Fourteen senators from both parties a ' including several who remain undecided on the climate bill a ' met for more than an hour with Obama, four Cabinet members and White House energy adviser Carol Browner.

Beyond the usual suspects - monocrystalline, thin film, and solar thermal - have emerged a tantalizing array of even more advanced solar energy technologies.

Environmentalists told a New Jersey Assembly committee that midyear budget cuts to clean energy efforts and the Highlands would be felt across the state.

Published by Hannah Wooderson for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Environment Tuesday 9th March 2010 - 4:00pm Two more areas propose eco-town developments Two new areas have been added to the list of proposals for a "second wave" of eco-towns, the Government said today.

Two years ago, this gritty mining city hosted a brief 21st-century gold rush. Long famous for coal, Puertollano discovered another energy source it had overlooked: the relentless, scorching sun.