The Canadian government announced an investment of up to $28.6 million (US$27.7 million) over the next 10 years for the 99 MW Caribou Wind Park in New Brunswick.

The Department of Energy said it has finalized a $117 million loan guarantee for Kahuku Wind Power, LLC’s planned 30 MW wind energy plant in Hawaii.

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said the amount of new U.S. wind power installed in the first half of 2010 fell 71 percent from the same period last year.

New Zealand's state-owned power firm Genesis Energy is proposing to build a 600 MW wind farm near Castle Hill on the North Island.

Wave Hub, the South West RDA’s (Regional Development Agency) pioneering marine energy project, has set sail for Cornwall in preparation for installation next week on the seabed 16km offshore.

A consortium controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing has offered Friday to buy the UK electricity networks of French power group EDF Energy for GPB5.78bn ($9bn).

GE and its consortium partner, Cegelec SAS of France, have received a contract totaling more than EUR200m ($261m) to build a 315 MW heavy fuel oil power plant in Morocco.

The Western Governors' Association urged Congress to increase federal loan guarantee authority for new nuclear development by $36 billion

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency denied 10 petitions challenging its 2009 determination that climate change is real, is occurring due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities and threatens human health and the environment.

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