for the K5 (2010-2015) period.

General Motors-owned Chevrolet, will invest $40 million in various clean energy projects throughout America with a goal to reduce 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Shengkai Innovations, Kirkland's, Autodesk, Sonus Networks, Intuit, Harbin Electric, SunPower, Blue Coat Systems, Whole Foods Market, and DryShips.

A congressional advisory panel has recommended that politicians in Washington D.C. pressure the Obama administration into more forceful action against China for keeping its currency artificially undervalued and, thereby, worsening the trade deficit of the U.S.

The US Department of Energy has set up an expert committee to report on its activities in energy efficiency and renewables to the Energy Secretary.

Israel is expected to provide favorable environment for the companies which are planning to roll out electric cars.

Company will look to help cities become smarter through technological innovation.

The Group of 20 at its summit in Seoul is likely to commit millions of dollars fund to help finance small and medium enterprises and innovative financing models.

In a wide-ranging and rambling speech during a luncheon at the G20 Business summit in Seoul, Korea, Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel called for a “sensible” exit strategy from the global credit crisis.

A big point of contention at the G20 Business Summit is how to reconcile the need for growth with the need to address environmental problems.

The CEO of Vestas, a major supplier of wind turbines, is asking for heads of state to meet for an hour to help come up with methods of weaning the world from fossil fuels.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's top IT services firm, said on Wednesday it signed a 5-year infrastructure management services contract worth more than AUD $50 million with Australia-based renewable energy company AGL Energy Ltd.

At a time when Chinese power plants are notorious polluters, Yingli Green Energy, a Chinese solar panel maker, has become an completely integrated manufacturer selling green energy worldwide.