NEW HAVEN, Conn.--In an ambitious attempt to replicate nature, various researchers are seeking to create fuels from water and sunlight, much the way... read more »
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The Volvo C30 Drive Electric, plugged in between drives. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET) Volvo C30 Drive Electric (photos) The Los Angel... read more »
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Top financial services company Citi has made its first investment in residential solar power via a $40 million fund to finance residential solar proje... read more »
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Prototype of high-efficiency rooftop air conditioning unit designed at DOE national laboratories in conjunction with the Commercial Building Energy... read more »
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PlugShare enables users to find and share over 2,500 EV charging points, many of which are private residences. (Credit: PlugShare) One of the firs... read more »
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The 2011 Honda Civic GX (Credit: Honda) The Honda Civic GX is the greenest car of 2011, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient ... read more »
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The new and improved Volkswagen Beetle. (Credit: Volkswagen) The Volkswagen Beetle enjoys a long and storied history. And now, it's moving into it... read more »
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Thin-film solar cell maker AQT Solar announced today it will open a second manufacturing plant in Richland County, South Carolina to help fill its cur... read more »
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Abound Solar has secured $510 million to ramp up production of its thin-film solar panels and compete in the cut-throat pricing of the global solar ... read more »
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A study released Tuesday by urban planning initiative America 2050 recommends the U.S. Department of Transportation refocus its high-speed rail hopes... read more »
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Because it's energy-efficient, LED lighting is spreading into new areas, but an academic study cautions that some types of LED lights use hazardous ... read more »
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Photovoltaic research at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/Roy Kaltschmidt) The Department of Energy... read more »
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WALTHAM, Mass.--Even as much of the tech world fixates on running out of Internet addresses, Deborah Magid from IBM's venture capital group predicts... read more »
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When a lithium ion battery reaches the point at which it can no longer be used in an electric car, it still has the potential to be used in o... read more »
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Rovigo, Italy, is a CLEAR (City and Local Environmental Accounting Reporting) town whose motto is &34'the city of change.&34' As of November, the ... read more »
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The developer of a proposed wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island doubled the size of the project, saying that greater scale would allow it to sel... read more »
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The different sources of natural gas, including conventional wells, shale rock, and coal beds. Not included are methane hydrates, or gas trapped in... read more »
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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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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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Contemporary high-speed rail seems to have gotten the nod as a plan worthy of pursuit from the makers of the long-awaited film version of "Atlas Shru... read more »
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