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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(Credit: Ford) Ford wants the action of plugging in a new Ford EV to have an intuitive feel. The automaker today announced it has standardized the... read more »
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A unit of Spanish conglomerate Abengoa has gotten the final sign-off on the U.S. Department of Energy's largest renewable-energy loan to date, a $1.... read more »
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The cost of efficient yet pricey LED light bulbs could fall by 50 percent in the next five years, according to the top Philips Lighting executive in... read more »
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Home of the future A Web-based application for managing home energy, a smart thermostat, and display for notifications and energy data. (Credit: Sc... read more »
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Control4&39's Energy Management System (EMS) 100 will be used by Cisco in smart-grid deals. (Credit: Martin LaMonica/CNET) Cisco Systems has inve... read more »
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In the geeky world of energy storage, there are well-understood limitations to plain old batteries and to ultracapacitors, devices able to store rel... read more »
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It's time to digitize power supplies to make them smart enough to work with multiple devices and draw only the power that electronics need, accordin... read more »
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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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The sun may be in your iPhone battery's future. Yesterday, Apple received Patent No. 7,868,582 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for poweri... read more »
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Now that plug-in electric-vehicle technology is ready for prime time, forward-looking cities are trying to modernize their building codes to stay cu... read more »
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Customers registered to buy a Nissan Leaf electric car will take delivery before summer is over, the carmaker said yesterday. Nissan delivered few... read more »
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Robert Bailis (Credit: Yale University) Boeing's two-year study of jatropha-curcas agriculture in Brazil has found that location choice and strong... 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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Jatropha plant nuts consist of 30 percent to 40 percent oil that can be converted into biofuel. Air New Zealand, and other commercial airlines, hav... read more »
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Mercedes delivered the first F-Cell to a Southern California customer who is leasing the compact hydrogen vehicle for $850 per month. At least the ... read more »
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The California Energy Commission has approved a permit for SolarReserve to build a 150-megawatt solar plant that uses molten salt to store energy, th... read more »
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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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Nissan Motor has received complaints from owners that its Leaf electric car on occasion fails to start, posing a potential setback for the automaker... read more »
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Buildings are the next frontier for computerized instrumentation, leading to a collision between building management incumbents and IT companies loo... read more »
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