Governments are looking at ways to keep the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol going beyond 2012 in some form to defuse a standoff between rich and poor nations... read more »
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The Sylvania LED designed for general lighting, which gives off as much light as a 60-watt incandescent and uses 12 watts. (Credit: Osram Sylvani... read more »
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A Solar Junction wafer of high-efficiency solar cells. Each individual chip can produce about 20 watts. (Credit: Solar Junction) Solar Junction's... read more »
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2011 Zero DS all-electric motorcycle (Credit: Zero Motorcycles) The 2011 lineup from electric-motorcycle maker Zero Motorcycles will be offered wi... read more »
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The AeroVironment EVSE-RS 240-volt home charging dock. (Credit: AeroVironment) To power its upcoming test fleet of electric vehicles, BMW announc... read more »
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Toyota Motor will pay to fix about 650,000 Prius models worldwide for a coolant pump glitch that could cause the top-selling hybrid to overheat and ... read more »
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Japanese electronics giant and battery manufacturer Panasonic has invested $30 million in Tesla Motors, the U.S. automaker best-known for its all-ele... read more »
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After looking around for home energy efficiency investments for years, venture capital company General Catalyst decided to buy a majority stake in C... read more »
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(Credit: Solyndra) Solyndra has found a second use for its solar collector as a shade for greenhouses. The company on Monday said that that its ... read more »
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Credit: The City of New York) New York City plans to restrict the use of dirty heating fuels, use its capped l... read more »
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OriginOil's illustration of what Algae Screen accomplishes (Credit: OriginOil) OriginOil has developed a new method for targeting invading microbe... read more »
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Southwest Windpower&39's Skystream 3.7. (Credit: Southwest Windpower) Veteran wind turbine manufacturer Southwest Windpower unveiled a highly effi... read more »
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Industrial designer Eric Leong takes a speculative look at how a 2015 Toyota Prius might appear. (Credit: Eric Leong) What if I told you that th... read more »
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Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced a bill today that would permanently stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating... read more »
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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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The RCB-X is powered by an alternative fuel blend of 50 percent algae-based and 50 percent NATO F-76 fuels. (Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Commu... read more »
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The Honda EV-neo zero-emissions electric scooter. (Credit: Hona) Honda's first electric vehicle to hit the road in Europe will be a scooter. 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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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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Xtreme Power&39's utility-scale energy storage units store energy and can be used to regulate the ebb and flow of intermittent energy sources lik... read more »
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