Bloom Energy has raised over a billion dollars in venture capital, and CEO Sridhar claims the significant KW per-hour cost is sustainable. (GreentechMedia)

The former mining town of Puertollano became the worldwide center of solar panel manufacturing but when the subsidies ran out the town went bust. (MNN)

The city of ‘big oil’ is working with Reliant Energy to be one of the cities to launch Nissan’s Leaf all=electric vehicle later this year. (GreenBiz)

Britain and Norway have announced plans to build an underwater cable through the North Sea in order to share renewable energy and stabilize power sources. (EcoSeed)

Despite concerns from environmentalists and some members of his own party, President Obama pledged federal loan guarantees to finance nuclear power plant construction. (LATimes)

Wind and solar accounted for over half of new electric generating capacity installed in Europe in 2009, with wind power accounting for 39% of that total. (ENN)

IBM has opened a ‘green’ data center in North Carolina dedicated to cloud computing which will allow clients to reduce energy usage and infrastructure costs. (NewsFactor)

The CEO of Virgin Airlines, and other British business leaders, have issued a warning that the world is facing an oil crunch within five years and steps must be taken to avert it. (businessGreen)

Californians are adopting home energy alternatives other than solar as new technologies and government subsidies become more widely available. (LATimes)

The Bontan Oil and Gas Company has discovered natural gas off Israel’s coast which could be another source of clean fuel for the country which has no agreements with it’s oil producing neighbors in the middle east. (ENN)