The stock price of Europe’s biggest energy producer, EDF, slumped sharply on news that Bank of America cut its stock rating due to concerns about earnings from nuclear generation

The Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

The World Wind Energy Association expects global wind power capacity to reach 500,000 MW by 2016 and that total global wind power capacity of around 1 million MW is possible by the year 2020.

SolarCity signed a lease financing agreement with Goldman Sachs to fund more than $500 million to develop some 110 MW of solar power.

The National Science Foundation is awarding a $20 million grant to Nevada’s higher education system to help fund research on solar power.

The Nebraska Electric Generation and Transmission Co-op Inc. is asking Nebraska Public Power District to eliminate proposed investments in wind energy, emissions controls and energy efficiency programs.

Natural gas storage system maker Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide and its unit, Schneider Power, completed the sale of the 1.6 MW Providence Bay wind farm to Leader Resources.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas offers a glimpse into how the markets are doing domestically and internationally.

U.S.-based North Energy Central (NEC), a unit of Southern California Telephone & Energy (SCT&E), agreed with the Dominican Republic State-owned Electric Utility (CDEEE) to install a 400 MW natural gas-fired power plant in Manzanillo, in the Northwest province of Montecristi.

The PJM Interconnection could save its customers $6.9 billion if it more than doubled the amount of wind energy it currently plans to build.

The Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

MidAmerican Energy plans to add up to 1,050 MW of wind generation, or up to 656 wind turbines, in Iowa by year-end 2015.

TransAlta Corp. continues to work with the original equipment manufacturer to safely return its Keephills Unit 1 power plant to service.

Black Hills Corp. is selling a 40 MW natural gas-fired power generating unit to the city of Gillette, Wyo. for $22 million.

Picasolar, a team from the University of Arkansas, has won a $150,000 NSTAR MIT Clean Energy Prize for increasing efficiency in solar cells.

Duke Energy Florida has asked regulators to approve an increase in special nuclear charges to Florida customers in order to fund construction of two new reactors near Orlando in addition to covering costs associated with the now defunct Crystal River nuclear plant.

Gemma Power Systems, a subsidiary of Argan Inc., signed a Consent and Intercreditor Agreement for a planned 820 MW natural gas-fired power plant in Pennsylvania.

Arizona-based First Solar Inc. said Monday the company is playing to lay off 150 North American workers over the next few weeks as it restructures its global operations.

Kicking off the AWEA Windpower 2013 event in Chicago, the new leadership of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) took to the stage and underscored a five-point plan to build a viable and sustainable industry centered around developing a unified message backed by personal contributions.