Tendril is trying to make the smart grid smarter about people. The company announced today the release of Energize, an application that seeks to im... read more »
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GE's new hybrid halogen-compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs will be available nationwide by April 22, Earth Day. (Credit: GE) General Electric's... read more »
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The U.S. Energy Department said on Thursday it awarded a $967 million loan guarantee to an NRG Energy subsidiary to help pay for the world's biggest... read more »
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(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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Ocean Power Technologies&39' new energy-harvesting buoy. Once in the water, it will be in a vertical position with the foundation on left at the bo... read more »
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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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After being the hot venture capital investment category for the last few years, green tech appears to be cooling off. The National Venture Capital ... read more »
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A Microsoft-sponsored analysis released today reaffirms what many tech companies have long been saying: computing is more efficient when it's concen... read more »
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This is a sample SAE J1772 charging system and coupler, the standard connection for plug-in vehicles. (Credit: SAE International) Two of the wor... read more »
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Big Republican wins in yesterday's election will not only kill chances that the U.S. Congress will pass a broad climate bill during President Barack... read more »
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What a typical intact fluorescent light ballast made before 1979 looks like, according to the EPA. (Credit: EPA) The Environmental Protection Agen... read more »
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M1A1 70-ton tank crossing a bridge at Camp Mackall in North Carolina made from Axion's recycled plastics material. (Credit: Photo Courtesy of U.S.... read more »
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Primus Power has raised enough money from venture investors to build a commercial-size flow battery to store energy on the power grid, the start-up ... read more »
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45 seconds into Nissan&39's ad, the Chevy Volt makes an unflattering cameo. (Credit: Nissan) Given the hurdles they face in overcoming resistanc... read more »
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GE plans to manufacture 400 megawatts worth annually of thin-film solar cells made with cadmium telluride. (Credit: GE) General Electric plans to ... read more »
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Artist&39's rendering of completed Tierra del Sol home. (Credit: Zeta Communities) Zeta Communities broke ground yesterday on a net-zero housing d... read more »
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Google is putting $102 million into the large wind farm in California using a financial model it hopes will attract more money into wind projects. ... read more »
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Valuable metals contained in electronics and green-technology products are being recycled at "discouragingly" low rates, raising the prospect of mat... read more »
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Cogentrix plans to use solar panels from Amonix, whose dual-axis panels follow the sun's movement. (Credit: Amonix) Cogentrix Energy has been gr... read more »
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(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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