BEIJING (Reuters) – For China, global warming has become something of a convenient truth. via Reuters: Environment http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654218/s/31949460/sc/2/l/0L0Sreuters0N0Carticle0C20A130C0A90C230Cus0Eclimate0Eipcc0Echina0EidUSBRE98M0ABP20A130A9230DfeedType0FRSS0GfeedName0FenvironmentNews/story01.htm

After much speculation about when — and if — the Obama administration would start finalizing carbon dioxide regulations for new power plants, the wait is finally over. This morning, the nation’s top […]

Doug Staker, the VP of Business Development at Demand Energy, would like to own a Tesla Model S. Unfortunately, he has two children in college and at least one responsible adult household […]

Crude oil futures contracts allow crude to be bought and sold for delivery at specific dates in the future, meaning market participants can lock in a price today for the future delivery […]

The era of the European power market being dominated by large utilities is steadily drawing to a close, admits RWE’s chief economist, presenting both opportunities and challenges for renewables. via http://www.rechargenews.com http://www.rechargenews.com/news/europe_africa/article1338077.ece

Over the last few years, the handful of startups developing virtual energy auditing services have analyzed over a billion square feet of commercial buildings. Virtual audits, called ‘no-touch audits’ or ‘rapid energy […]

Electric utilities are facing a very challenging environment. Technologies like solar could undermine growth, risking that capital demands for maintaining infrastructure will increase the cost of borrowing, which, with declining demand, lead […]

Various products have hit the market that attempt to overcome a major hurdle to solar financing and securitization: the lack of standardized metrics that can provide a measuring stick against which financial […]