The Canton Provincial Award has been Conferred upon the Chairman of the world’s largest clean technology Company. The man in question is the Head of Build Your Dreams (BYD), Chuanfu Wang.

The Airborne wind turbine prototypes, a distant dream since the 1970s, is finally taking a flight. The Alt energy enthusiasts had always wanted to harness powerful winds from the troposphere. The global winds have an anticipated potential of 800 terawatts at high altitudes. The California-based Company Joby Energy, now for long, has been examining prototypes of its turbines.

As we know Australia is famous for its 6 to 8 cylinder cars, Toyota launches its new car in Australia, Camry Hybrid. It is no different than the other Camry, looks and feels like the same.

According to Dow Jones Clean Technology Insight, the Redwood City, California-based Smart Grid networking provider Silver Spring Networks is preparing for an IPO; and has retained Morgan Stanley and Jeffries & Co. to underwrite a public sale, likely in July this year.

Duke Energy, the power company, has officially announced that its commercial business division, Duke Energy Generation Services, has given approval for the purchase of a 14 MegaWatt Blue Wing Solar Project.

The purchase will be made from juwi Solar Inc., which is a division of Germany's juwi Holding AG.

The Solar Impulse, a prototype of the plane which runs on solar power, recorded its first successful flight, more like a "flea hop", as the project leaders are referring to it.

NEC has introduced to the market its 22 inches, LED-backlit desktop display which reportedly consumes about half of the power as compared to the previous models. The new offering also reduces radiated heat, weight and packaging by a significant amount.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a supporter of alternative fuels and strong regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, has welcomed the decision of some firms to quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce due to their different stance over group’s climate change policy.

European Wind Energy Association said that offshore wind projects, which are expected to fulfill around 17 per cent of the European Union' energy demands by 2030, are facing acute shortage of funds.

Cambridge-based research firm, Joule Biotechnologies has ambitious plans to use designer microorganisms for producing transportation fuels by converting carbon dioxide and sunlight into a chemical indistinguishable from ethanol.