Renewable Energy

MIT researchers say a genetically modified organism could turn carbon dioxide or waste products into isobutanol, a gasoline-compatible transportation fuel.

Developers of a 189-megawatt Montana wind farm agree to move 25 turbines at least one-half mile from raptor nesting sites, and Audubon applauds.

Ocean Power Technologies’ planned 10-device, 1.5-megawatt Oregon wave power project has been granted a 35-year license by federal regulators.

A Cambridge engineer says the use of guy wires and composite materials could radically improve the payback on offshore wind turbines.

The Wave Glider, powered by the motion of the sea (and with solar for its electronics), is part of a white shark tracking team off the San Francisco coast.

Once, Solyndra was going to make clean energy an albatross for President Obama. But with wind the focus, everything seems to have changed.

Researchers at Oregon State University say their new microbial fuel cell is 10 to 50 times better at producing power from wastewater than current versions.

Vestas trims its Pueblo, Colo., wind tower workforce, the latest cutback amid continued uncertainty regarding the fate of the production tax credit.

The Obama administration begins formal review of a proposal to lease an ocean tract off Maine for a 12-megawatt floating wind turbine demonstration project.

Calls to waive the renewable fuel standard that drives ethanol production are increasing as the U.S. corn crop struggles with historic heat and drought.

Despite their presidential candidate’s opposition, two wind-state Republicans join with Democrats in a Senate committee vote to extend the PTC one year.

With a big surge last year, California’s investor-owned utilities hit a 20 percent renewable portfolio standard target. Ultimately, they need to be at 33 percent by 2020.

The U.S. slaps big new antidumping duties on Chinese – and Vietnamese – makers of the giant towers used at utility-scale wind power farms.

Ormat Technologies brings online the last of three Nevada geothermal power plants build with help from an embattled loan guarantee program.