Avatar Posted by VellduenSheni 5666 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: GM hiring push electric effort beyond Volt
General Motors said today it would hire 1,000 engineers and researchers in Michigan over the next two years to develop more electric cars and hybrid... read more »
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Avatar Posted by ufowebblog 5629 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: GE outfit Marthas Vineyard homes
View of what Martha's Vineyard's proposed offshore wind turbines might look like from the Aquinnah Cliffs looking southwest. (Credit: Vineyard Powe... read more »
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Avatar Posted by buildmix5 5658 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: VCs green tech its Plan B
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Venture capitalists, who once thronged into clean technology, are finding that they need to rethink their strategies in order to s... read more »
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Avatar Posted by pharmacykingmak 5660 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: EnerNoc goes shopping spread demand response
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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Avatar Posted by gorosinoog 5504 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Toys R Us building massive rooftop solar proje
Constellation Energy workers installing the solar system on the roof of the Toys "'R"' Us distribution facility in Flanders, N.J. (Credit: ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Erlenex51 5580 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Waste heat-powered thermoelectrics find investors
Rather than burning stuff to make electricity, a handful of thermoelectric-technology companies are trying to tap waste heat as an energy source. P... read more »
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Avatar Posted by riauckli1 5610 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Intel bankrolls Sulfurcell a solar thin-film outf
Sulfurcell&39's thin-film solar modules can be fitted into roof-top panels or used as part of a building&39's facade, as seen here at the Ferdinand... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Suzana 5617 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Green asphalt layers cool surface on school lo
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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Avatar Posted by kabuuto95 5477 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Start-up pumped compressed air wind storage
A diagram of General Compressions compressed air energy storage system from the ARPA-E Summit earlier this year. (Credit: General Compression) G... read more »
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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 James01 5695 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 poojaagarwal91 5699 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Chicken manure help power U.K. homes
(Credit: Alfagy) The picturesque Cotswolds of England will soon be using those lovely animals dotting its hillsides to provide power to some of it... read more »
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Avatar Posted by RobertsAccs 740169 days ago (http://venturebeat.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Wi-Fi Alliance fires GE endorsement of ZigBee
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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Avatar Posted by Rosa 740169 days ago (http://venturebeat.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Ford Focus zoom 20 first-launch cities 2011
In a move that shows how difficult it is to produce and sell electric cars, even for the giants of the auto industry, Ford announced today that 20 U.S... read more »
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Avatar Posted by nuingren2 5490 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: GE unveils power plant Paris
GE's FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant (Credit: GE) At a Paris event on Wednesday, GE announced a new gas-fuelled power plant it says... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Fruiquetrerma 5575 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Chu calls comeback U.S. energy tech
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Energy Secretary Steven Chu is drawing on U.S. history in research and development to advocate for policies to encourage clean... read more »
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Avatar Posted by restaurantlancpa 5700 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Tesla opens doors Model S facry
Tesla Model S all-electric sedan. (Credit: Tesla Motors) Tesla Motors will officially open the doors today on what may be the only automotive fact... read more »
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Avatar Posted by mamapapa2010 5657 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Robots meet solar Solyndra Fab
Robotics manufacturing tends to evoke visions of a John Henry-esque scenario in which competent women and men lose jobs to hunks of automated metal. ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by germkaammg 5680 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Renault/Nissan chief likes EV odds
Renault/Nissan expects to produce 500,000 electric cars annually worldwide at the end of 2013 and does not need a successful launch of the General M... read more »
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Avatar Posted by escoriana 5469 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: DOE sets aside $2 billion concentrated solar
Mirrored parabolic troughs concentrate solar energy onto pipes containing synthetic oil. (Credit: NextEra Energy Resources) The Department of Ener... read more »
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