Progress Energy is moving forward with its plan to spend $500 million to upgrade two of its electric utilities in Florida and the Carolinas to a smar... read more »
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The Natural Resources Defense Council offered kudos to Sony and Microsoft last week for what the organization sees as a significant improvement to... read more »
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Germany will shut down all seven of its nuclear power plants that began operation before 1980 and it is unclear whether they will start up again, th... read more »
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Automotive air conditioning of the future will not be the environmental blight it has been in the past. The EPA on Monday announced it has approved... read more »
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This post is brought to you by IBM. As always, VentureBeat is adamant about maintaining editorial objectivity. IBM had no involvement in the content o... read more »
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(Credit: OPower) Americans who receive meter data on their home energy use reduce consumption on average by 1.8 percent after the first year. Th... read more »
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The ARPA-E Summit opens this morning with seemingly dual purposes: toinspire scientists to invent and to convince Congress of ... read more »
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Solar company SunRun said today it has secured enough money to finance 1,900 residential solar electric installations, helping fuel its growth. The... read more »
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Think&39's City car, mainly marketed to urban dwellers, has the capacity to go 112 miles on a single battery charge, but only a top speed of 60 mil... read more »
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In May, President Obama visited Solyndra&39's Fab 2 plant in Fremont, Calif. The plant was originally intended to run concurrently with its Fab 1 p... read more »
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This year has seen the launch of a number of cool green gadgets and gizmos &8212' it&'s also been a big year for electric car launches. If you want to... read more »
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General Motors said today it would hire 1,000 engineers and researchers in Michigan over the next two years to develop more electric cars and hybrid... read more »
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Halogens in the shape of a traditional bulb can be about 20 percent more efficient than incandescent lighting. (Credit: General Electric ) You ... read more »
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The C-Max, already sold in Europe, comes to the U.S. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) Ford C-Max and C-Max Energi (photos) DETROIT--With the Fi... read more »
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(Credit: U.S. Department of Energy) Despite rising prices at the pump, many consumers are still reluctant to purchase vehicles with alternative ... read more »
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Green chemistry company SiGNa Chemistry has unveiled a new chemical process for generating hydrogen from water, which the company says could solve bot... read more »
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There's a small cadre of companies trying to crack into the wind power business with a seemingly improbable approach: making machines that work in l... read more »
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General Electric may have grown its clean-tech business fourfold over the past six years, but Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt wishes he had spent a ... read more »
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Google's PowerMeter Web application can now track home electricity from a PC or smartphone using Wi-Fi and a home's broadband connection. Blue Line... read more »
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The all-electric Zero DS gets 58 miles on a single charge and is notably quiet by motorcycle standards. (Credit: Zero Motorcycles) Zero Motorocycl... read more »
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