Chipmaker Freescale has designed a USB charger that knows when to stop working. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Freescale ... 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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Clean-tech start-ups that think they can be nimble and quick to market may be interested in a new incubator from San Francisco. Greenstart, whose tea... read more »
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(Credit: Clean Edge) Policy promoting green technology may be on the rise, but does that translate into well-developed technology--and, most imp... read more »
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A commercial pilot project for carbon sequestration and large-scale algae biofuel manufacturing in Australia has been successfully completed, OriginO... read more »
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(Credit: ITT Corporation) An average of one water main breaks somewhere in the U.S. every two minutes, according to the latest U.S. Geological S... read more »
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Solazyme raised $227 million in its public stock offering today, netting more than anticipated from the biofuels and renewable chemicals company's p... 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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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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Veutility is a new addition to the crowded energy management market. The company&'s main selling point is that it uses data from a single smart meter ... read more »
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RUTLAND, Mass.--The road up to Jordan Dairy Farm here offers a typical New England view of rolling hills, wood-frame houses, and shade trees. Then u... read more »
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Philips is introducing an LED bulb that gives off as much light as a 75-watt incandescent bulb and consume 17 watts of power. The lighting giant sa... read more »
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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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(Credit: Greenpeace) Cisco, once again, was the leader of the pack as Greenpeace released its latest Cool IT Leaderboard on Tuesday. The environme... read more »
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The Audi A3 TCNG will enter production in 2013. (Credit: Audi) - Audi plans to use wind power as a source of clean energy for its upcoming electri... read more »
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Enerkem today said that it raised $60 million from fuel refiner Valero and others to build plants that convert municipal waste to biofuels. Enerk... read more »
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This illustration, based on GeoEye satellite photo viewed through Google Earth, shows the locations of the six Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. ... read more »
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LAS VEGAS--No longer content to simply show its latest electronics at CES, LG this year brought a line of networked "smart appliances." At a press ... read more »
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The range of the plug-in-only Nissan Leaf varies with real-world driving conditions. (Credit: Nissan) Everything is come up roses for the all-elec... read more »
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J.D. Power and Associates today forecast that 7 percent of new auto sales in 2020 will be hybrids or battery electric vehicles but a "mass migration... read more »
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