You've heard of turning recycled plastic bottles into floor carpeting or clothing. How about back into oil Digging through a high-tech recycling c... read more »
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Active Power is offering an updated version of its flywheel generator specifically designed for backing up microprocessor-based equipment, the compan... read more »
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Battery pack lets Ego cruise for up to eight hours. (Credit: Raonhaje) This sub could make even Philippe Cousteau, with so many water toys at his... read more »
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After record solar-plant approval in 2010, the California Energy Commission believes its "big push" in solar-thermal projects is over. This past ye... read more »
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(Credit: OPower) Americans who receive meter data on their home energy use reduce consumption on average by 1.8 percent after the first year. Th... read more »
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Just when you thought solar was headed everywhere--rooftops, utility poles, and deserts, to name a few places--it's coming to your keyboard too. ... read more »
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(Credit: GM) In its first year the Chevrolet Volt has garnered several awards, including 2011 Motor Trend Car of the Year, Green Car Journal's 201... read more »
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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... read more »
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A battery-switching station for electric taxis in Tokyo. On the right, you can see the white cars drive in. On the left, fresh batteries are deli... read more »
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BOSTON--Germany, Italy, and Spain may be the solar powerhouses of today, but in five years, a new set of countries led by India will emerge as leadi... read more »
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In the space of a few years, I've gone from one lighting technology to another and now to three lighting types in my home. I suspect others will be ... read more »
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Here are the stories we&'re reading today on the GreenBeat:Troubled Evergreen Solar to try recapitalization &8212' The company said yesterday that its... read more »
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Every time I see a concept car, I wonder why, many years later, I have still not seen anything like it on a road. Every time I see a hybrid car, I wo... read more »
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Google and its partners cleared the first major hurdle with U.S. regulators today to build a $5 billion transmission line that would transport elec... read more »
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GE's FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant (Credit: GE) At a Paris event on Wednesday, GE announced a new gas-fuelled power plant it says... read more »
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NISKAYUNA, New York--General Electric said today it will roll out an LED bulb to replace 60-watt incandescent bulbs next year, part of an expanded l... read more »
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The 2011 Mitsubishi iMiev is almost a foot longer and just over 4 inches wider than the Japanese model on sale in Europe and Japan. (Credit: Mitsub... read more »
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Now that plug-in electric-vehicle technology is ready for prime time, forward-looking cities are trying to modernize their building codes to stay cu... read more »
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A competition held by nonprofit ImagineH2O highlights the close connection between water and energy. ImagineH2O, a not-for-profit company formed to... read more »
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Converting traditional school buses to hydraulic hybrids, capable of running on recycled biofuel, could add up to a considerable savings for the na... read more »
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