The IKEA Group will soon have its own wind farm in Dalarna County, Sweden. The Swedish furniture retail giant announced today it's partnered with ... read more »
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NEW HAVEN, Conn.--In an ambitious attempt to replicate nature, various researchers are seeking to create fuels from water and sunlight, much the way... read more »
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There&'s a ton of data involved with smart grids, and one startup called World Infrastructure Technologies (WIT)‚ is championing a way to visualize an... read more »
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(Credit: Ford) Ford wants the action of plugging in a new Ford EV to have an intuitive feel. The automaker today announced it has standardized the... read more »
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(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) Taking a big risk, Nissan pushed ahead of the pack to release the first mass production electric car. Although some... read more »
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Even as the big automakers start making plug-in electric vehicles, ALTe PowertrainTechnologies is one of many companies seeking to carve out a busin... 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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A milky-white substance that seeps from dandelion roots could be used to produce a variety of plastics that are used in vehicles. (Credit: Ford) T... read more »
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Contemporary high-speed rail seems to have gotten the nod as a plan worthy of pursuit from the makers of the long-awaited film version of "Atlas Shru... read more »
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Ford presented a demonstration using Google&39's Prediction API to find the most efficient route for a plug-in hybrid. (Credit: Ford) To take th... read more »
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BOSTON--When it comes to distributed energy in suburban or urban areas, solar panels do a better job of fitting in than small wind turbines. Small ... 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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Ciris Energy today said it raised a series B round to build its first commercial plant for converting underground coal to natural gas. (Credit: C... read more »
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Constellation Energy workers installing the solar system on the roof of the Toys "'R"' Us distribution facility in Flanders, N.J. (Credit: ... 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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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 Earth Networks sensor network will use this greenhouse gas monitoring equipment from Picarro. (Credit: Martin LaMonica/CNET) Having tracked t... read more »
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First came VentureBeat&'s scoop on the Model S prototype&'s completion. Then came Tesla&'s trifecta of professionally-edited videos showing off the en... 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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BOSTON--In one respect, green-tech companies are realizing what IT manufacturers did many years ago: just selling a box will only go so far. To ge... read more »
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