The Chevy Volt qualifies for a tax credit due to its electric drivetrain and battery capacity. (Credit: GM) Tax cheats found lucrative ground la... 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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A landmark along the Tokyo-Osaka railway, Sanyo&39's Solar Ark is 344 yards wide with an annual output of 530,000 kWh. (Credit: Sanyo) Struggli... read more »
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To get the same economics of the computer semiconductor industry, the LED lighting world needs to start manufacturing on the same equipment, says Br... read more »
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General Motors isn't in the business of city buses, but an investment announced today in electric bus maker Proterra opens up the possibility Prote... read more »
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The California Energy Commission has approved a permit for SolarReserve to build a 150-megawatt solar plant that uses molten salt to store energy, th... read more »
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(Credit: ITT Corporation) An average of one water main breaks somewhere in the U.S. every two minutes, according to the latest U.S. Geological S... read more »
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Tesla Model S all-electric sedan. (Credit: Tesla Motors) Tesla Motors will officially open the doors today on what may be the only automotive fact... 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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Rather than waiting until the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show to reveal it's first production hybrid, Audi released near full specs and video clips of i... read more »
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At this year's New York auto show, Nissan showed off its Leaf Nismo RC, a race car based on the Leaf electric car. But rather than just making it ... read more »
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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... read more »
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(Credit: Greenpeace) Cisco, once again, was the leader of the pack as Greenpeace released its latest Cool IT Leaderboard on Tuesday. The environme... read more »
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MEDFORD, Mass.--In this densely populated city outside Boston without a farm in sight, agriculture researchers are engineering corn and other crops ... read more »
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(Credit: U.S. Department of Energy) Google and more than 80 other companies are collaborating with the Department of Energy to make it simple fo... 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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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... read more »
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Google's PowerMeter Web application can now track home electricity from a PC or smartphone using Wi-Fi and a home's broadband connection. Blue Line... read more »
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A Department of Energy project will test how refrigerator-size fuel cells fit a niche in the energy system of serving up heat and electricity to bus... read more »
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A new type of solar thermal system for homes that can provide heat, hot water, and electricity is being tested in Boulder, Colo., over the next few m... read more »
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