Avatar Posted by chrissygr22 5602 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Community solar a tryout major Calif. utility
(Credit: Southern California Edison) Southern California Edison announced yesterday it has added seven new community solar plants to its energy re... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Renata86 5663 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Nissans Leaf hitting road
Japan's Nissan Motor formally launched today its zero emissions Leaf vehicle, an electric car boasting a range of 124 miles and billed as the first... read more »
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Avatar Posted by willnotlii 5614 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: U.S. gives $650 million loan aid biofuels waste
The U.S. government yesterday gave four biofuel companies loan guarantees of nearly $650 million to help build plants that will make motor fuels fr... read more »
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Avatar Posted by smithadam 5582 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Stand tweaks recipe quantum dot solar cells
To improve solar cell efficiency, Stanford researchers added a self-assembling monolayer (SAM) of an organic molecule to a titanium oxide semicon... read more »
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Avatar Posted by marbuglatae 5581 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: EPA compromises on industrial pollution rules
The Obama administration scaled back on demands for heavy industrial boilers to cut toxic air emissions, a sign it may be willing to compromise wit... read more »
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Avatar Posted by ttwotimeso 5630 days ago (http://ces.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: CES: Electric Uno scooter doubles as a unicycle
The Uno electric scooter is a unique beast: an electric scooter that looks like a mini-motorcycle and folds up into a Segway-like scooter balanced o... read more »
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Avatar Posted by anybgado 5561 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Germany shut down pre-1980 nuclear plants
Germany will shut down all seven of its nuclear power plants that began operation before 1980 and it is unclear whether they will start up again, th... read more »
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Avatar Posted by resbimmarlk 5614 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: EPA approve E15 cars built 2001 later
Pro-ethanol group Growth Energy says the current 10 percent ethanol cap in gasoline is slowing the growth and development of the renewable fuels in... read more »
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Avatar Posted by limuckma2 5629 days ago (http://ces.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: CES: Ford introduces smartphone app electric Focu
The MyFord Mobile app uses MapQuest to find charging stations. (Credit: Ford) MyFord Mobile smartphone app (photos) LAS VEGAS--The Chevy ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by pestcontrolguildford 5587 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Atlas Shrugged pushing high-speed rail?
Contemporary high-speed rail seems to have gotten the nod as a plan worthy of pursuit from the makers of the long-awaited film version of "Atlas Shru... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Preety01 5637 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Warren Buffett boosts Iowa wind
Siemens wind turbines at the Farr Wind Farm located near Inverness, Scotland. (Credit: Siemens) MidAmerican Energy plans to install 593 megawatts ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by sirwinreblue 5490 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: U.S. wind growing again business still choppy
The U.S. wind industry is growing again after taking a big step backward last year. Yet turbine makers and wind farm developers are finding few r... read more »
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Avatar Posted by 09ZSirish 5492 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Low-income apartments high efficiency
BOSTON--Green building professionals can point to dozens of houses that are so efficient they consume less than half the energy of an average Americ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Jessiccan 5502 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Where electronics go die responsibly
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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Avatar Posted by mariedelexz 5603 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Home security packaged energy solar
Vivint is a home security company looking for growth in home energy and solar installations. The company, formerly called APX Alarms, today is sche... read more »
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Avatar Posted by healthcentral 5665 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Energy Department awards supercomputing
(Credit: National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Look at who's logging supercomputing time these days and you a... read more »
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Avatar Posted by janebooene 5504 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Google Prediction Ford plug-ins efficient
Ford presented a demonstration using Google&39's Prediction API to find the most efficient route for a plug-in hybrid. (Credit: Ford) To take th... read more »
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Avatar Posted by megaicenek 5698 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: California approves Tessera solar plant
NTR's Tessera Solar won approval for a 663.5-megawatt solar plant near Barstow in Southern California, the latest in a string of giant solar plants... read more »
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Avatar Posted by wanminlim1y 5589 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Lower wind solar prices usher speedier adoption
Rapid recent solar and wind price falls are likely to bring new markets and mass adoption a step closer over the next decade and raise the prospects... read more »
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Avatar Posted by enochkeonc 5678 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Sylvania 60-watt replacement LED coming Lowes
The Sylvania LED designed for general lighting, which gives off as much light as a 60-watt incandescent and uses 12 watts. (Credit: Osram Sylvani... read more »
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