NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Monday that as part of a new solar power pilot project, it is purchasing solar power from BP Solar, SunEdison LLC, and PowerLight for 22 combined Wal-Mart stores, Sam's Clubs and a distribution center in Hawaii and California.

Gus Sansone installed an 80-foot-tall wind turbine system, costing $32,000, outside his home in Southern California. “We’re saving barrels of oil and pollution,” Mr. Sansone said of the change. By JENNIFER ALSEVER GUS SANSONE has not had to pay an electricity bill in five years, thanks to the 35-mile-an-hour wind gusts that whip past his house on the high desert of San Bernardino County, Calif.

The Sunday Business Post will be holding the inaugural Alternative, Sustainable & Renewable Energy Summit in Croke Park, Dublin, on April 23 and 24. The Sunday Business Post will be holding the inaugural Alternative, Sustainable & Renewable Energy Summit in Croke Park, Dublin, on April 23 and 24.

By JULIE CARR SMYTH COLUMBUS, Ohio - New York had its Silicon Alley, Michigan its Automation Alley and Illinois its Silicon Prairie. Now comes Ohio in the parade of Silicon Valley wannabes U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Gov. Ted Strickland, both Democrats, pledged during their 2006 campaigns to join forces in Washington and Columbus to make Ohio "the Silicon Valley of alternative energy."

Vinod Khosla's investment activity in renewable energy startups is very deep. While speaking at the Management of Technology Lecture Series earlier this month at the Haas School of Business in Berkeley, he gave the most detailed look yet at Khosla Ventures' investment portfolio. Most of the companies are based around the general themes of making coal, materials, efficiency and oil more efficient. Then, he further refines them by grouping his investments according to the type of energy that the portfolio companies are trying to improve or harness. Here are the specific investment themes and companies that fall into each category:

The North Dakota House of Representatives passed two key pieces of a comprehensive renewable energy plan for the state of North Dakota. Senate bills 2180 and 2288 are targeted at increasing the production of renewable energy within the state of North Dakota.

TORONTO, CNW The Renewable Energy Task Team is very encouraged by the announcement by Hydro One that it will act on the recommendation of the Ontario Power Authority and begin the process of seeking approvals for a new transmission line to delivery electricity from the Bruce region to Ontario's electricity consumers.

by R.M. Schneiderman The solar power market should continue to see robust growth, largely due to government incentives, declining production costs and the rising price of fossil fuels, according to a Monday report by Banc of America Securities.

Tokyo, Japan, Mar 26, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TSE: 9104) today announced that the solar power generation system at Ohi Container Terminal Berth No.4 started operation in March. The system is called the Tokyo International Container Terminal Solar Power Station.

Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks) Avoiding the Rush Whenever there is a gold rush, the people who make the real money are seldom the gold miners, but rather the suppliers to the miners that come home with the lion's share of the profits. This is not because there is not an incredible amount of money to be made in mining gold, but because the nature of a gold rush is that too many optimistic miners are encouraged by the early profits of a few to rush to pursue too few opportunities.