Driven by a surge in wind power installations, China is building on its lead in Ernst & Young's ranking of top renewable energy countries. Wind inv... read more »
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Here&'s some of the latest action we&'re following on the GreenBeat today:Australia&'s new clean energy projects drop sharply &8212' The country is ge... read more »
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Earlier this month, GE officially endorsed ZigBee as the wireless standard of choice for smart appliances in a white paper, but the Wi-Fi guys aren&'t... 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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This is a sample SAE J1772 charging system and coupler, the standard connection for plug-in vehicles. (Credit: SAE International) Two of the wor... read more »
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This post is brought to you by IBM. As always, VentureBeat is adamant about maintaining editorial objectivity. IBM had no involvement in the content o... read more »
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CANCUN, Mexico--Mexico is pushing parties at the United Nations climate change meeting to strive for the best possible deal, although even the most ... read more »
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Customers registered to buy a Nissan Leaf electric car will take delivery before summer is over, the carmaker said yesterday. Nissan delivered few... read more »
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday launched the Urban Technology Innovation Center, an initiative to test ways to improve building effi... read more »
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45 seconds into Nissan&39's ad, the Chevy Volt makes an unflattering cameo. (Credit: Nissan) Given the hurdles they face in overcoming resistanc... read more »
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General Electric's decision to acquire Lineage Power Holdings reflects the growing importance of power electronics amid the explosive growth of port... read more »
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OriginOil's illustration of what Algae Screen accomplishes (Credit: OriginOil) OriginOil has developed a new method for targeting invading microbe... read more »
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The all-electric Zero DS gets 58 miles on a single charge and is notably quiet by motorcycle standards. (Credit: Zero Motorcycles) Zero Motorocycl... read more »
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WASHINGTON--U.S. environmental regulators released a plan on Thursday for the nation's power plants and refineries to cut greenhouse gas emissions,... read more »
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LAS VEGAS--No longer content to simply show its latest electronics at CES, LG this year brought a line of networked "smart appliances." At a press ... read more »
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Japan's Nissan Motor formally launched today its zero emissions Leaf vehicle, an electric car boasting a range of 124 miles and billed as the first... read more »
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GM expects to sell 45,000 Chevy Volts in 2012 to fleet and retail customers. (Credit: GM) General Motors said today that dealers in all 50 states... read more »
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Biofuel company Mascoma said today it has the financing and the customer needed to build a biorefinery in Michigan to make ethanol from wood. The c... read more »
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WALTHAM, Mass.--Living off the grid to be in touch with nature may have once been the height of environmentalism, but urban areas are increasingly t... read more »
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Get ready for reliable electricity, and an automated world of electronics, appliances, and buildings, to become the new normal. That's the main messa... read more »
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