After record solar-plant approval in 2010, the California Energy Commission believes its "big push" in solar-thermal projects is over.
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In a carefully orchestrated series of announcements this morning, hot fuel cell company Bloom Energy announced a new electricity service that allows c...
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LAS VEGAS--General Electric today said the next phase of its $200 million entrepreneurship challenge will focus on home energy management.
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Ciris Energy today said it raised a series B round to build its first commercial plant for converting underground coal to natural gas.
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The Prius Plug-in will offer electric-only driving for about 13 miles and an anticipated 50 MPG hybrid driving.
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BOSTON--Green building professionals can point to dozens of houses that are so efficient they consume less than half the energy of an average Americ...
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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...
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Walgreens will host eVgo stations at 18 of its Houston-area stores.
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To borrow a line from science fiction writer William Gibson, the future of
green tech is already here, it's just not very evenly distributed.
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Google said today it had invested in a startup called Transphorm, whose power-conversion efficiency technology could some day help create more efficie...
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Republican gains in the next Congress will likely curtail spending on green construction projects, but the sector promises to be a source of job gro...
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In the geeky world of energy storage, there are well-understood limitations to plain old batteries and to ultracapacitors, devices able to store rel...
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Big Internet companies are quick to tout the energy efficiency of their data centers, but Greenpeace is pressuring them clean up their energy sup...
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U.S. rare earth metal supplier Molycorp today said that it is planning a joint venture with Hitachi Metals to produce rare earth metals in the U.S.
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Energy-efficiency company Comverge is getting less picky about whether the hardware it works with is an electric vehicle or an air conditioner.
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When it comes to energy, Intel's biggest concern is keeping a lid on the power used at giant data centers. But Intel researchers are seriously looki...
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Google has not given up on its goal of making renewable energy cheaper than coal for consumers but it is not predicting victory soon, its director ...
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Because it's energy-efficient, LED lighting is spreading into new areas, but an academic study cautions that some types of LED lights use hazardous ...
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Active Power is offering an updated version of its flywheel generator specifically designed for backing up microprocessor-based equipment, the compan...
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