The Prince Edward Island Energy Corporation has been given cabinet approval to borrow more than $31 million as part of an agreement with Maritime Electric. The money is being used to refinance debt ...

A partnership planning a $105 million, 18-megawatt solar power project obtained state government approval of an estimated $13 million in tax rebates. The Nevada Commission on Economic Development ...

Allentown set a record for power generation for the fourth year in a row. PPL's plants generated 54.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2005. That is up 2 percent from 2004, when the company ...

Citing concerns about fire hazards, property values and the loss of scenic mountain views, hundreds of people packed the Lake Elsinore cultural center to speak against a proposed hydroelectric power ...

The Government of Ontario has established targets for the installation of 800,000 smart electricity meters by December 31, 2007 and installation of smart meters for all Ontario consumers by December ...

U.S. power company Duke Energy Corp. said it would buy Cinergy Corp. for nearly $9 billion in an all stock deal to expand its reach in the regulated utility and merchant power businesses. The move ...

The McGuinty government continues to address the province's electricity supply issues with the creation of the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) and the appointment of its first Chief Executive Officer ...

The plant will also be the largest dedicated wood-burning power station in the UK. Unlike fossil fuels, biomass is renewable energy. E.ON, which owns Powergen, is working with Siemens and Kvaerner on ...

While it's still not clear what, if anything, related to the wind farm makes the d'Entremonts sick, Whitehead says low-frequency noise can affect the balance system of the ear, leading to a range of ...

The shock rise in oil prices and the battle to curb global warming has created a need for new measures to boost biofuels, energy-saving and carbon storage in used North Sea oil and gas wells, Gordon ...

Now it's unclear when that announcement will come. Though N.B. Premier Bernard Lord's office denied that signing on to child care is contingent on Ottawa funding the power-plant refit, they admitted ...

In an ambitious $3 billion plan, the nation's largest power generator has proposed building a 550-mile power line stretched atop 13-story towers to bring surplus electricity from coal-fired plants in ...