An energy center, featuring a wood-burning power plant and other working exhibits, is planned for Tampa's Museum of Science & Industry. ...more

December 1, 2008

Methane gas from the county's northwest landfill will soon be converted to electricity ...more

September 4, 2008

Two weeks after winning state approval to build two nuclear reactors north of Crystal River in Levy County, Progress Energy Florida took its proposal to federal regulators on Friday and asked for their OK. ...more

August 2, 2008

Fifteen years after it was signed, an agreement between the United States and Russia to convert "megatons into megawatts" has done enormous good: More than 325 metric tons of highly enriched uranium from Russian nuclear warheads have been diluted into low-enriched uranium and used as fuel in U.S. nuclear power plants to produce electricity for American homes, business and industry. ...more

July 20, 2008

Texas, headquarters of America's oil industry, is about to stake a fortune on wind power. ...more

July 18, 2008

Covanta Pasco, which runs the county's waste-to-energy incinerator at Hayes Road, has received recognition for going "above and beyond" required environmental standards. ...more

June 28, 2008

In an effort to stretch dollars and tackle needed improvements at solid waste facilities, county commissioners agreed this week to refinance debt and take out an additional bond issue for capital projects. ...more

February 21, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA More Local Foreclosures Hillsborough County's foreclosure spike is continuing into 2008, says a firm that collects data on the litigation that starts the foreclosure process. Default Research of Mount Pleasant, Pa., tracked 919 Hillsborough lis pendens court petitions in January, up 9.7 percent from 838 cases in December. The firm does not collect data on other area counties. The news comes after another firm listed Florida as second in the nation for its 2007 foreclosure rate of more than 2 percent. ...more

February 15, 2008

The parent company of Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas said Tuesday that both utilities will be seeking permission from state regulators this year to raise consumer rates, citing major investments in new generation and higher operating costs. ...more

February 6, 2008

Florida, a state that has fought hard to preserve the ban on oil production off its shores, has effectively closed the door on another traditional source of energy. ...more

October 9, 2007