Toyota Motor will launch home battery chargers for electric and plug-in hybrid cars next year as it starts selling new models of environmentally fr... read more »
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GE's new hybrid halogen-compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs will be available nationwide by April 22, Earth Day. (Credit: GE) General Electric's... read more »
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The United States risks major supply disruptions of rare earth metals used in clean energy products unless it diversifies its sources of the mineral... 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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Santa Clara U. has installed 60 rooftop solar collectors. (Credit: Chromasun ) If concentrating sunlight works for utility-scale solar power pl... read more »
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President Barack Obama set an ambitious goal today to cut U.S. oil imports by a third over 10 years, focusing on a source of anxiety for Americans ... read more »
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The new MyFord Mobile smartphone app will allow owners to plan trips, locate charging stations, remotely lock... read more »
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The Nissan Leaf beat out the Audi A8 and BMW 5-series to win the World Car Award for 2011. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) As a herald of an electric-c... read more »
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The newly inaugurated Wind Technology Testing Center. (Credit: Matt Bennett/Massachusetts Governor's Office) Boston is now home to the world's lar... read more »
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The IEEE is stepping up its involvement in energy-related technologies with its latest working groups. The engineering organization announced today... read more »
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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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How the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf fared in their crash tests. (Credit: IIHS) The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said today that the C... read more »
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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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DOE Secretary Steven Chu has said he&39's skeptical of fuel cells providing a successful energy source for vehicles in the near future, but sees ... read more »
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Marines and their Afghan national army counterparts in front of a ZeroBased Regenerator, a solar/energy storage unit consisting of six solar pane... 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 unit of Spanish conglomerate Abengoa has gotten the final sign-off on the U.S. Department of Energy's largest renewable-energy loan to date, a $1.... 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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The Chevy Volt qualifies for a tax credit due to its electric drivetrain and battery capacity. (Credit: GM) Tax cheats found lucrative ground la... 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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