Avatar Posted by wendeler 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Toshiba snag smart-meter leader $2.3 billion
Toshiba announced a deal today to acquire smart-meter company Landis+Gyr for $2.3 billion in a move to fill out its power business. Landis+Gyr,... read more »
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Avatar Posted by domingalom 4994 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: In sm wind versus solar its about location
BOSTON--When it comes to distributed energy in suburban or urban areas, solar panels do a better job of fitting in than small wind turbines. Small ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by melanietunnell3 4909 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Do new water technologies stand a chance?
BOSTON--It's a business with extremely risk-averse customers that have little money spend. On the plus side, it's vital to life and a strained natur... read more »
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Avatar Posted by ziterla1 5061 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Tesla versus BBC
Tesla driver David Peilow poses in the electric Roadster at Edinburgh Castle. (Credit: Tesla) Feeling that electric cars were getting a bad ra... read more »
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Avatar Posted by jathomthmm 4922 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Mitsui vests $3.5 million lightg-control firm
A room at the Volkswagen research and design facility in Belmont, Calif., which uses a Redwood Systems DC LED lighting control system. (Credit: Re... read more »
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Avatar Posted by brturick137 739609 days ago (http://venturebeat.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: On GreenBeat: SoloPower raises $51.6 million Sti
Here&'s the latest action we&'re following on the GreenBeat today:SoloPower picks up $51.6 million &8211' The thin-film solar startup ‚ (solar module ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by resbebugsture12284 4966 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: U.S. offers $2.1B loan aid worlds biggest sola
The U.S. Department of Energy is offering $2.1 billion in conditional loan guarantees to support what will be the world's biggest solar power plant... read more »
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Avatar Posted by duoutras 4944 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: grad school pluggg Googles cloud
Editor's note: This is the second story in an ongoing series profiling college graduates throughout the United States as they hunt for technology job... read more »
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Avatar Posted by parriawin1 739609 days ago (http://venturebeat.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: AQT opens second factory thin-film CIGS productio
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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Avatar Posted by Babulal 4993 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Another solar plant open Tibet
A school in Tuicun Village in Tibet where Suntech donated solar panels. (Credit: Suntech) Suntech Power, the China-based solar manufacturing gia... read more »
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Avatar Posted by tifshoresh 4911 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: GM Kleiner Perkins bet on electric bus maker
General Motors isn't in the business of city buses, but an investment announced today in electric bus maker Proterra opens up the possibility Prote... read more »
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Avatar Posted by microappartement 5035 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: BMW no flying cars
The future of transportation won&39't look anything like how we used to envision it, according to BMW&39's newest documentary segment. (Credit: BMW... read more »
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Avatar Posted by ingriasirblogg0 4959 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Calif. highways could source of green energy
A rendering of Innowattech piezoelectric sensors installed under a highway. (Credit: Innowattech) It might seem a little ironic, but automotive tr... read more »
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Avatar Posted by cotssatria 5015 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: VW Bulli brings Microbus
The Bulli concept recalls the 1950s Type 2, except that it uses an electric drive train. (Credit: Wayne Cunningham/CNET) Volkswagen Bulli con... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Marry 5023 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Are plastic bags actually greener paper?
I find certainty a little dubious. Somehow, nothing has ever seemed that certain on this earth, so when people--especially scientists or green activi... read more »
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Avatar Posted by zirema 4967 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: U.S. nuclear regulator a policeman or salesman?
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission exists to police, not promote, the domestic nuclear industry--but diplomatic cables show that it is sometimes used... read more »
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Avatar Posted by erdikcopd 5065 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Prius a minivan a hot hatchback a plug-in
The Toyota Prius V has a higher roofline than the current Prius, meaning more cargo space. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) Toyota Prius family (phot... read more »
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Avatar Posted by bimbeterkewqnw 5062 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Report: Start high-speed rail plans metro areas
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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Avatar Posted by carmskrsmm 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: GM ups Volt Ampera production outlook
General Motors said yesterday that it will make 60,000 Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera plug-in hybrids in 2012, up from its previously announced 45,... read more »
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Avatar Posted by RobertsAccs 739609 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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