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Leaders of a House subcommittee want to make the Obama administration answer for putting taxpayers on the hook for a half-billion-dollar loan to a now-bankrupt solar panel manufacturer. A hearing Wednesday will examine what went wrong ...

A California solar-panel manufacturer once touted by President Barack Obama as a beneficiary of his administration's economic policies -- and the recipient of a $535 million federal loan -- is laying off 1,100 workers and filing for bankruptcy.

As more electric vehicles come on the market, the need for a common standard for fast-charge connectors is growing.

NASA is on the verge of launching a new solar-powered spacecraft all the way to Jupiter....

NASA's upcoming mission to Jupiter can't get much greener than this: a solar-powered, windmill-shaped spacecraft....

South Korea's ambitions to enter the Indian energy market receive a big boost as the two countries sign a nuclear deal.

Gerald Kulcinski has a big problem. The nuclear engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin needs a rare element to fuel his research into a fusion reactor. But the cost of the isotope -- helium-3 -- is rising faster than a rocket headed to space. A few years ago it was $1,000 a gram, this year it is $7,000 and next year, well, he assumes it will be tens of thousands of dollars.

Each of the top 100 American metropolitan areas has been able to add jobs as a result of green initiatives. Almost all of these jobs pay better than the median wage for that urban area.

The sales of wind turbines for residential use have remained strong throughout the economic downturn and backers see the trend continuing.

The Internet search giant's efforts could help California regain its status as the world's wind power capital, industry experts say. Google Inc. is investing $55 million in a large Mojave Desert wind farm, pumping fresh air into California's struggling wind power industry.