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The number of wind energy installations built in Canada so far this year is putting the country on track for its best year yet, with 1,338MW projected to come online, new figures show. 
Half of multinational companies look to select suppliers based on their future carbon performance due to increased shareholder pressure, a new study has found. 
Clean energy investments by the US Department of Defense increased to $1.2bn by 2009 from $400m in 2006 and are expected to eclipse $10bn by 2030, according to a new report. 
The rapid growth of the US solar industry has outpaced the global market, with 314MW installed in the second quarter alone, according to new figures. 
The annual report of the world's biggest 500 companies reveals strong correlation between higher financial performance and good climate change disclosure and performance. 
With the smart grid sector in a buoyant state and manufacturers showing confidence in the sector, money is beginning to flow in from venture capital firms, writes the author of smart grid blog Memoori Allan McHale. 
Investors will find it hard to maintain healthy returns if faced with accelerating climate change and ecosystem collapse, according to a new report. 
In 2010, China became the largest wind energy market in the world with an installed capacity of 42GW. 
To meet European landfill diversion targets alone, the UK needs to build 8.8 million tonnes of new residual waste treatment capacity by 2020; a challenge acknowledged by the government in its recent Review of Waste Policy. 
While solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity has experienced remarkable growth in recent years, bureaucratic hurdles continue to make it impossible to fully exploit the sun’s potential as a source of energy. 
Solar photovoltaic electricity looks set to reach grid parity in some European markets as early as 2013, and in all market segments across the continent by 2020, according to a new study by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association. 
The global wind industry saw 18.4GW of new installations in the first half of 2011, with 43.9GW expected for the full year, according to the latest report from the World Wind Energy Association. 
Wind power deployment in Brazil is set to exceed 5GW by 2013, a five-fold increase from the current installed capacity, according to a recent study. However, a long-term specific policy framework for wind power is still required to sustain investment in the sector. 
In 2010, US solar firms achieved a positive trade flow of $1.9bn according to the Solar Energy Industry Association’s latest report. 
After a decline in 2009, carbon dioxide emissions in the US rose last year, despite the ongoing economic turmoil that has historically kept manufacturing pollutants down, a new report shows. 
Global growth of the wind power sector was propped up by China’s large state-owned independent power producers, according to a new report. 
One fifth of the estimated global energy demand by the end of the century could be satisfied by biomass, but generating energy from crops instead of oil and coal can also have counterproductive effects, a new study highlights. 
Investments in wind equipment are likely to reach $68bn by 2025 during a period of sustained growth, according to a new study. 
The vast majority of UK businesses complied with the first Carbon Reduction Commitment deadline, new figures from the Environment Agency show. 
The cultivation of biomass-derived energy sources can be increased in a sustainable manner through the use of widely-accepted conservation practices, such as no-till farming and crop rotation, according a major study released in the US. 
