Agency to hold workshop on renewable energy (Poughkeepsie Journal)

MILLBROOK -The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development agency is sponsoring a workshop for farmers and rural small business operators interested in renewable energy and value-added projects on Jan. 20.

Ministries compromise to advance renewable energy (Globes Online)

The ministries set a target of 10% of Israel's total production to come from renewable energy sources 2020.

Sector Snap: Alternative energy sector advances (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Shares of solar and other alternative energy companies jumped Monday as investors proved optimistic about President-elect Barack Obama's clean-energy proposals and oil prices rose.

Guv announces new renewal energy rules (Belmont Citizen-Herald)

The Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has released regulations expanding support for renewable energy and alternative energy technologies mandated by the Green Communities Act, the comprehensive energy reform legislation enacted last year.

Obama starts year with renewable energy pledge (vnunet.com)

John Sterlicchi, BusinessGreen , Monday 5 January 2009 at 11:52:00 As president-elect Barack Obama prepares to meet with members of Congress this week to discuss his economic stimulus package, he pledges to make renewable energy a central component of the bail out US president-elect...

Green Power EMC Awarded Nation's Leading Voluntary Certification For Renewable Energy (PollutionOnline)

Green Power EMC (GPEMC) announced recently that its renewable energy program received Green-e Energy(TM) Certification from the Center for Resource Solutions, the nation's leading certification and verification program for renewable energy

Research and Markets: China's Clean and Renewable Energy Sector Is Poised For Massive Growth According To the Report ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "China: Clean and Renewable Energy Report to 2010" report to their offering.

VCs still pump dough into green tech, renewable energy (The Register)

Q4 takes a bit of a haircut The economic meltdown has put a damper on a lot of things, but it seems to have been less of a wet blanket for investors in startups in the green technology and renewable energy in 2008 - if you exclude the final quarter of the unusually dismal year.?

State budget could bring more renewable energy projects to Mojave (Desert Dispatch Online)

MOJAVE DESERT ? The 2009-10 budget proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger aims to bring more renewable energy projects to the Mojave Desert.