Volvo&39's electric C30 concept has a 94-mile range, but the carmaker is planning to add a fuel cell and an on-board reformer to produce hydrogen f... read more »
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There's significant interest in all-electric vehicles among car buyers, but automakers have a few obstacles to navigate in order to satisfy consumer... read more »
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Homes using EcoFactor for controlling their heating and cooling have seen on average a 17 percent reduction in energy use, the company announced Thur... read more »
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Of all the approaches to cutting carbon emissions, making charcoal and putting it in the ground as fertilizer would seem one of the least controversi... read more »
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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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In a move to beef up demand for its product, Chinese solar wafer manufacturer LDK Solar announced today it has acquired a 70 percent stake valued at $... read more »
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The PowerCost Monitor, one of the few energy-tracking gadgets sold directly to consumers, will now be available at Lowe's hardware stores. The moni... read more »
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When Mike Peterson jumped into a colleague's single turboprop Pilatus and flew over the remote Central California valley that he now hopes to turn i... read more »
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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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Juiced: Google&39's technical program manager for electric transportation, Rolf Schreiber, gets ready to charge a Nissan Leaf. (Credit: Screen cap... read more »
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Best Buy is trying a novel approach to tempt Super Bowl watchers to buy more electronics. The retailer will officially launch a buy-back servic... read more »
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The Obama administration yesterday unveiled plans to begin issuing new offshore wind energy leases as soon as next year under an accelerated approva... 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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A solar-powered mobile phone base station in Rajasthan, India. (Credit: Shashwat Nagpal/VNL) The high-powered schmoozing at the World Economic F... read more »
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A pilot eSolar plant which uses sun-tracking mirrors to create heat to make steam which makes electricity through a conventional turbine. (Credit: ... read more »
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Empa and Flisom&39's flexible CIGS solar cell made on a polymer substrate. (Credit: Empa) Swiss scientists have broken an energy conversion effic... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following on the GreenBeat today:The Department of Defense must buy American-made solar panels &8212' That&'s accordi... read more »
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Amid a full-blown humanitarian crisis from a massive earthquake and tsunami, Japan is racing against time to avert a nuclear catastrophe. Plant wor... read more »
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Solar panel manufacturer SpectraWatt, which was spun out of chip giant Intel, will close its newly opened New York plant and expects to lay off work... read more »
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General Electric Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt defended the nuclear industry's safety record today during a trip to Tokyo to show support to the op... read more »
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