The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will hold its third annual Energy Innovation Summit on Feb. 27-29, 2012, at the Gaylord Convention Center near Washington, D.C.

HyperSolar Inc., developer of a new technology to make renewable natural gas using solar power, said that its patent-pending process produces the gas using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.

The Gardiner Farms cattle feedlot in Kirkton, Ontario, Canada, is producing electricity and thermal energy with a new combined heat and power (CHP) system, offsetting the prior purchase of energy produced using fossil fuels.

The United States topped China for the first time since 2008 as global clean energy investment reached a new record of $260 billion in 2011, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

The United States can virtually eliminate the need for imported energy in less than a decade, through advancements in energy exploration that tap into the nation’s domestic energy resources, according to Advanced Energy Center of America.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) could generate 7,000 megawatts (MW) of solar energy — equivalent to the output of seven nuclear power plants — on four military bases located in the California desert, according to a study released by DOD’s Office of Installations and Environment.

Consumer support for clean energy concepts, ranging from renewable energy to smart grid technologies, declined significantly between 2009 and 2011, according to a new survey from Pike Research.

Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning LLC (HSWAC) announced that the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) approved to enter into a Grant of Non-Exclusive Easement and Construction Right of Entry in Kakaako makai lands for the underground piping of the company’s seawater air conditioning project for Honolulu.