Japanese authorities tried pouring water on overheated reactors from a helicopter but abandoned the effort because of radiation risks. (Credit: NHK... read more »
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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... read more »
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SINGAPORE--The outcome of U.N. climate talks in Mexico held this month should boost steps in Asia to curb greenhouse gas emissions, with China a lik... read more »
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President Barack Obama with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his November 2010 visit to India, during which the joint clean-energy R&D cent... read more »
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This black, gooey material developed at MIT is the basis of a new design meant to boost battery energy density tenfold. (Credit: MIT) Instead of ... read more »
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Stealthy solar startup Alta Devices has raised a whopping $72 million from one of the longest list of high-profile investors you might ever see, which... 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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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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LAS VEGAS--General Electric today said the next phase of its $200 million entrepreneurship challenge will focus on home energy management. GE at th... read more »
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You could run a car and even an airplane using fuel made from algae, but it will take on the order of 10 years before the technology is mature enoug... read more »
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There have been hundreds of green technology start-ups funded by venture capitalists but a new fund with an impressive pedigree is looking to scale ... read more »
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Four-year-old start-up Transphorm is tackling a problem as old as the electricity distribution grid: the energy lost in converting between AC and DC... read more »
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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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A rendering of the 30-car solar charging station being built at Nissan&39's Smyrna plants. (Credit: Nissan) Nissan began construction on a 30-car... read more »
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Evergreen Solar will close its Massachusetts factory, saying that the U.S. is at a disadvantage in the face of low-cost Chinese solar suppliers. Th... read more »
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Prime Minister Naoto Kan said today that renewable energy will be a key pillar of Japan's energy policy after the world's worst nuclear crisis in 2... read more »
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AeroVironment&39's DC fast-charging station. (Credit: AeroVironment) Oregon is planning to install Level 3 DC fast-charging stations along a porti... read more »
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Engineering researchers at Oregon State University developed a prototype thermally activated cooling system that converts waste heat to cooling. (C... read more »
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The Department of Energy today released a financial report card on its ARPA-E research program, saying that grants for clean-energy technology devel... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following today on the GreenBeat:1366 raises $28.4 million for cheaper wafers &8211' Silicon wafer startup 1366 has r... read more »
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