Earlier this month, GE officially endorsed ZigBee as the wireless standard of choice for smart appliances in a white paper, but the Wi-Fi guys aren&'t... read more »
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After record solar-plant approval in 2010, the California Energy Commission believes its "big push" in solar-thermal projects is over. This past ye... read more »
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Qteros, which has a method for creating ethanol from naturally occurring microbes, has signed a partnership to bring its technology to market in Ind... read more »
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Kior&39's process uses a catalyst to treat biomass to turn it into a petroleum replacement. The proprietary catalyst is recuperated during the pr... read more »
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Solar photovoltaics have the potential to be the most cost-effective electricity source and could even challenge fossil fuels within 10 years. That... read more »
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The Obama administration today launched of an energy efficiency program that will provide consumers with a home efficiency rating. Vice President J... read more »
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Shown is a map of high-speed railroads currently under construction in the U.S., as well as corridors under development, and proposed lines under... read more »
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Lighting Sciences Group today introduced an LED bulb designed as a replacement for a 60-watt incandescent that will be available next month for unde... read more »
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Veutility is a new addition to the crowded energy management market. The company&'s main selling point is that it uses data from a single smart meter ... read more »
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WORCESTER, Mass.--The electronic waste piling up in our closets and basements holds valuable material that could be used to make something new, as i... read more »
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Scuderi Group is one of a handful of companies seeking to break with the traditional design of the internal combustion engine in the name of fuel ef... read more »
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The Ford C-Max Energi is the company's first plug-in hybrid production electric vehicle. (Credit: Ford) Ford is planning to grab a large piece of ... read more »
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Green-technology proponents need a better way to make their case, according to Arnold Schwarzenegger, who, in a speech today, ... read more »
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The technology to shift U.S. transportation from oil to electricity is basically ready to go, but political and infrastructure issues could stymie g... read more »
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Hara&39's dashboard allows managers to track different energy and environmental metrics, including greenhouse gases. (Credit: Hara) Start-up Hara... read more »
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The U.S. Department of Energy is offering $2.1 billion in conditional loan guarantees to support what will be the world's biggest solar power plant... read more »
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The newly inaugurated Wind Technology Testing Center. (Credit: Matt Bennett/Massachusetts Governor's Office) Boston is now home to the world's lar... 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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Ultracapacitor maker Ioxus today said it has raised $21 million from a handful of large industrial companies, a vote of confidence in this relativel... read more »
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Four-year-old start-up Transphorm is tackling a problem as old as the electricity distribution grid: the energy lost in converting between AC and DC... read more »
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