The RCB-X is powered by an alternative fuel blend of 50 percent algae-based and 50 percent NATO F-76 fuels. (Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Commu... read more »
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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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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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Smart-grid company Tendril Networks said it has acquired Grounded Power, a small company with expertise in the social aspects of energy efficiency. ... read more »
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The Supreme Court today rejected a global warming lawsuit against five big power companies, its most important environmental ruling since 2007 and a... read more »
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The White House today outlined its priorities for modernizing the electricity grid, saying the smart grid is central to economic competitiveness ... read more »
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Industrial designer Eric Leong takes a speculative look at how a 2015 Toyota Prius might appear. (Credit: Eric Leong) What if I told you that th... read more »
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What's light green, sprayed on top of asphalt, and lowers the temperature of parking lots by 30 degrees If you went to school at Robert L. Duffy sch... read more »
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Using data from meters and demographic sources, GridGlo can create an energy efficiency profile of consumers and regions. Here, green indicates rel... read more »
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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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The all-electric Zero DS gets 58 miles on a single charge and is notably quiet by motorcycle standards. (Credit: Zero Motorcycles) Zero Motorocycl... read more »
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Investment in clean-technology companies rose in the U.S. last year, garnering $3.98 billion in venture capital, according to a report released yeste... read more »
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A Department of Energy project will test how refrigerator-size fuel cells fit a niche in the energy system of serving up heat and electricity to bus... read more »
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Google said today it had invested in a startup called Transphorm, whose power-conversion efficiency technology could some day help create more efficie... read more »
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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.--Six years into green-tech venture investing, Kleiner Perkins continues to see the potential for green technologies to leapfro... read more »
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Nissan Motor, Japan's second-biggest automaker, said today that Leaf production will reach full capacity by March at its factory south of Tokyo. T... 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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Smart grid software platform company Grid Net announced today it will release the second generation of its smart grid operating system, PolicyNet, for... read more »
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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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Amid a full-blown humanitarian crisis from a massive earthquake and tsunami, Japan is racing against time to avert a nuclear catastrophe. Plant wor... read more »
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