Ormat Technologies Inc. began commercial operation at Plant 2 of the Olkaria III geothermal plant in Kenya, increasing the company’s total generating capacity by 36 MW to 611 MW worldwide.

A unit of Ormat Technologies Inc. entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) to deliver electricity from its Wild Rose geothermal power plant in Mineral County, Nev.

U.S. Geothermal Inc., a renewable energy company focused on the development, production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy, announced that founder, director and CEO Daniel Kunz will retire as chief executive and a member of the board of directors.

California-based AAE Systems Inc. and the Ugandan government have entered a power purchase agreement for electricity produced by a 150 MW geothermal plant built in western Uganda.

The Internal Revenue Service explained today what developers must do this year to be considered to have started construction of new renewable energy projects.

The Department of Energy (DOE) recognized what it called the nation's first commercial enhanced geothermal system (EGS) project to supply electricity to the grid.

Investments by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are helping to produce geothermal power at increasingly lower temperatures.

The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), which is focused on growing manufacturing of clean energy products and improving manufacturing energy productivity.

Apple recently announced that the technology company’s data centers are now powered entirely by renewable energy sources.

U.S. Geothermal Inc. said that its subsidiary, USG Oregon LLC, was approved for a $35.9 million cash grant from the U.S. Department of Treasury for the 35 MW Neal Hot Springs geothermal power plant in Oregon.

Three New England states are planning joint solicitations for renewable energy in an attempt to create a buyer’s market and driving down the costs of renewable energy.

The U.S. Energy Department (DOE)’s Federal Energy Management Program issued new guidance for federal agencies developing renewable energy projects larger than 10 MW.

U.S. Geothermal Inc. has substantially completed the 8.6 MW San Emidio geothermal power project in Nevada.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar reported this week the Obama administration’s renewable energy program has authorized dozens of renewable energy projects on public lands and will hold the first-ever auctions for commercial wind development in the Atlantic Ocean this year.

A report from Pike Research states that of the 454 geothermal power projects under active development globally, nearly 200 of those are located in North America.

More than 147 MW of gross geothermal capacity was brought online in 2012, an increase of 5 percent from 2011.

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced recently it has identified 23 solar, wind and geothermal power projects that it plans to push through the permisitting process over the next two years.

A Bloomberg New Energy Finance report shows that U.S. carbon dioxide emission levels are at the lowest since 1994.

Ormat Nevada Inc., a subsidiary of Ormat Technologies Inc. announced that the company and JPM Capital Corp. entered into a tax equity partnership transaction involving eight geothermal power plants in California and Nevada.