The U.S. solar power sector grew 67 percent in 2010 but still lagged European markets by a wide margin in installing solar systems, the industry's ... 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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Vivint is a home security company looking for growth in home energy and solar installations. The company, formerly called APX Alarms, today is sche... read more »
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The diesel-electric hybrid &34'New Bus for London,&34' made by Wrightbus and designed in conjunction with Heatherwick studio, has been chosen to be... read more »
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Conserval Engineering is testing a new product with the U.S. Army based on its original solar thermal wall panels that could help cool a building in ... 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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While it's unclear how many consumers are willing to pay more for plug-in electric cars, the case for fleet operators is a lot simpler to make, a... read more »
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The Ford C-Max Energi is the company's first plug-in hybrid production electric vehicle. (Credit: Ford) Ford is planning to grab a large piece of ... read more »
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Nanosolar thin-film solar cells are made using a roll-to-roll process and then the cells are assembled into panels in another factory in Germany. (... read more »
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The PowerCost Monitor, one of the few energy-tracking gadgets sold directly to consumers, will now be available at Lowe's hardware stores. The moni... read more »
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MEDFORD, Mass.--In this densely populated city outside Boston without a farm in sight, agriculture researchers are engineering corn and other crops ... read more »
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The projected footprint of the California Valley Solar Ranch project, which can supply energy for 100,000 homes. (Credit: California Valley Solar R... read more »
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The California Energy Commission has approved a permit for SolarReserve to build a 150-megawatt solar plant that uses molten salt to store energy, th... read more »
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analysis Republicans in the new Congress will pose a greater threat to the Obama administration's strategy to regulate greenhouse gas polluters than... read more »
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The U.S. wind power industry had its slowest quarter since 2007 in the just-ended third quarter, as investors turned away from the sector after C... read more »
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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... read more »
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More U.S. solar start-ups are finding that the route to the global solar panel market passes through government offices. The meltdown of the financ... read more »
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Primus Power has raised enough money from venture investors to build a commercial-size flow battery to store energy on the power grid, the start-up ... read more »
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The new and improved Volkswagen Beetle. (Credit: Volkswagen) The Volkswagen Beetle enjoys a long and storied history. And now, it's moving into it... read more »
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LAS VEGAS--Verizon at CES is showing off a home energy and security service it expects to roll out later this year priced for the "mass market." St... read more »
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