Rapid recent solar and wind price falls are likely to bring new markets and mass adoption a step closer over the next decade and raise the prospects...
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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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As Japan grapples with a nuclear reactor crisis in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami, many in the U.S. have been wondering abou...
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When Mike Peterson jumped into a colleague's single turboprop Pilatus and flew over the remote Central California valley that he now hopes to turn i...
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Toyota Motor will pay to fix about 650,000 Prius models worldwide for a coolant pump glitch that could cause the top-selling hybrid to overheat and ...
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General Motors today said it will bring hybrid technology to Buick models that will improve fuel efficiency by about 25 percent using what GM calls ...
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Nissan plans to release three new electric vehicles within the next four years, according to an article in the Detroit News. Following the Leaf will...
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Energy-efficient glass startup Soladigm announced today that it has nabbed $30 million in third-round equity financing, led by DBL Investors and Nano ...
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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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Tesla&39's new store is small, but that&39's fine, as the company only has one model to sell.
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Tons of electronics will be transformed back into raw materials using a highly automated series of electronic machines in a new facility in Ontario,...
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Sungevity designers use software and satellite imagery to design a solar array and generate a quote.
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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.
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There's significant interest in all-electric vehicles among
car buyers, but automakers have a few obstacles to navigate in order to satisfy consumer...
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Energy efficiency company EnerNoc said today it has acquired privately held Global Energy Partners, a move that gives EnerNoc a bigger national pres...
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Solar photovoltaics have the potential to be the most cost-effective electricity source and could even challenge fossil fuels within 10 years.
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Of all the approaches to cutting carbon emissions, making charcoal and putting it in the ground as fertilizer would seem one of the least controversi...
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GE&39's new hybrid halogen-compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs don't take time to warm up and contain less mercury.
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IBM already manages computers with software. Now it wants to manage buildings.
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