  The obstruction for the existence of an energy momentum tensor for the
gravitational field is connected with differential-geometric features of the
Riemannian manifold. It has not to be valid for alternative geometrical
structures. In this article a general 3-parameter class of teleparallel models
is considered. The field equation turns out to have a form completely similar
to the Maxwell field equation $d*\F^a=\T^a$. By applying the Noether procedure,
the source 3-form $\T^a$ is shown to be connected with the diffeomorphism
invariance of the Lagrangian. Thus the source of the coframe field is
interpreted as the total conserved energy-momentum current of the system. A
reduction of the conserved current to the Noether current and the Noether
charge for the coframe field is provided. An energy-momentum tensor for the
coframe field is defined in a diffeomorphism invariant and a translational
covariant way. The total energy-momentum current of a system is conserved. Thus
a redistribution of the energy-momentum current between material and coframe
(gravity) field is possible in principle, unlike as in GR. The energy-momentum
tensor is calculated for various teleparallel models: the pure Yang-Mills type
model, the anti-Yang-Mills type model and the generalized teleparallel
equivalent of GR. The latter case can serve as a very close alternative to the
GR description of gravity.
