The Nissan Leaf beat out the Audi A8 and BMW 5-series to win the World Car Award for 2011. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) As a herald of an electric-c... read more »
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A new type of solar thermal system for homes that can provide heat, hot water, and electricity is being tested in Boulder, Colo., over the next few m... read more »
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Here are the top stories we&'re following today on the GreenBeat:Most of GE&'s recent renewable energy investing has gone towards wind energy projects... read more »
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Brammo&39's Engage electric motorcycle with a six-speed transmission. (Credit: Brammo) Brammo will offer its electric motorcycles with a six-speed... read more »
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Just when you thought solar was headed everywhere--rooftops, utility poles, and deserts, to name a few places--it's coming to your keyboard too. ... read more »
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Here are the top cleantech stories we&'re following on the GreenBeat:Tesla expects Japan to eventually become its No. 2 market for sales after the U.S... read more »
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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-- Waste Management wants your waste for more reasons that you might think. The company, which hauls garbage from 22 million c... read more »
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Artist&39's rendering of completed Tierra del Sol home. (Credit: Zeta Communities) Zeta Communities broke ground yesterday on a net-zero housing d... read more »
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A rendering of the 30-car solar charging station being built at Nissan&39's Smyrna plants. (Credit: Nissan) Nissan began construction on a 30-car... read more »
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A Toyota FCHV-adv refueling at the new hydrogen station in Torrance, Calif. (Credit: Toyota) Toyota opened the first hydrogen refueling station i... read more »
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The Kia Naimo is a four-seat five-door electric concept that debuted at the 2011 Seoul Motor Show. (Credit: Kia) Kia debuted its electric car con... read more »
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To get the same economics of the computer semiconductor industry, the LED lighting world needs to start manufacturing on the same equipment, says Br... read more »
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2011 Zero DS all-electric motorcycle (Credit: Zero Motorcycles) The 2011 lineup from electric-motorcycle maker Zero Motorcycles will be offered wi... read more »
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Facebook on Thursday unveiled "Green on Facebook," a page dedicated to spreading environmental awareness and other "green" news, and in tandem anno... read more »
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After being the hot venture capital investment category for the last few years, green tech appears to be cooling off. The National Venture Capital ... read more »
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Energy efficiency company EnerNoc said today it has acquired privately held Global Energy Partners, a move that gives EnerNoc a bigger national pres... read more »
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This is the first time in the 47-year history of the annual competition that the award has gone to an electric vehicle, in this case the Nissan Lea... read more »
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Although its short-term funding remains uncertain, the 2-year-old Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program ha... read more »
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India and the United States have agreed to cooperate on energy projects, including shale gas and clean energy, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh... read more »
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BOSTON--Even with the excitement ARPA-E generates for its energy research, more people are questioning how to get those innovations out of labs and ... read more »
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