Near the beginning of the decade, several solar start-ups set out to disrupt the solar power industry by producing a new generation of thin-film sol...
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Konarka&39's flexible solar cells are well suited for charging portable electronics or building-integrated photovoltaics
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Tendril is trying to make the smart grid smarter about people.
The company announced today the release of Energize, an application that seeks to im...
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The Chevy Volt is as much a software engineering accomplishment as it was a mechanical engineering challenge, according to General Motors.
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Electrified versions of conventional gasoline-powered vehicles may look the same, but large engines have been replaced with smaller motors, the bat...
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GE plans to manufacture 400 megawatts worth annually of thin-film solar cells made with cadmium telluride.
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The global wind, solar, and biofuels industries are poised to double within the next 10 years, according to a report released this week by energy res...
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Basic overview of how the SustainX system uses hydraulics to create, store, and release compressed air for making electricity.
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GreenWave Reality bulb with the NXP chipset.
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NXP Semiconductors has developed chipsets for CFL and LED light bulbs ...
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BrightSource Energy said today it has secured financing for a utility-scale solar plant in the California desert, the first project of this type to ...
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Liquid Metal Battery, a company pursuing a breakthrough battery design, has attracted Bill Gates and an oil driller as seed investors.
Many battery...
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Genomatica&39's Bio-BDO, a chemical derived from waste currently in pilot production.
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Waste Management seems to be on a quest...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--The MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory is a trip into the past and, if nuclear power grows in this country, perhaps a glimpse into the...
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Could the Fiesta be the first North American car to get Ford&39's new 1.0-L EcoBoost
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Ford's been taking advantage of its EcoBoost f...
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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...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--When it comes to harvesting energy from oceans and rivers, the "sink or swim" approach doesn't really work.
Getting wave and tida...
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