Avatar Posted by Dakota01 5752 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Big North Sea wind farm power Munich
Thanet Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Kent, England, is a precursor to the North Sea project. (Credit: Vattenhall) Swedish energy company Vat... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by vonniesala 5557 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: SunRun lines $200 million solar financing
SunRun said that it has secured $200 million from a bank to finance the installation of residential solar panels, a sign of confidence in a business... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by footballtshirts1 5697 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: U.S. risk of rare earths supply disruptions
The United States risks major supply disruptions of rare earth metals used in clean energy products unless it diversifies its sources of the mineral... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by Nina01 5734 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: India U.S. cooperate on clean energy
India and the United States have agreed to cooperate on energy projects, including shale gas and clean energy, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by tambralmta 5510 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Lexus CT 200h: Economy wins sport
(Credit: Wayne Cunningham/CNET) The newest hybrid from Lexus comes in the form of a low-down hatchback with futuristic side styling, an aggres... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by bugbepnousa 5517 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Siemens taps Tendril smart grid home
Industrial giant Siemens is investing in smart-grid start-up Tendril and the two will market Tendril's home energy system to utilities. The compani... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by ijuradoiua 5549 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: MIT study: Biofuels necessarily greenest choice
Jatropha plant nuts consist of 30 percent to 40 percent oil that can be converted into biofuel. Air New Zealand, and other commercial airlines, hav... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by melanietunnell3 5515 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Do new water technologies stand a chance?
BOSTON--It's a business with extremely risk-averse customers that have little money spend. On the plus side, it's vital to life and a strained natur... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by Santmier 5702 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Mixed bag green tech Washgton dealgs
Grants for renewable energy projects are part of a planned tax bill being brokered in Washington, but incentives for manufacturing are not included ... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by RobertsAccs 5691 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Hitachi Molycorp plan rare earth joint venture
U.S. rare earth metal supplier Molycorp today said that it is planning a joint venture with Hitachi Metals to produce rare earth metals in the U.S. ... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by lareab1 5513 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: DOE loan 1366 closer slicing solar costs
1366 Technologies, a start-up created to make solar electricity cheaper than coal, is set to receive a loan to build its first factories, bringing t... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by buildmix5 5704 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: VCs green tech its Plan B
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Venture capitalists, who once thronged into clean technology, are finding that they need to rethink their strategies in order to s... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by OliviaPearl 5635 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Jolt of VC money mom-and-pop home efficiency scen
After looking around for home energy efficiency investments for years, venture capital company General Catalyst decided to buy a majority stake in C... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by Babulal 5545 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Philips switches on bright LED bulb
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 »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by critolly 5718 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Cleantech Open less is
This year's Cleantech Open 2010 Business Competition winner, announced last week, is Puralytics, a company developing photochemical water purifica... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by awtayk 5642 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Winter snow solar panels: mixed forecast
A suboptimal situation: snow-covered solar panels. The edge of the roof rake (on right) is covered with soft material to avoid damaging the panels.... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by Babulal 5599 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Another solar plant open Tibet
A school in Tuicun Village in Tibet where Suntech donated solar panels. (Credit: Suntech) Suntech Power, the China-based solar manufacturing gia... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by rasingsirss324 5606 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: health concerns Japans nuclear crisis? (FAQ)
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 »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by sbvoor 5695 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Super-efficient Passive House standard draws fans
BOSTON--Among green-building cognoscenti, the Passive House standard is setting a new bar for architects and designers making eco-friendly buildings... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury
Avatar Posted by parsirlim254 5725 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Start-up squeezes flowing wind boost turbine powe
There's a small cadre of companies trying to crack into the wind power business with a seemingly improbable approach: making machines that work in l... read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Bury