Avatar Posted by stephainer 740081 days ago (http://venturebeat.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Solar startup Alta Devices raises $72M — no
Stealthy solar startup Alta Devices has raised a whopping $72 million from one of the longest list of high-profile investors you might ever see, which... read more »
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Avatar Posted by abnusiredf 5479 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: energy storage as a service beef grid?
There are many research efforts to radically improve energy storage for both vehicles and the grid, but the business models for bringing that techno... read more »
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Avatar Posted by minisa 5511 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: SunShot solar research targets $1 per watt
Photovoltaic research at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/Roy Kaltschmidt) The Department of Energy... read more »
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Avatar Posted by VanessaVex 5374 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: City power plant waste heat fuels district heating
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--To modernize a 1940s power plant for better efficiency, its owner turned to an underground steam pipe system designed in the 19th ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by packpackxzz 5375 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Alta Devices lifts curtain on high-efficiency sola
Low-profile solar start-up Alta Devices today will detail a technique it claims can deliver record solar cell efficiency, a step toward making solar... read more »
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Avatar Posted by fashionchic 5403 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: 2012 Toyota Prius V first drive
Toyota brought a fleet of its new Prius V model out to California for testing. (Credit: Wayne Cunningham/CNET) When Toyota first introduced the ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by melanietunnell3 5380 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Do new water technologies stand a chance?
BOSTON--It's a business with extremely risk-averse customers that have little money spend. On the plus side, it's vital to life and a strained natur... read more »
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Avatar Posted by James01 5606 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Pay dirt: Why rare earth metals matter tech (FAQ)
A topic most people once considered as boring as dirt--rare earth minerals--has fast become a matter of international significance with a direct impa... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Ben001 5611 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Report: Hybrid EV grow remain small
J.D. Power and Associates today forecast that 7 percent of new auto sales in 2020 will be hybrids or battery electric vehicles but a "mass migration... read more »
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Avatar Posted by sallydu 740081 days ago (http://venturebeat.com)
Category: Eco
It&'s Christmas time for Instapaper fanatics: Developer Marco Arment has finally delivered Instapaper 3.0 for the iPhone and iPad, bringing with it ne... read more »
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Avatar Posted by BobPatric 5414 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Chevy Volt assembled solar-powered plant
(Credit: GM) In its first year the Chevrolet Volt has garnered several awards, including 2011 Motor Trend Car of the Year, Green Car Journal's 201... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Kandifhhb 740081 days ago (http://venturebeat.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: On GreenBeat: Honda looks Google electric car p
Here are the top stories we&'re following today in cleantech:Carbon emissions are on track to reach a record high in 2010, largely due to the growing ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by bperfaterr51 5424 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: LED bulbs move mix home lightg
In the space of a few years, I've gone from one lighting technology to another and now to three lighting types in my home. I suspect others will be ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by mesol 5388 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Fujitsu is cutting power use after Japan quake
Fujitsu will cut its power usage by 15 percent this summer in parts of Japan suffering from power shortages caused by the massive March earthquak... read more »
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Avatar Posted by sufmonre0z9xm6 5373 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Tata Steel partnership yields solar girders
A 10-foot girder integrated with solar cells by a team of 30 researchers in Wales. (Credit: Dyesol) Steel giant Tata Steel has partnered with Aust... read more »
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Avatar Posted by svetaladp 5416 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: DC lightg plugs Facebook da center
Lighting controls company Redwood Systems has done a number of installations in data centers. (Credit: Redwood Systems) To improve the efficiency... read more »
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Avatar Posted by parriaminkak 5576 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Mexico urges higher ambitions clime talks
CANCUN, Mexico--Mexico is pushing parties at the United Nations climate change meeting to strive for the best possible deal, although even the most ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by minterpnoresor 740081 days ago (http://venturebeat.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Irish gas supplier vests $2.6 million tidal power
Bord Gis Energy, Ireland&'s main supplier of natural gas, has just invested $1.3 million in OpenHydro, which manufactures tidal energy systems.Tidal ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by ingliresikh 5449 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: ALTe Powertrain Tech retrofits trucks as plug-ins
Even as the big automakers start making plug-in electric vehicles, ALTe PowertrainTechnologies is one of many companies seeking to carve out a busin... read more »
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Avatar Posted by cowaarom 5379 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Senate vote marks start of end ethanol subsidies
The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to eliminate billions of dollars in support for the U.S. ethanol industry, sending a strong message that the ... read more »
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